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Rwanda: Kigali City move to relocate those in high-risk areas to resume

Source(s): EastAfrican, the - Nation Media Group Limited
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Kigali City is carrying out fresh demarcations of households in disaster-prone areas, even as authorities try to come up with ways of dealing with homeowners who are resisting moving out despite recurrent natural disasters.

The exercise is focusing on houses built on the slopes of hills like Mount Kigali in Nyarugenge District, Jali in Gasabo and Rebero in Kicukiro. Thousands of families resisted orders to move out, demanding compensation.

When City authorities first demarcated properties in disaster-prone areas followed by an order to relocate in 2016, local officials said only vulnerable families would get accommodation in model villages while the rest were required to find somewhere else to live.

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Themes Urban risk and planning Human mobility
Country and region Rwanda
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