Native Authorities Minister Dominique Habimana has urged residents in Ngoma District to guard public infrastructure, saying roads, water methods and electrical energy connections can solely be sustainable if residents develop a way of possession.
Habimana made the remarks throughout a two-day go to to Ngoma and Kirehe districts, saying infrastructure growth has improved livelihoods and supported native financial development.
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“The infrastructure supplied for the residents belongs to them. These water pipes and electrical energy strains are theirs,” Habimana mentioned.
“We ask residents to proceed defending them and never tolerate anybody who destroys public infrastructure as a result of the assets invested by the federal government additionally come from residents’ contributions.”
Based on residents, the extension of highway, water and electrical energy infrastructure has eased transportation, improved entry to companies and boosted farming actions that now generate regular incomes for a lot of households.
“This space was once lined by bushes,” mentioned Alex Muzerwa, a farmer. “The authorities helped us domesticate the land and supplied pineapple seedlings. We shaped a cooperative as farmers, however it struggled till the federal government helped us function professionally.”
Muzerwa mentioned the cooperative now grows pineapples on 1,500 hectares and harvests between 200 and 300 tonnes every week.
“Our cooperative has developed as a result of we expanded the farmland. Our members have constructed or renovated homes and a few have purchased bikes, which assist us join with Kibungo city,” he mentioned.
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Ngoma District has expanded entry to roads, water and electrical energy. Electrical energy reaches about 60 per cent of households, and water methods and public faucets have improved entry in most communities.
Nonetheless, a 2025 survey by Rwanda Governance Board confirmed residents rated service supply at 69.4%, under the nationwide common of 76.7%, reflecting remaining infrastructure and repair supply gaps.
On service supply, Minister Habimana emphasised that officers who present poor companies ought to be held accountable.
“Residents ought to know that as leaders, we’ve a serious accountability to hearken to them and supply good companies on time, effectively and correctly,” he mentioned.
“Once they encounter a pacesetter or any service supplier who doesn’t obtain them properly, they need to not hold quiet about.”
Habimana additionally urged residents to enroll in neighborhood medical health insurance, referred to as Mutuelle de Santé, and contribute to the varsity feeding programme.
