Rwanda, Kenya Police sign cooperation pact

Sunday August 23, 2015

Kigali: Rwanda National Police (RNP) and Kenya National Police Service have signed a memorandum of understanding to formalize their cooperation against cross-border crimes.

RNP says in a statement that the agreement was signed in Naivasha, Nairobi between the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Emmanuel K. Gasana and his counterpart of Kenya, Joseph K. Boinnet‎.

This was on the sideline of 15th meeting of the ministers responsible for Police in the Eastern Africa Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization (EAPCCO) member countries.‎

The event was witnessed by Kenya’s Cabinet secretary for Interior and coordination, Hon. Joseph Ole Nkaiserry and Rwanda’s Ambassador to Kenya, James Kimonyo.

Under this special partnership, the two Police institutions agreed to join forces in areas of planning, coordination and execution of join operations against transnational crimes like terrorism and drug trafficking among others.

The two friendly forces will also share relevant information and expertise through joint operations and training, mutual assistance, road safety operations, development and exchange of programmes.
They will also cooperate and exchange professional, career development and other specialized policing courses.

Rwanda National Police spokesperson, Chief Supt. Celestin Twahirwa said the two police institutions have been enjoying “good working relations” adding that the agreement comes to formalize this cooperation.

“Rwanda and Kenya police institutions have been working together in fields of training, information exchange, arrest of suspected criminals and recovery of stolen items. This partnership will ensure that we continue this noble course towards regional sustainable peace and security,” CSP Twahirwa said.

“Rwanda National Police understands that in the face of the current policing challenges facilitated by globalization and technology, it would be impossible for a single police institution to stand alone against such, so cooperation remains part of its priorities,” he added.

Kenyan police officers have attended the last three Senior Command and Staff Course intakes at the National Police College in Musanze District while about ten Kenyan stolen vehicles have been recovered in Rwanda in the last two years and handed over to their owners.

"The police cooperation framework established will ease all joint undertakings for mutual benefit.‎"

"Through such cooperation, criminals running from one of the two countries to hide in another, or using one country as a base to conduct illegal and criminal activities in another, are now unlikely."

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