Arrested Man who ‘lied’ about BNR house dispute
When Rutagengwa defaulted on the loan, the bank went to court and won the case, then the bank wrote to the land centre requesting for imposition of a caveat on the house.
Muhizi went on to file a case against the court bailiff who handled the auction and still he lost the case. “He filed many cases and lost all of them. The last one he lost was at the court of appeal,” Nirere said.
A man who claimed that the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) had colluded with the Rwanda Land Management and Use Authority to rip him off of a house he claimed he rightfully acquired, has ended up behind bars for defying court orders.
The President tasked the Minister of Local Government Jean Marie Vianney Gatabazi and Deputy Inspector General of Police Felix Namuhoranye to expeditiously handle Muhizi’s case.
During the recent citizen outreach by President Paul Kagame, the man, identified as Anatole Muhizi lodged a complaint claiming he was victimized by different government institutions and ended up losing his house.
Sources say that the contested house had been exchanged several times among loan sharks and Muhizi acquired it in the same way after allegedly giving money to Rutagengwa which he failed to pay. Rutagengwa allegedly failed to pay back Muhizi who was eyeing an abnormal interest from Rutagengwa.
Muhizi first went to the commercial court suing the National Bank, he lost the case, then he filed a case against Land Centre which he also lost. The house was auctioned.
“Preliminary investigation findings show that Muhizi was dishonest in his claim; he defied a court order to vacate the house that had been auctioned. The house in question was built on a mortgage facility acquired by Rutagengwa by the national bank worth Rwf 31 million,” Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) spokesperson Thierry Murangira told The New Times.