Rwandan authorities have auctioned assets from the family business of Diane Rwigara


The Rwandan authorities have auctioned assets from the family business of Diane Rwigara - a jailed critic of President Paul Kagame who was barred from running in last year's election.  

She is facing a charge of forgery as well as inciting uprising - a charge for which her mother is also in prison.  

The Rwanda Revenue Authority sold the machinery from the family's tobacco business for almost two million dollars as it tries to recover around seven million dollars it claims is owed in tax arrears. 

The family said the auction of the assets and all the charges are politically motivated. Miss Rwigara had planned to run against Mr Kagame in the 2017 elections, but was disqualified by the election commission.  Mr Kagame won the poll with 98 point 63 percent of the votes.


SOURCE: BBC
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