Two senior managers at Rwanda National Olympic Committee have arrested over favoritism and forgery by taking close relative abroad during recent 2022 Commonwealth Games, in UK, a police source confirmed Wednesday in Kigali.
Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) said the duo including Jean-Jacques Mugisha, Head of Rwanda’s mission to the Commonwealth Games, and Jean de Dieu Mukundiyukuri, the Executive Director at RNOSC are currently detained at the police station of Kicukiro, a suburb of Kigali city.
“The duo are suspected of two counts of forgery and making a decision based on favoritism, friendship, or nepotism,” said Dr Thierry Murangira, RIB spokesperson.
Initial police investigations indicate that these offences are suspected to have been committed during the preparation of Rwanda’s participation in the commonwealth games that took place from July 28 to August 8 in UK this year.
These offences are suspected to have been committed during the preparation of Rwanda’s participation in the commonwealth games that took place from July 28 to August 8 this year.
Leaked reports from initial investigations indicate that Mukundiyukuri listed his wife among the official delegates to Birmingham and gave her the title of Administrative Personnel alongside his two children.
He also put his other friend one list to Birmingham. He eventually disappeared upon arrival.
On the other hand, Mugisha who was head of Rwanda’s delegation at Commonwealth games also put his wife and child on the list, but they were later removed despite securing UK visa documents among others.
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