{"id":40952,"date":"2020-03-09T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/as-heavy-downpours-persist-city-of-kigali-plans\/"},"modified":"2020-03-11T18:36:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T18:36:02","slug":"as-heavy-downpours-persist-city-of-kigali-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/as-heavy-downpours-persist-city-of-kigali-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"As heavy downpours persist, City of Kigali plans to relocate 1100 families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The decision follows the relocation of wetland dwellers which was conducted in the last months of 2019. The relocation was part of the City of Kigali urban plan aimed at improving the ecological functioning, aesthetics and recreational potential of the wetland areas.<\/p>\n<p>Meteo Rwanda predicted that in March, April and May, Kigali will be affected by torrential rains more than other parts of the country. <\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Local Government stated that the relocation initiative was driven by the need to protect citizens who live in high-risk zones and wetlands and urged landlords not to increase rent prices due to the high number of people in need of homes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35082 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/minisitiri_w_ubiutegetsi_bw_igihugu_prof_shyaka_anastase_yasabye_abafite_amazu_akodeshwa_kuturiza_ibiciro_bitwaje_ko_hari_igikorwa_cyo_kwimura_abaturage_mu_buryo_butari_bwitezwe_mbere-f22e5.jpg\" alt=\"The Ministry of Local Government stated that the relocation initiative was driven by the need to protect citizens who live in high-risk zones and wetlands\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35083 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/minisitiri_w_ubutabazi_bw_ibanze_marie-solange_kayisire_yari_mu_kiganiro_n_abanyamakuru-e5e20.jpg\" alt=\"The Minister in charge of Emergency Management Kayisire Marie Solange\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35084 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umuyobozi_w_umujyi_wa_kigali_pudence_rubingisa_yavuze_ko_bazibanda_ku_duce_dusaga_10_twagaragaje_ko_abahatuye_bakeneye_kwimura_mu_buryo_bwihuse-7ef13.jpg\" alt=\"Pudence Rubingisa,The  Mayor of Kigali City\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35085 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umujyi_wa_kigali_ugiye_kwimura_imiryango_isaga_1100_kubera_imvura_ikomeye_yitezwe-7a35d.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35086 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umuyobozi_mukuru_wa_rema_colette_ruhamya-5b023.jpg\" alt=\"Colette Ruhamya, the director general of Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA)\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35087 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umuyobozi_wungirije_w_umujyi_wa_kigali_ushinzwe_ibikorwaremezo_n_imitutrire_ernest_nsabimana_atanga_ishusho_y_ibikorwa_bateganya_gukora_mu_gutabara_abaturage_bashobora_kwibasirwa_n_ibiza-0212e.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35088 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abatuye_ahegereye_ibishanga_imikingo_na_za_ruhurura_basabwe_kwimuka_na_mbere_y_uko_inzego_zibishinzwe_ziza_kubibasaba-5ca7a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Kigali has announced it will relocate 1100 families from high-risk zones after Rwanda Meteorology Agency (Meteo Rwanda) issued warning of extreme weather conditions and torrential rains in March, April and May. The heavy rainfall is attributed to the change in the distribution of heat and wind across the Pacific which alter rainfall patterns.<\/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":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-40952","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\/40952","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=40952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40952"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=40952"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=40952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}