{"id":38766,"date":"2019-01-16T13:11:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T13:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/economic-ambitions-surge-as-more-ngoma-households\/"},"modified":"2019-01-16T13:10:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T13:10:54","slug":"economic-ambitions-surge-as-more-ngoma-households","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/economic-ambitions-surge-as-more-ngoma-households\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic ambitions surge as more Ngoma households get connected to electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2652 households in Ngoma District were connected to electricity through a project financed by the Belgian Government that saw Kayonza, Ngoma and Rwamagana Districts get power in the last three months according to the Manager of Rwanda Energy Group (REG) in Ngoma District, Beno\u00eet Niyonkuru.<\/p>\n<p>Viateur Sindambiwe, 27, said that two weeks after his area of residence was connected to electricity, he founded a hairdressing salon in Nyaruvumu Cell of Rukira Sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow our area is developed, I started a hairdressing salon. I also bought a television set. It is really fine now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sindambiwe told our reporter that his daily income is between Rwf1,500 and Rwf3000 with food bills excluded. He plans to start another haircutting salon in which he will employ other young people.<\/p>\n<p>It was not easy for residents of the rural Rukira Sector to get where to get their maize, sorghum and cassava milled. They say the price to mill their foods reduced to Rwf20 from Rwf50 per kilo when they used a generator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore my house was connected, I used paraffin to light lamps which would cost me Rwf2000 per month; now I use electric lamps. This will help my two school children revise well their books,\u201d Bonaventure Kwizera, a resident of Gatonde Cell, Kibungo Sector says. <\/p>\n<p>Jean de Dieu Ndaruhutse, the Executive Secretary of Nyaruvumu Cell says that before their Cell got connected to power, residents used to use paraffin lamps that pollute the air,, had health risks all of of which have since changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElectricity actually means development. It has changed our lives a lot. Now, a plot of land that was worth between Rwf200,000 and Rwf500,000 can\u2019t be sold at less than one million,\u201d Ndaruhutse said.<\/p>\n<p>{{Easy access to clean water}}<\/p>\n<p>Rukira and Kibungo Sectors are two sectors in Ngoma District in which it was difficult to get access to clean water.<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Twizeyimana, an official in charge of distributing clean water to population in Ngoma District, said now electricity helps operate water pumps.<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Twizeyimana, an official in charge of distributing clean water to population in Ngoma District, said now electricity helps operate water pumps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElectricy helps us use water pumps. The water we get is from valleys and we use electrical pumps which are affordable compared to generators operated by fuel,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Twizeyimana says that a jerry can of 20 liters of water is bought at Rwf20 with electrical pumps while it was Rwf25 for water pumped using generators.   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGenerators are also not easy to use; transporting them to valleys is difficult. They frequently get faulty calling for incessant repairs but with electricity, such problems are no more,\u201d Twizeyimana said.  <\/p>\n<p>Connected households in Ngoma District account for 46% according to REG statistics with two other projects under implementation in Kazo, Mutenderi, Murama, Sake and Zaza Sectors projected to see 6,000 households connected this year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27998 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/health_services_improved_after_nyaruvumvu_health_centre_got_connected_to_power.jpg\" alt=\"Health services improved after Nyaruvumu Health Centre got connected to power\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27999 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/now_water_reaches_residents_of_rukira_and_kibungo_sectors_using_electric_pumps_which_more_affordable_compared_to_generators.jpg\" alt=\"Water is now more affordable using electric pumps than generators\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28001 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/haircutting_salons_have_been_founded_in_rukira_since_the_area_got_connected_to_electricity.jpg\" alt=\"Hair-cutting salons founded are now generating income for youths \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28000 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/plots_of_land_have_added_value.jpg\" alt=\"Plots of land have added value since the area got connected to power\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28002 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/milling_food_is_easy_now_with_electric_millers.jpg\" alt=\"Food milling is now easier with electric milling machines\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three months after their households were connected to electricity, families in Kibungo and Rukira Sectors of Ngoma District say their lives have changed as power connections have enabled them start income generating projects, access improved health services, affordability and clean water and added value to their property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-38766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","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 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\/38766","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38766"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=38766"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=38766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}