At around 11:00AM in Kigali city center at Sameer Hussein’s shop opposite Rubangura’s building, tyres of a car belonging to motorist only identified as Kayitare were deflated under orders by the parking owner.
According to the eyewitness, only Sameer Hussein clients are allowed to use the parking space. Non clients are not allowed to park there. Sameer shop deals in motorcycle spares parts.
Hussein’s Mother drew closer and found a car in red parking, asked for the holder however nobody showed up and decided to tell shop employees to deflate the tyres.
According to Hussein,“No one is allowed to park close to the shop unless they are our customers, even police authorities know that.”
“Cooperative KVCS, street parking fee is Frw 100 per hour, he ought to have parked there, why at our place while he did not come to buy”, he wondered.
According to Kayitare Onesphore, a business man and car owner said,“No traffic sign to stop us from parking there, it is thorny to identify whether it is illegal or not”.
The angry Kayitare told igihe.com,“Even though I parked in their place, it does not mean to deflate my car tyres, do they have their own rules for punishments, what if I do it as a resident, what can happen”? he also wondered.
After the earshot, Igihe.comin a phone interview with the Traffic Police Commander, Chief Supt. Celestin Twahirwa said, no one is allowed to take such measures of deflating someone’s car since police is there to apprehend such drivers who do not observe traffic rules.
A driver of Hussein said, “I asked a gentleman to take away his car but he could not heed to my advice and soon Hussein’s mother was passing by and saw a red car parking and immediately ordered employees to deflate the tyres.
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