{"id":55061,"date":"2025-07-30T10:13:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/minister-gasore-addresses-water-shortage-in-kigali\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T10:18:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:18:31","slug":"minister-gasore-addresses-water-shortage-in-kigali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/minister-gasore-addresses-water-shortage-in-kigali\/","title":{"rendered":"Water shortage in Kigali linked to falling Nyabarongo River levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Gasore made these remarks on July 29, 2025, during an inspection visit to the Nyabarongo River.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with RBA, the minister described the situation as critical, noting that the reduced river flow is already affecting water production capacity. He announced the formation of task forces to monitor the situation and manage the limited supply more effectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a serious issue that has disrupted the volume of water reaching Kigali,\u201d he said. \u201cAs an immediate response, we\u2019ve established a mobile team to inspect our water distribution networks and ensure equitable access to the available supply, as we continue to work on long-term solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Water from the Nzove plant is distributed to several areas across Kigali, including Gisozi, Kibagabaga, Nyarutarama, Kimihurura, Bumbogo, Birembo, the Special Economic Zone, Gasanze, Karama, Mont Kigali, Kimisange, Nyanza in Kicukiro, Mageragere, and Rebero.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-91739\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1200px-an_aerial_of_nyabarongo_river_from_nyungwe_national_park_to_river_nile__emmanuel_kwi.jpg\" alt=\"The Minister of Infrastructure, Dr. Jimmy Gasore, has attributed the recent water shortages in Kigali to the decline in water levels in River Nyabarongo. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Infrastructure, Dr. Jimmy Gasore, has attributed the recent water shortages in Kigali to the decline in water levels in River Nyabarongo, which has severely impacted the operations of key water treatment facilities, including Kigali Water Ltd and the Nzove Water Treatment Plant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000091741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55061","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 avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000091741,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1200px-an_aerial_of_nyabarongo_river_from_nyungwe_national_park_to_river_nile__emmanuel_kwi.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1200px-an_aerial_of_nyabarongo_river_from_nyungwe_national_park_to_river_nile__emmanuel_kwi.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1200px-an_aerial_of_nyabarongo_river_from_nyungwe_national_park_to_river_nile__emmanuel_kwi.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1200px-an_aerial_of_nyabarongo_river_from_nyungwe_national_park_to_river_nile__emmanuel_kwi.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1200px-an_aerial_of_nyabarongo_river_from_nyungwe_national_park_to_river_nile__emmanuel_kwi.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1200px-an_aerial_of_nyabarongo_river_from_nyungwe_national_park_to_river_nile__emmanuel_kwi.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55061","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000091741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55061"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55061"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}