President Paul Kagame has promoted 109 senior officers of the Rwanda National Police (RNP). The resolution was taken during the cabinet meeting held on Wednesday 26th January 2022.

The cabinet meeting also approved the Ministerial Order to promote 4483 personnel of RNP including non-commissioned officers and constables.

Four of the officers have been elevated from the rank of Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) to Commissioner of Police (ACP). These include CSP Sam Bugingo, CSP Aloys Munana Burora, CSP Rutagarama Kanyamihigo and CSP Edmond Kalisa.

Three officers at the rank of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) have been also promoted to Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), two are promoted from Superintendent of Police (SP) to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) while 100 have been elevated from Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) to Superintendent of Police (SP).

The Ministerial Order related to these promotions shows that 266 have been promoted from Inspector of Police (IP) to Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) as 638 are promoted from Assistant Inspector of Police (AIP) to Inspector of Police (IP).

A total of 56 non-commissioned officers have been promoted from Senior Sergeant (SSGT) to Chief Sergeant (CSGT), 355 from Sergeant (SGT) to Senior Sergeant (SSGT), 928 from Corporal (CPL) to Sergeant (SGT) while 2,240 are promoted from Police Constable (PC) to Corporal (CPL).

Among others, 481 have been dismissed from RNP. These include 40 non-commissioned officers and 441 with the rank of Police Constable.

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