{"id":428684,"date":"2011-05-23T11:24:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T11:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/23\/former-rutsiro-leaders-denied-bail\/"},"modified":"2011-05-23T11:24:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T11:24:00","slug":"former-rutsiro-leaders-denied-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/former-rutsiro-leaders-denied-bail\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Rutsiro Leaders Denied Bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"40.6903376019\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/newtimes180.jpg\" alt=\"The New Times (Kigali)\" title=\"Visit The New Times (Kigali)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sam Nkurunziza<\/p>\n<p>22 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Karongi \u2014 Bwishyura lower instance court in Karongi District Friday dismissed bail applications from the two former Rutsiro personalities.<\/p>\n<p>Court, , presided by Domitilla Mukamwezi sent former Mayor, Jean Ndimubahire, and his deputy in charge of social affairs, Odette Mukantabana, back to jail for a tentative 30-day period as investigations continue.<\/p>\n<p>Ndimubahire and Mukantabana, are jointly accused of fabricating rape charges against a police officer.<\/p>\n<p>Gaspard Rwegeranya, the former District Police Intelligence Officer (IO) was accused of raping Mukantabana&#8217;s housemaid but was later acquitted after DNA results proved his innocence.<\/p>\n<p>Rwegeranya said that he was framed because he unearthed a corruption scandal involving top district officials, including Ndimubahire.<\/p>\n<p>Mukantabana&#8217;s lawyer pleaded in vain that his client be set free because she had no previous criminal record.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once released, it&#8217;s impossible to believe that you will not interfere with investigations or even escape because you know the gravity of the case,&#8221; Mukamwezi said before a fully packed courtroom.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the former Mayor awaits the ruling of a separate graft case in which he has been under trial for allegedly conniving with another district official to swindle about Rwf 3 million in June 2007<\/p>\n<p>It is said that Ndimubahire conspired with Jean Pierre Nsabimana, a former Executive Secretary of the National Youth Council to steal money and use forged documents to justify non-existent expenditures.<\/p>\n<p>In previous hearings, Nsabimana insisted that his involvement in the alleged crimes was under the Mayor&#8217;s influence, a claim Ndimubahire vehemently denies.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105230946.html\" title=\"Former Rutsiro Leaders Denied Bail\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Former Rutsiro Leaders Denied Bail<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Sam Nkurunziza 22 May 2011 Karongi \u2014 Bwishyura lower instance court in Karongi District Friday dismissed bail applications from the two former Rutsiro personalities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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