Twenty families in Rwankuba Village Gasharu Cell in Kinyinya Sector of Gasabo District are in desperate mood after local authorities ordered the demolition of their houses, which officials claim had been built without construction permit.
The affected families who spoke to IGIHE on condition of anonymity said that officials have previously directed them to construct their houses in that area and three years after, officials have issued a decree to demolish all the houses there leaving them homeless.
It is reportedly said that residents have been also asked by local authorities to pay fees so that their houses are not demolished.
Residents told this website that in order to construct a house at that site it was compulsory for the house owner to bribe local leaders an amount of money ranging from Rwf 200,000 up to Rwf.400, 000.
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