Police has appointed Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Celestin Twahirwa as the new Spokesperson and serves as Commissioner for Public Relations and Media, with emmediate effect.
CSP Twahirwa, a lawyer, has just returned from a peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan, where he served as Sector Commander.
Prior to that, CSP Twahirwa served in various capacities in the force; as Commissioner for Traffic and once as Deputy Commandant for National Police College (NPC).
He replaces Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Damas Gatare, who now head the Department of Community Policing, which is under the Commissioner for Public Relations and Media.
According to the Rwanda National Police leadership structure, ACP Damas Gatare, who has served the force for close to two decades, is senior to CSP Twahirwa. He has thus been demoted.
Reasons for his demotion were not communicated.