{"id":12584,"date":"2014-02-17T03:28:20","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T03:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/senators-demand-road-lights-switched-off-during\/"},"modified":"2014-02-17T03:27:36","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T03:27:36","slug":"senators-demand-road-lights-switched-off-during","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/senators-demand-road-lights-switched-off-during\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators Demand Road Lights Switched Off During Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{{Senators have questioned the purpose of switching on road lights during day time saying its a misuse of resources at the expense of tax payers money.}}<\/p>\n<p>The issue was raised by senators during a session when Minister of State for water and energy, Emma-Francoise Isumbingabo was presenting on use of Bio gas and energy saving bulbs.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Bizimana Jean Damascene incquired; \u201ccitizens have been asking me why road lights are switched on during day especially along Kibagabaga road yet other homes lack electricity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, Minister Isumbingabo explained that such lights are switched on during the day while technical control and maintenance are being conducted. \u201c For safety reasons, maintenance can\u2019t be done during the night because it would cause accidents on roads\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-4238 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tr5-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-4237 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/fg3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{Senators have questioned the purpose of switching on road lights during day time saying its a misuse of resources at the expense of tax payers money.}} The issue was raised by senators during a session when Minister of State for water and energy, Emma-Francoise Isumbingabo was presenting on use of Bio gas and energy saving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2000050393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-12584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default 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