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KIGALI CITY SET TO DEMOLISHES 28 SUBSTANDARD HOUSES IN RWANDA

Posted on February 21, 2024 by Gambeta News

The City of Kigali has announced that it will demolish up to 28 substandard houses in a housing estate commonly known as Kwa Dubai, in Kinyinya Sector of Gasabo District and that “the investor has to compensate the victims of the shoddy work.” The Kinyinya-based estate owned by businessman Jean Nsabimana, alias Dubai, attracted a lot of negative public attention in 2023 when one of the reportedly poorly constructed houses collapsed. A court on February…

CITY OF KIGALI ANNOUNCED PLANS TO CONSTRUCT FEEDER ROAD

Posted on April 19, 2023April 19, 2023 by Gambeta News

The City of Kigali has announced plans to construct 300 kilometres of feeder roads in the capital, saying it will help ease public transport challenges across the city. A feeder road is a secondary route used to bring traffic to a major road. The development comes at a time residents in different city outskirts (neighbourhoods that are farthest from the city centre) of Kigali are decrying bottlenecks in public transport that makes it difficult to…

CITY OF KIGALI KICK-OFF CONSTRUCTION OF 10 ROADS PROJECTS

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Gambeta News

The City of Kigali has kicked off the construction of 10 roads in different parts of the capital. The roads are part of the Kigali Infrastructure Project (KIP) to build a 215 kilometers road network and several bridges by 2024 according to Merard Mpabwanamaguru, City of Kigali’s vice-mayor in charge of urbanization and infrastructure. The construction works comprising 70 Kilometres, which kicked off on November 24, are part of Phase two of the project. The…

CITY OF KIGALI NEEDS 500 BUSES TO END PUBLIC TRANSPORT CHALLENEGES

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Gambeta News

There is a need for over 500 buses to help end public transport woes in the City of Kigali, Emmanuel Katabarwa, the city engineer has disclosed. Speaking on the national broadcaster on Sunday, July 31, he said that from the existing fleet currently on the city roads, there is a deficit of 271 public buses. “We are working with RURA, and RTDA so that we can engage existing private transport operators to bring in more…

CITY OF KIGALI TO CONSTRUCT FLYOVER AND LANES ROADS TO REDUCED CONGESTION

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Gambeta News

The City of Kigali has announced plans to construct new flyovers and four-lane roads to ease congestion across the capital. A flyover is a bridge or road that carries one road over another, while a four-lane road is a highway with two lanes for traffic in each direction. These construction plans were unveiled, while responding to the Senate’s Standing Committee on Economic Development and Finance queries over congestion in the city. Senator Faustin Habineza urged…

RWANDA GOVT. TO FACILITATE INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECT AHEAD OF CHOGM MEETING

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Gambeta News

Rwanda Government is working around the clock to ensure some of the major infrastructure projects are completed in the City of Kigali ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) slated in June this year. The highly held meeting is set to return after a two years absence due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, among some of the preparations being undertaken by the city include expansion of deviation roads with view…