The Secretary General of the Supreme Court, Ms Beth Murora, on behalf of the Judiciary, signed a contract of building a High Court Chamber for International Crimes (HCCIC). The ceremony took place at the headquarters of the Supreme Court on 19 October 2015. They were present in the ceremony, the Chief Justice, Prof. Sam Rugege and Mr Pieter Dorst, Head of the Cooperation in the Kingdom of the Netherlands Embassy in Kigali. The Kingdom of the Netherlands accepted to finance this project of the construction, while the construction works are in the hands of Horizon Construction Ltd.
The Chief Justice, in his short remarks, said that he trusted this company because it has lots of experience. The Chief Justice hailed also the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the funds provided to build the court that will judge suspects of the 1994 genocide living abroad. As for the Secretary General, Ms Beth Murora, told the press that the Chamber of the High Court in charge of trying international crimes is working in the premises of the High Court of Kigali, but that it needs its own building with due modern equipment. Construction works will last twelve months.
The court will be built in Nyanza district in the South Province, and it will cost two billion three hundred fifteen million. The building contractor was represented by Mr Maurice Nyaruhirira who signed the contract while Tecos, in charge of supervision of works, was represented by Dr Augustine Bizimana. The ceremony was also attended by the Prosecutor General, Mr Muhumuza Richard and various officials of the judiciary and Rwanda Housing Authority. This article was published on the Rwanda Judiciary Website on October 20, 2015
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