A Rwandan prosecutor has sought a prison sentence of 10 years in the rape trial of Dr Christopher Kayumba, a politician who recently launched of an opposition political platform, according to a judicial report obtained Saturday in Kigali.
Dr. Christopher Kayumba has been arrested after a long-time investigation on rape and attempt to rape crimes he is accused of by
different people.
Accusations that Kayumba sexually assaulted one of his female students while he was lecturer at the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Rwanda became public in March 2021 which prompted judicial police to launch an investigation about the crime.
Following the accusations against Dr Kayumba in March last year, the defendant was summoned to answer on charges against him.
A former student at the University of Rwanda came out recently and testified that her lecturer then, Dr. Christopher Kayumba, assaulted
her and attempted to force her into a sexual encounter from his house.
“He pulled and pushed me on the couch trying to force me to sleep with him [sexual intercourse],” a friend of the student narrated her ordeal in a Twitter thread.
Apparently, the lady managed to escape Kayumba’s assault, but she said it was “an eternity of emotional and psychological torture.”
Meanwhile, Dr. Kayumba denies the allegations.
“That’s not true, and that lady who tweeted the allegations is paid to spread propaganda, nothing else,” Dr Kayumba said.
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