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Police officer picks up Rwf1.7m, returns it to owner
An honest police officer attached to the Kigali International Airport has done the force proud after he found a bag containing Euros 2, 225 (about Rwf1.7 million) and $53, and returned it safely to its delighted Ethiopian owner, on Saturday night.
Jerome Bisesetsa, 24, found the money and returned it safely to Samson Bakure who had misplaced it at the airport on arrival at about 1:45a.m.
According to Asfaw Mesfin, the director of Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant, who picked up Bakure from the airport, his guest noticed that he had misplaced the bag containing the money as he tried to pay a deposit at the hotel (Umubano) where he was to stay.
“He told me that he had lost the bag containing the money and all his travel documents at the airport as he was paying for a visa. We drove back at about 2.20a.m and after I narrated the story to the duty officer, he told us they had picked up the bag.
“I have always had trust in Rwandans and, the police in particular, for the years I have lived here, so much when my colleague told me that he had misplaced the bag at the airport, I was confident we would find it. I am proud of this country,” said Mesfin, who has lived in Rwanda for 17 years.
Bisesetsa, who has worked at the airport for the last two years, said that he saw a bag abandoned at the Immigration wing.
“As I was seated next to the Immigartion (section), I saw the bag; when I checked it I found it contained money in different currencies and I reported it to my head since I did not know the owner.
“It was my responsibility to help the passenger in question; we are here to ensure the security of people and their property,” said Bisesetsa.
He is the fifth officer to pick up money and other lost baggage at the airport and return it to its owner.
Contact email: bosco.asiimwe[at]newtimes.co.rw
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I would like to have heard that there was a food bank donation, for the same amount, so much more… I mean, he -simply- did his job for some rich citizen.
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That's great!! Except that the last time I was in Kigali, Airport employees opened my bag they were inspecting and stole 2 laptops and 2 cameras. So I guess it's great to see that not all of them are crooks.
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Great News !! Glad to hear that there trustworthy officers that . This officer should be commended for an exemplar award. Keep up the good work. Cheers!!
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Of course the good policeman would be a fool to trouser that cash, what with all those CCTV cameras watching everything!
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I can't be happy enough for such levels of integrity that our policemen continue to exhibit! Praise be to God for keeping them faithful! I hope and pray that other men in uniform do and will continue to do the same, especially traffic officers. Cheers to you, Jerome!
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Asiimwe, you don't even know how to lie. Who would steal 2 laptops and 2 cameras...at Kigali Airport of all places. We've all been there and it's too small an airport to even get away with something like that. Maybe if you had lied about somewhere in town, some naive person would have believed you...Not good enough this time, my friend.
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keep up guy. we are behind you and know that you,ve done your job well always we should be examplary as you did.
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That's one good thing, it seems more values are raising: let's not only congratulate the officer, but also the institution who put incentives that allows that to happen: incentives meant here are an upgraded personal and wage policy, and clear consequences scheme- mind you if the officer had chosen not to give it back and he went caught... what would happen? Big up for the institutional reforms..
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Of course you make us proud when read this...Stay focused!
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