{"id":35991,"date":"2017-10-06T08:57:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T08:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/japanese-envoy-commends-progress-on-rusumo\/"},"modified":"2017-10-06T08:56:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T08:56:50","slug":"japanese-envoy-commends-progress-on-rusumo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/japanese-envoy-commends-progress-on-rusumo\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese envoy commends progress on Rusumo-Kayonza road rehabilitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI am pleased to see that the project is making progress, and the government of Japan will make further contribution to sustainable economic development in Rwanda,\u201d said ambassador Takayuki.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ambassador, the economic infrastructure development like rehabilitation of roads represents one of the four priority areas of Japan\u2019s development cooperation with Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this field we have already constructed the Rusumo International Bridge and revamped the capacity of One Stop Border Post on the border between Rwanda and Tanzania.\u201d Takayuki added. <\/p>\n<p>According to the Rwanda Transport Development Agency (RTDA) Rusumo-Kayonza rehabilitation works are funded by the Government of Japan through JICA at an amount of US$68 million, African Development Bank (AfDB) at US$15,024,405.74 and Government of Rwanda at US$2,258,286.27. <\/p>\n<p>The 92km road construction works started in June this year. It is being implemented under joint venture of China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and NPD Ltd, a local construction firm.<\/p>\n<p>The project will complete in November 2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-21989 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/amb_takayuki_yitegereza_uko_umuhanda_kayonza-rusumo_urimo_gukorwa._ibikorwa_byo_gukora_uyu_muhanda_byahereye_mu_karere_ka_kirehe-2.jpg\" alt=\"Ambassador Takayuki and other officials observe construction works\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-21991 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ambasaderi_takayuki_ibumoso_asobanurirwa_uko_umuhanda_urimo_gukorwa_ubwo_yari_ageze_mu_karere_ka_kirehe.jpg\" alt=\"Ambassador Takayuki (L) being explained about construction activities progress\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-21992 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umuhanda_kayonza-rusumo_witezweho_kunoza_ubuhahirane_hagati_y_u_rwanda_na_tanzania_b_ibindi_bihugu_byo_mu_karere_ndetse_n_ubuhahirane_bw_imbere_mu_gihugu.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><img21990|center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ambassador of Japan to Rwanda, Takayuki Miyashita has visited the Rusumo-Kayonza road to observe its upgrading progress.  The Rusumo-Kayonza road improvement project is financed by a Japanese loan, and one of Japan\u2019s flagship project in the transport sector. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-35991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homehighlights","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 avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35991\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35991"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=35991"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=35991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}