{"id":53065,"date":"2023-09-21T08:33:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T08:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/rib-sends-former-rca-bosss-file-to-prosecution"},"modified":"2023-09-21T08:41:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T08:41:31","slug":"rib-sends-former-rca-bosss-file-to-prosecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rib-sends-former-rca-bosss-file-to-prosecution","title":{"rendered":"RIB sends former RCA boss&#8217;s file to prosecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b> Hudson Kuteesa<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) on Tuesday, September 19, handed over the file of Jean-Bosco Harelimana, the former Director General of Rwanda Cooperative Agency (RCA), to the National Public Prosecution Authority (NPPA).<\/p>\n<p>Harelimana who was arrested on September 14 is suspected of crimes including flouting public tender procedures and abuse of public resources.<\/p>\n<p>RIB\u2019s Spokesperson Thierry Murangira, told the media that his arrest was based on an investigation conducted in relation to offenses he is suspected of committing while he led the institution.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente dropped Harelimana from leading RCA, owing to managerial failure. Details related to his sacking were not made public at that time.<\/p>\n<p>The RCA is the institution charged with promoting and regulating the cooperatives sector in Rwanda. Earlier this year, figures from RCA indicated that there are about 9,706 cooperatives in Rwanda with a share capital of more than Rwf47.8 billion.<\/p>\n<p>All the cooperatives count over five million members (comprising over 2.77 million men, and over 2.25 million women).<\/p>\n<p>Since its inception, cooperatives have been crucial in improving the welfare of Rwandans, particularly the role Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) played in boosting financial inclusion in the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hudson Kuteesa Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) on Tuesday, September 19, handed over the file of Jean-Bosco Harelimana, the former Director General of Rwanda Cooperative Agency (RCA), to the National Public Prosecution Authority (NPPA). Harelimana who was arrested on September 14 is suspected of crimes including flouting public tender procedures and abuse of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":53063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[760,763,758],"class_list":["post-53065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RIB sends former RCA boss&#039;s file to prosecution - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) on Tuesday, September 19, handed over the file of Jean-Bosco Harelimana, the former Di ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rib-sends-former-rca-bosss-file-to-prosecution\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RIB sends former RCA boss&#039;s file to prosecution\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) on Tuesday, September 19, handed over the file of Jean-Bosco Harelimana, the former Di ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rib-sends-former-rca-bosss-file-to-prosecution\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-21T08:33:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-21T08:41:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/09\/sm_1695273030.346508.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rib-sends-former-rca-bosss-file-to-prosecution#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rib-sends-former-rca-bosss-file-to-prosecution\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"RIB sends former RCA boss&#8217;s file to prosecution\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-21T08:33:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-21T08:41:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rib-sends-former-rca-bosss-file-to-prosecution\"},\"wordCount\":214,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rib-sends-former-rca-bosss-file-to-prosecution#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/09\/sm_1695273030.346508.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rib-sends-former-rca-bosss-file-to-prosecution#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rib-sends-former-rca-bosss-file-to-prosecution\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rib-sends-former-rca-bosss-file-to-prosecution\",\"name\":\"RIB sends former RCA boss's file to prosecution - 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