On 14 July 2022, the Minister of Interior, Hon. GASANA Alfred presided over the graduation of 34 Commissioners  and Senior officers from eight (8) African countries  who completed a one-year Police Senior Command and Staff Course (PSCSC) at the National Police College in Musanze.
The tenth PSCSC programme comprised of three main components namely a Police professional career component, which leads to the award of a Post Staff   College (PSC) title; a Master’s degree in Peace Studies and Conflict Transformation by the University  of Rwanda; and a post-graduate programme, which awards a post graduate diploma in Strategic Leadership and Management by the African Leadership University.

The graduation of the 10^th intake was attended by Senior law enforcement officers from Rwanda, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia.

In his speech Hon. GASANA Alfred, reminded the graduates that titles and awards attained should reflect on their ability to bring solutions to law enforcement challenges in their respective countries.

“I commend you for having translated into action, the wisdom of Benjamin Franklin, American Scholar and diplomat, who wrote in “the way to wealth “in 1758 that; “there are no gains without pains”, which is closer to the one in Kinyarwanda that “imbuto y’umugisha yera ku giti cy’umuruho”.  However, as you are celebrating, you should always remember that; no matter how successful you have been, there are still more to do, more to learn, and more to achieve”, he noted.

The world history teaches us that conflicts are as old as the human society. Also the modernization and globalization, are making law enforcement more complex in all its aspects. Therefore, peace and security in our respective countries, depend on the amount of efforts deployed to prevent or disrupt crimes; minimize, manage or transform conflicts that are unavoidable in any human society, he added

The Minister reiterated that peace and security in countries depend on the amount of efforts deployed to prevent or disrupt crimes; minimize, manage or transform conflicts that are unavoidable in any human society.

"These efforts mostly focus on addressing the root causes of conflicts from socio-economic, political, legal, institutional and structural perspectives and where no due consideration is given to these issues, conflicts are likely to break out and escalate beyond proportion," Minister Gasana said. 

 In Rwanda, he said, the Genocide against the Tutsi was a culmination of a long time unresolved issues of divisionism and discrimination followed by exclusion, bad governance, structural violence and impunity. 
 He added that learning from this experience, it becomes apparent that leadership is at the heart of societal transformation and all endeavors towards peace, security and sustainable development.

The graduation was also graced by the Governor of the Northern Province, Dancilla Nyirarugero, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dan Munyuza, the IGP of Namibian Police, Lt. Gen. Sebastian Ndeitunga, Police Commissioner for Somali Police Force (SPF), Maj. Gen. Abdi Hassan Mohammed and  Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police (SACP) Betty N, Timba from Zambia Police Service.