National
Mini-buses to be phased out
The City of Kigali has announced that it is developing a Public Transport Strategy (PTS) that will ultimately see the phasing out of public transport mini-buses from the city in the next ten years. In an interview, the city vice Mayor in charge of Finance and Economic Development, Alphonse Nizeyimana, said the strategy would be completed towards the end of the year. “We hope to release the strategy (PTS) early next year and that’s when we will specify exactly when these vehicles (mini-buses) should no longer be operating in Kigali. But we held a meeting with Atraco (local association of tax owners and drivers) and we agreed that they are going to start replacing the omnibus with big buses,” Nizeyimana said.
Traffic snarl up in Kigali's Central Business District. Minibuses will gradually be phased out from the city.