Residents of Nyabigega cell, Kirehe sector, Kirehe district have expressed dismay over some local leaders that have ostracized and sabotaged them from accessing electricity and domestic animals’ breeding but, instead, brought them a nursery which, after a very little while, stopped functioning.
Marceline Uwera, one of the residents, said that during their Ubudehe sittings, they supported a project of connecting residents to the national electricity grid but were disappointed to learn that authorities had sidetracked their recommendations.
“We wanted to get access to electricity. We agreed on that project since we wanted to delve into profitable projects that require electricity to operate. We are disappointed in our local leaders that are now acting against our expectations,” she said.
The executive secretary of Nyabigega cell, Nyabigega, Musafiri François said that his office was turned into a kindergarten school but was later closed.
The Kirehe Sector executive secretary, Léonald Bihoyiki, acknowledged that residents’ recommendations were not implemented, hastening to add that new plans shall be crafted and their decisions be incorporated.
Ubudehe guidelines indicate that only projects agreed upon and confirmed during village meeting have to be implemented. Local leaders are meant to advise on how projects should be implemented which ones should be given priority.
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