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20 deputy prosecutors appointed

    NAIROBI

    Twenty deputy prosecutors have been sworn in by Prime Minister Pierre Celestin Rwigema, the Rwanda News Agency (RNA) reported. He urged them to “keep to the truth” and reminded them that the government, in collaboration with the justice ministry, “is taking an upper hand in fighting corruption in the judicial system”. He warned them against “traps and temptations” within the profession. “As judicial officers, you are pillars of justice and reconciliation eagerly awaited for in Rwandan society following the 1994 genocide,” he told the deputy prosecutors. “What is required is not only the number, but also the ability of lawyers.”

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