{The mayor of Rulindo District Emmanuel Kayiranga has asked residents to observe maximum sanitation and hygiene as part of the safety and security campaign.}
He further cautioned against littering roads and other prohibited places adding that wastes should be dumped only in specified places like dustbins.
The mayor made the remarks on January 25 during the campaign of “keeping streets clean and green.”
“There are some people who litter streets, a habit that is punishable by the law and should be fought by everyone,” Kayiranga said.
He particularly cautioned passengers, who buy edibles and throw packaging materials and water bottles through the car windows, throwing cigarette ends, newspapers, and chewing gum.
Article 32 of organic law determining the modalities of protection, conservation and promotion of environment in Rwanda, stipulates that, no one is permitted to dispose waste in an inappropriate place, except where it is destroyed from or in a treatment plant and after being approved by competent authorities.
Article 107 states that “any person who deposits, abandons or dumps waste, materials, or who pours sewage in a public or private place, is punished by a fine ranging from Rwf10.000 to Rwf100.000 except if such a place has been designated by competent authorities.”
It adds that: “The person is punished by a fine of Rwf10.000 or he or she may be compelled to clean the place where persons have polluted public or private property with human and domestic waste, except if such a place has been designated by the competent authorities.”
The Mayor urged them to equally make sanitation and hygiene part of their domestic activities to prevent diseases caused by dirtiness.
The District Police Commander, Supt. Aphrodis Gashumba appealed to drivers to responsibly provide where passengers can dispose-off the waste and always communicate to them against throwing rubbish through the window.
He further called for ownership in reporting criminal activities like drug dealers, and conflicting families for quick response.
The campaign also includes inspecting restaurants with those that will found to be unhygienic risking closure.
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