{Rubavu residents living in grass-thatched houses (Nyakatsi) have requested government to support them in the establishment of better shelter and improve their livelihoods, an intervention local leaders say will be implemented in 2016.}
Some residents of Nyabikonki cell in Kanzenze sector still reside in tents, houses roofed with thatch while others live in houses whose roofs are made of old tiles with straw for walls.
Talking to the media recently, the residents said that local government officials are aware of their plight but have not been helpful in supporting them.
“I hired a tent when my house was destroyed since I was unable to build another good house like others. Authorities know my case even though they haven’t been of much help,” said one of the residents.
“I have lived in this Nyakatsi for five years. I have no capacity to build an iron-roofed house. Local leaders have not provided any support,” said another resident.
The executive secretary of Kanzenze sector , Haguma Pascal confirms that the matter is well known and promised that residents living in Nyakatsi will benefit from newly constructed houses not later than January 2016.
“We have planned to build their houses through community work. Old fashioned houses will be history by January 2016,”he said.
The program of eradicating Nyakatsi across the country was launched in 2010.
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