Police constructs houses for the vulnerable

As part of activities to mark the Rwanda National Police 14th anniversary and 20th liberation, celebrations continued yesterday in the Southern Province where the force handed over a house it constructed for a vulnerable genocide survivor in Nyanza District. The house located in Busasamana sector valued at Rwf9 million has a water tank and modern cooking stove and is among the five houses the RNP intends to build for vulnerable genocide survivors in Nyanza. The beneficiary, Felicitee Mukankundiye, thanked the Police for the donation. “I don’t have enough words to express my joy today. It is beyond me. These are fruits of good leadership spearheaded by our President. Merci beaucoup (thank you) President Paul Kagame,” the joyful Mukankundiye said. Police also donated 420 mobile phones to heads of Villages in the district to ease timely information sharing in fighting and preventing crimes. There was also a competition through poems and songs that promote crime prevention and fighting crimes such as drug abuse, corruption and domestic violence and strengthening Police-public partnership. The winners; Vincent Twahirwa and Bizumuremyi Mugabe were each awarded Rwf200, 000. The Inspector General of Police, Emmanuel Gasana thanked Nyanza residents for their continued cooperation in ensuring security. “What the country has so far achieved in the past twenty years is due to sustained peace and security driven by good governance” Gasana said. He appealed to the residents to continue sharing information with security organs on anything that may threaten their security. The police chief also pledged to construct an office block for Community Policing Committees (CPCs) in Busasamana sector and buy a motorcycle for the head of CPCs in the sector Alphonse Munyentwari, the Governor of the Southern Province commended RNP for supporting and providing shelter to poor families. He called upon residents to ignore rumors which might distract them from development initiatives and instead reinforce security for their own good. On top of the police donations, Munyentwali disclosed that the Ministry of Local Government would also constrict five other houses for the vulnerable in the district. The exercise started with a walk to Nyanza stadium where the event was held.