Rwanda National Police (RNP) has come out to confirm that Miss Rwanda 2022, Divine Nshuti Muheto is detained due alleged offences linked to drunk driving and destruction of infrastructure.
“Police informs the general public Miss Muheto Divine was arrested after she was caught driving under excess influence of alcohol and driving without a permit, knocking and destroying public infrastructure and fleeing the scene of the accident,” Police said via X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
“It is not the first time she has done this. Her dossier has been submitted to the Prosecution,” RNP added in an announcement, nearly six days after reports of her arrest surfaced.
It is alleged that the beauty queen, the last to hold the title following the disbandment of the Miss Rwanda pageant since May 2022, hit a street light pole and ran over palm trees, acts which are punishable by the law.
Divine Nshuti Muheto became Miss Rwanda 2022 and took over the crown from Grace Ingabire, Miss Rwanda 2021, before the national pageant was rocked by sex-related scandals that led to its disbandment.
