The families comprising 122 people were relocated and sheltered in a church in Birama village.
Kimisagara leaders say that they have registered over 9,000 houses in high risk zones and owners were told to relocate.
Unarguably, officials decided to forcibly relocate families who have been living in places which seemed to be highly affected by effects of heavy rains.
Most of relocated families had been living in rent.
Speaking to IGIHE, the Executive Secretary of Kimisagara Sector, Charles Havuguziga said that relocating them was the first help they were able to provide.
“It is true, we forcibly relocated them because it was the first help we could give them, to have them out of these houses. Some houses were putting lives of people in danger,” he explained.
He encouraged people living in high risk zones to approach other families for shelter and called for support from other institutions because the evicted are more disadvantaged to the extent that some families lack basic needs including meals.
Evictees cry foul
Different people who spoke to IGIHE expressed their concerns saying that they are unable to find new houses.
Sarafine Uwimana said that they cannot afford money to pay expensive rent in good places.
“We have nowhere to go, we cannot even put food on table now, my husband is a street vendor; the relocation is turning the matter worse,” she said.
Ten villages out of 49 in Kimisagara Sector are located in high risk zones but officials are sensitising people to leave the areas.
The Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs announced recently that a total of 183 people were killed by disasters since January to April 30th and properties worth Rwf4 billion were damaged.
The last weekend downpours killed 26 people across the country, 18 among them were from Rwankuba Sector of Karongi District.
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