Corruption: Rwanda remains zero tolerant

Yesterday we reported on the arrest of Dr. Louis Munyakazi, Director General of the National Institute of Statistics, who is under investigation for embezzlement, abuse of office and the misuse of public funds. In an interview with The New Times, the Commissioner General of Police Mary Gahonzire, commenting on this latest arrest said, “It is about corruption and you know very well our country has no room for corrupt officials.” Gahonzire’s sentiments resonate well with the rest of the country’s leadership stance against the rot that corruption is. It is a vice, like a cancer it eats away at the moral fabric of society. The tough stance taken by the government should be commended for many reasons, the main one being that public resources are utilised for the good of the nation as a whole.