Dear Editor, Last week, the Lands and Environment Minister asked all stakeholders to save Yanze wetland. He recommended means of freeing the wetland from threats of human activities. A time limit of three months was issued such that the ultimate can be put to effect.
Dear Editor,
Last week, the Lands and Environment Minister asked all stakeholders to save Yanze wetland. He recommended means of freeing the wetland from threats of human activities. A time limit of three months was issued such that the ultimate can be put to effect.
Yanze wetland produces 950 cubic meters per hour and supplies water to Yanze town, Kigali, Nyarugenge and Gasabo districts. It also works as a water reservoir for Electrogaz’s water plant for Kigali City, yet is under serious human threat.
If the resettlement plan is implemented, at least 80 homesteads will quit the wetland and relocate to the adjacent proposed Butare Village settlement at the foothills of Kiboha hill in Ngoma Sector.
My request is that farmers are provided with crop fertilizers when they relocate to upland areas, so that they can continue with their cultivation.
We need to protect the wetland for future generations.
RULINDO