The United Nations Secretary General yesterday appointed Rwanda’s Commissioner of Police (CP) Bruce Munyambo as Police Commissioner (D2) of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). CP Munyambo’s appointment had earlier been seconded by the Government of Rwanda, according to Rwanda National Police (RNP). He will succeed Uganda’s AIGP Fredrick Yiga, who has completed his three-year tenure. CP Munyambo becomes the second Police Commissioner after CP Vianney Nshimiyimana, who is currently heading UN Police under the United Nations Operations in Ivory Coast (UNOCI). He will assume the top Police office in UNMISS late this month. He takes over the UN office with rich peacekeeping and policing experience. Prior to his appointment, Munyambo was the Commissioner for Operations and Public Order in Rwanda National Police. Before that, he was the Commandant of Police Training School (PTS) Gishari and headed the department of logistics among others. CP Munyambo holds a Master’s degree in International Strategic Leadership and Management. He is also a graduate of Leicester University in United Kingdom (UK) in Criminal Justice and Police Management and attended the International Commanders and Strategic Command courses from Bramshill Police Staff College in UK. His UN peacekeeping experience includes serving as Individual Police Officer (IPO) in Liberia and as the contingent commander of Rwanda Formed Police Unit (RWFPU) under the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Owing to her commitment to international peace, Rwanda currently deploys police peacekeepers in seven UN missions with five Formed Police Unit (FPU) contingents; three of them deployed in Central African Republic, one in South Sudan while another one is deployed in Haiti. It also has Individual Police Officers (IPOs) and has seconded senior officers to various professional posts. The seven missions include Darfur, Ivory Coast, Haiti, CAR, South Sudan, Abyei and New York. According to RNP, the Government of Rwanda has pledged to deploy a sixth FPU contingent of an all-female unit, currently being generated.

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