Ravages were predominantly realized in Nyamugari, Kigina, Nyarubuye, Mushikiri,
Nasho and Mahama sectors. An inspection is underway to establish more damages that it might have caused.
The mayor of Kirehe district, Gerard Muzungu has told IGIHE that storm water carried one child who was rescued by residents.
“Torrential streams carried a child who was rescued by residents and has been
admitted at Rusumo health center,” he said.
Similar heavy downpour in Kirehe killed one person, destroyed 1600 houses, ravaged
Nyabitare genocide memorial and Kankobwa cell offices on 10th March 2019.
It also ravaged 228 houses, 5 kitchens, and two churches, 183 hectares of banana
trees, 43 hectares of maize, 23 hectares of beet roots and 3.5 hectares of rice in the
same area at the beginning of 2019.
Talking to the media last week, the mayor of Kirehe district Muzungu attributed
recurrent ravages to lack of terracing and forests on hills surrounding the area.
“When it rains, torrential streams wash away the land. On the other side we have
mobilized residents to strengthen their houses,” he said.
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