{"id":41617,"date":"2020-06-30T15:28:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T15:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kigali-city-passes-100-billion-budget\/"},"modified":"2020-07-03T10:28:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T10:28:48","slug":"kigali-city-passes-100-billion-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kigali-city-passes-100-billion-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Kigali City passes 100 billion budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The budget will be funded by 40% from the state treasury; 40% from taxes and duties levied by the City of Kigali while the rest will be supported by development partners. <\/p>\n<p>Infrastructure projects will account for about 51% of the budget, while other projects will account for 49%.  <\/p>\n<p>It will include roads and alleys that will first be completed, improve traffic in Kigali City, light various roads, and build more than 30 kilometers of new roads.<\/p>\n<p>The budget will also cater for relocation of residents in high risk zones in Nyabisindu, Gatenga, and Nyagatovu as well as construction of homes for the needy.<\/p>\n<p>Poverty alleviation programs will account for 4.9% of the budget, with 49,000 new jobs created and co-operatives set up to uplift members&#8217; livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>In other projects, this budget will find construction of 1,634 classrooms, 2263 toilets and three new health facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor of the City of Kigali, Pudence Rubingisa, said the 19% reduction was based on loans and donations from donors that had not returned to this year&#8217;s budget.<\/p>\n<p>Last year there was a major 54-kilometer road project worth Rwf 29 billion.<\/p>\n<p>He said that in general, the revenue of the City of Kigali and its revenue will increase.<\/p>\n<p>The activities of the City of Kigali are planned in the budget based on the national vision but especially on the vision to have Kigali as a model city by 2050.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36031 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umuyobozi_w_umujyi_wa_kigali_pudence_rubingisa_yavuze_ko_kugabanyuka_kw_ingengo_y_imari_bishingiye_ku_mishinga_minini_yari_mu_ngengo_y_imari_y_umwaka_ushize-4c181.jpg\" alt=\"The Mayor of the City of Kigali, Pudence Rubingisa, said the 19% reduction was based on loans and donations from donors that had not returned to this year&#039;s budget.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36032 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umuyobozi_w_urugaga_rw_abikorera_mu_mujyi_wa_kigali_bitwayiki_andre_yasabye_ko_mu_gukura_abantu_mu_bukene_bajya_babaha_amahugurwa_kurusha_gushyira_abantu_mu_matsinda_bakabaha_amafaranga_-0a999.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><img36033|center><\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36034 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/inama_njyanama_y_umujyi_wa_kigali_yemeje_ingengo_y_imari_ya_100_115_365_485_frw-57ff1.jpg\" alt=\"The activities of the City of Kigali are planned in the budget based on the national vision but especially on the vision to have Kigali as a model city by 2050.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36035 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/perezida_w_inama_njyanama_y_umujyi_wa_kigali_w_agateganyo_dr_kayihura_muganga_didas_ashyikiriza_umuyobozi_w_umujyi_wa_kigali_ingengo_y_imari_ya_2020-2021_-f9d94.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kigali city has approved a budget of Rwf 100 billion for 2020\/2021, a reduction by 19% from Rwf 124 billion last year.<\/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":[72],"byline":[204],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-41617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","byline-elina-jonas-ruzindaza"],"bylines":[{"id":204,"name":"Elina Jonas Ruzindaza","slug":"elina-jonas-ruzindaza","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":103}],"contributors":[{"id":204,"name":"Elina Jonas Ruzindaza","slug":"elina-jonas-ruzindaza","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":103}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41617","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=41617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41617"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=41617"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=41617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}