Municipal bans in Mukaza, Burundi, continue to be ignored
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Yaga Burundi
Illustrative image · Mad Knoxx Deluxe · Pexels · Licence PexelsIn Mukaza, a commune of Bujumbura, pedestrians continue to walk under a bridge despite a municipal ban, while plastic bottles are still discarded in streets and drains. Yaga Burundi describes these examples as signs of inadequate follow-up on local measures and limited public participation.
In Mukaza, a commune of Bujumbura, pedestrians continue to walk under the Uprona Boulevard bridge despite a municipal ban, while plastic bottles continue to be discarded and green spaces trampled. Yaga Burundi reports that enforcement of these measures, initially carried out by police and municipal officers, stopped after a few days.
The fines were 10,000 Burundian francs for walking under the bridge and 5,000 francs for trampling the grass. The bans were among the measures in the “Mukaza yakaka” project, which aims to make the commune clean and prosperous. The communal administrator had said the administration would not remain indifferent to behaviour that undermines sanitation.
A man in his sixties met near Saint-Michel said development would be more visible if administrative decisions were enforced. He cited a promise made more than two years ago to provide access to drinking water in Gihanga-Buringa, but Yaga Burundi did not report the rest of his testimony.
