Police has detained Kalisa Christopher, Executive secretary of Rubavu district, Bihingiro John, former Gisenyi Prison Boss and Mugume James, the prison’s accountant both accused of conniving to mismanage public funds.
Prosecution alleges that the officials used fake documents to pay an entrepreneur who had won the tender to supply food items to the prison, for the job he never did.
Kalisa Christopher is particularly accused of paying the entrepreneur 7 million Rwandan francs, while, the Prison boss, James Mugume, who was the entrepreneur, along with Bihingiro are facing charges of using fake documents to pay the contractor.
Alain Mukuralinda the spokesman of the national public prosecution authority told Press that the men are currently facing two counts which are mismanagement of public finances, and using fake documents.
He said if found guilty they could face prison sentences between 5 to 20 years.
Subject to provisions of the law, the crime of mismanagement of public servants attracts between 5 to 20 years, while forgery attracts between 5 to 10 year prison sentences.
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