Kigali Master plan soon coming; MVK
BY GEORGE KAGAME The long awaited new Kigali City Master plan is soon to be launched says Bruno Rangira the Director of Communication in Kigali City Council (MVK). In an exclusive interview with The New Times, Rangira said the new master plan was designed by experts and addresses such issues as Kigali’s increasing population, new drive to make the city a major commercial and service centre in the East African community as well as making the city environmentally friendly, the plan also caters for the provision of social amenities through out the city province.
“We presented the new Kigali City Master Plan to the former minister of Infrastructure. (Stanilas Kamanzi), for the cabinet to approve the plan, initially it was a project by Kigali City Council but not it’s a national issue,” said Rangira.
He added that the plan caters for Kigali’s expansion which has led to shortage of land plots, in some places the cost of plots has gone up to Frw 7 million in some suburbs like Kicukiro.
Speaking to The New Times, the Minister of Infrastructure Linda Bihire said: “we have discussed the Master Plan in cabinet; I think it will be passed by the next cabinet meeting and immediately it will be launched by the president.”
The minister did not however did not say when the next cabinet meeting would be sitting, normally the cabinet meets on Wednesday.
“Land shortage is an issue not limited to Kigali alone, 70 percent of Kigali is rural, the new plan caters for Kigali’s expansion in 50 years from now,” said Rangira.
The new plan aims to provide an opportunity for investors to invest in an organized and well-planned city, comes Immediately after the government has adopted a new land, currently Kigali city faces the challenge of developing detailed plans to reduce the site of slums right in front of the president’s office and within the vicinity of Serena Hotel in Nyarugenge district.
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