{"id":16280,"date":"2020-06-04T06:48:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T06:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=16280"},"modified":"2020-06-04T06:48:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T06:48:23","slug":"no-robbery-committed-in-kazoza-microfinance-says-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/no-robbery-committed-in-kazoza-microfinance-says-management\/","title":{"rendered":"No robbery committed in Kazoza Microfinance, says Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The management of Kazoza Microfinance based in Bujumbura City denies the rumors spread on social media on June 1 about the robbery of BIF 800 million from this financial institution.<br \/>\n\u201cKazoza Microfinance wasn\u2019t robbed,\u201d says Aim\u00e9 Sinaniranye, Director General of Kazoza Microfinance in a news conference held this June 3.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16281\" style=\"width: 539px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16281\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-16281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rps20200602_155226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rps20200602_155226.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rps20200602_155226-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rps20200602_155226-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rps20200602_155226-600x345.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kazoza Finance Institution<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He says there is only an employee who tricked some customers. \u201cShe asked them to give her a sum that she was going to use to make her own profits,\u201d says Nadine Dukundane, Officer in charge of Administrative and Financial Affairs in Kazoza Microfinance institution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe convinced the microfinance institution customers to lend her, for instance, BIF 25 million, promising to reimburse them BIF 33 million within two weeks,\u201d explains Dukundane adding that the employee also provided the payment slip with the stamp of Kazoza Microfinance to gain more confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Dukundane says the suspected employee has been arrested. \u201cThe police and judicial officials are conducting investigations. We are waiting for its results to know exactly who are involved in this robbery,\u201d she says, adding that the clients\u2019 funds are safe.<\/p>\n<p>Louise Nijimbere, the suspected employee, had been working for Kazoza Finance branch located in Kamenge neighborhood, in the north of Bujumbura City for three years.<\/p>\n<p>According to Nadine Dukundane, Ms. Nijimbere was unmasked following the internal investigation conducted into the institution. She calls on the institution customers to always use transparent rules for loans and investments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The management of Kazoza Microfinance based in Bujumbura City denies the rumors spread on social media on June 1 about the robbery of BIF 800 million from this financial institution. \u201cKazoza Microfinance wasn\u2019t robbed,\u201d says Aim\u00e9 Sinaniranye, Director General of Kazoza Microfinance in a news conference held this June 3. 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