Rwandan Minister of Internal Security, General Patrick Nyamvumba has been sacked, making him one of the shortest-serving Ministers in the country.

He was appointed Minister in November last year.

He becomes the fifth minister sacked this year, following President Paul Kagame’s pledge to fire more officials for “lying, carelessness and indiscipline.”

President Kagame relieved the Minister of his duties “owing to matters of accountability under investigation,” a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said on Monday.

The General had previously served as the Chief of Defence Staff of the Rwanda Defence Force from 2013.

Last month, Kagame fired then State Minister for the East African Community, Olivier Nduhungirehe, for “consistently acting based on personal opinions”.

In February, Diane Gashumba was sacked as Minister of Health over a scandal involving coronavirus test kits and for a “series of habitual gross errors and repeated leadership failures.”

At the same time, Kagame fired the State Minister for Education, Isaac Munyakazi, for accepting a bribe of Rwf500,000 (about $550) to alter school rankings.

He also sacked state Minister for justice, Evode Uwizeyimana, for displaying “bad manners on several occasions.”

By Olajumoke Adeleke