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The Applicant submits that on 7 May 2009, immediately after the hand over of the
impounded bus, he drove it direcfly to the garage to repair it. on 31 May 2009,
the vehicle was again confiscated by soldiers of the presidential guard.
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He also submits that the police first fabricated an offence of driving under
influence, and then re-adjusted it to the offence of non-presentation of the driver,s
license. ln the Applicant's view, this contradiction shows that the vehicle was
confiscated arbitrarily.
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He further alleges that even if one of these two offences was committed, the
penalty for the offense would not be the confiscation of the vehicle, in accordance
with the provisions of articles 24,2s and 26 of Act No. 34t1gg7 of the Rwandan
Traffic Police Act.
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The Applicant alleges that on 8 May 2010, he made a complaint to the president of the
Republic, who was then visiting Kigali. The President ordered the Police Commissioner
to follow up on the case. During the investigation, the police noticed the involvement of
the presidential guard and the investigation into matter was stopped.
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The Applicant asserts that on 6 April 2011, his vehicle was sold by auction, a fact
confirmed by the Attorney General's letter No. 1s3s/D11/A/oNpJ/lNSp dated 19
July 2011.
9.
The Applicant also stated that by letter No. 0873/SEN/SG/DC/AA/ME/2015 dated
11 June 2015, the Senate wanted to force him to accept the auction value of the
vehicle without further compensation. When he expressed dissatisfaction with the
contents of the offer in the senate's letter on 16 June 2015, he was imprisoned
for allegedly insulting and defaming the president of the Respondent state.
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