{"id":63326,"date":"2024-01-18T17:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/districts-with-most-cases-of-forged-construction-permits-land-titles-named"},"modified":"2024-01-18T18:27:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T18:27:46","slug":"districts-with-most-cases-of-forged-construction-permits-land-titles-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/districts-with-most-cases-of-forged-construction-permits-land-titles-named","title":{"rendered":"Districts with most cases of forged construction permits, land titles named"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Over the past three years [2023, 2022, 2021], the Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) received 64 cases of forged land titles and construction permits.<\/p>\n

RIB\u2019s spokesperson Thierry Murangira disclosed that five districts namely Nyarugenge, Gasabo, Rubavu, Kicukiro, and Rwamagana are on top of many cases of forged land titles and construction permits.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor instance, the cases in Nyarugenge District occupied 21.8 per cent of all forged land titles and construction permits cases across the country, while cases in Gasabo took 20.3 per cent. Kamonyi and Musanze districts are also among the top 10 districts with many cases of such forgery,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to Murangira, 118 suspects were arrested for forging land titles, and construction permits.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded 30 cases of fake construction permits involving 44 suspects and 34 cases of fake land titles involving 74 suspects across the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In 2023, 20 cases were received, 34 cases were received in 2021 and the rest in 2022.<\/p>\n

The City of Kigali recorded many cases accounting for 51.5 per cent followed by Southern Province with 17.1 per cent of all cases countrywide.<\/p>\n

Cases in Western Province occupied 15.6 per cent, Eastern Province had 9.3 per cent and Northern Province had 6. 2 per cent of all nationwide cases recorded.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe discovered that some engineers collaborate with construction project owners to forge construction permits,\u201d he said, adding that some so-called engineers pledge construction permits to landowners and charge them a lot of money.<\/p>\n

He explained that the culprits use original permits, and scan and edit them by changing words to the extent that they look like original documents.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn these forged documents, they also put on a barcode from original documents to entice people that the forged ones are original.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barcode is a machine-readable code in the form of numbers and a pattern of parallel lines of varying widths, printed on a document that is scanned to be able to read owners of documents.<\/p>\n

On January 8, 2024, RIB announced that it arrested Engineer Marie Baririmana and two constructors namely Sad Ntezirizaza Sad, and Nicolas Ritararenga for forging construction permits.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf convicted they are punished for five to seven years in prison and between Rwf3 and Rwf5 million in fines,\u201d Murangira noted.<\/p>\n

On January 16, the City of Kigali destroyed some buildings that were being constructed without permits in Gasabo, Kicukiro, and Nyarugenge districts.<\/p>\n

Delayed construction permits blamed<\/p>\n

Different people reacted to the decision of pulling down the buildings saying that issuing construction permits is delayed despite the city\u2019s commitment to issue a construction permit within 15 days and if it delays, within not more than 21 days.<\/p>\n

According to engineers who facilitate landowners in getting permits, delays in issuing construction permits trigger forgery or corruption.<\/p>\n

One of the factors in illegal construction is the lack of physical plans.<\/p>\n

According to the Master Plan, physical plans are well-planned and designed settlement sites with physical infrastructure including public services, drainage, transport, economic activities, recreation, and amenities to protect the environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government should fast-track the development of physical plans in different zones. This is because, without physical plans, residents can\u2019t get construction permits for their projects. Addressing this issue will also address unplanned settlements,\u201d said Fikiri Epaphrodite, an engineer.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Papias Dedeki Kazawadi, another engineer, said engineers and architects who are not registered in the Institution of Engineers Rwanda (IER), those registered but are dishonest, and \u201cthose who call themselves engineers\u201d are behind many cases of forging construction permits.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to work with all institutions, communities, and landowners to stamp out the culprits and so-called engineers and architects. It will become easier to penalise those who are members of the engineers\u2019 council, but for those who are not, it is not easy for us to detect and punish them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He urged all construction project owners to have advisors registered in engineers and architects\u2019 councils to ensure they are not involved in illegal construction.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Rwanda. Over the past three years [2023, 2022, 2021], the Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) received 64 cases of forged land titles and construction permits. 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