These people therefore got training on how to preserve swamps, rivers and lake, plus all the living things in them like fish among others.

Most of the people in the training said that they did not know that whatever they did affected the water bodies but because of the training, they were going to go back and educate others on the different environmental damages taught there.

“There is a lot we have been doing which contributes to environmental degradation but now we know this affects us mostly”, said one resident in the training.

They said that the law against people who continue damaging the environment should be re-enforce which will prevent many from doing so.

“We decided to look mainly at L.Rweru since it is one lake that faces much damage from residents”, said Modeste Bizimana from LIVEMP project in charge of protecting this lake.

From the Rwanda Environmental Management Authority [REMA], Venuste Ntaganda explained to the people in the training the law on the environment and punishments given to people that damage it.

Since LIVEMP started different activities of protecting L.Rweru, a lot has been achieved, with more to be got.

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Abaturage 56 bahagarariye abandi bo mu murenge wa Jarama mu karere ka Ngoma bahawe amahugurwa y’iminsi ibiri mu kubungabunga ibishanga,ibiyaga n’imigezi.

Aya mahugurwa bayahawe nyuma y’uko bigaragaye ko iki kiyaga cyangirizwa cyane n’abaturage bahingaga mu nkengero zacyo bigatuma amazi atangira kugabanuka.

Aba baturage bahuguwe ku itegeko ryo kubungabunga ibishanga, imigezi n’ibiyaga ndetse no kubungabunga ibinyabuzima biba mu mazi nk’amafi n’ibindi.

Abahawe aya mahugurwa bavuze ko hari byinshi batari bazi ko byangiriza ibidukikije nubwo babikoraga, bavuga ko bafashe ingamba zo kubihugurira abandi kagirango bakomeze kubungabunga ibidukikije.

Umwe mubahawe aya mahugurwa yagize ati ”Hari ibyo twakoraga byangiriza ibiyaga n’ibibibamo nk’amafi tukumva ntakibazo, ariko ubu nibwo dusobanukiwe ko tuba twihemukira cyane kuko ibiyaga byacu bikamye cyangwa amafi agapfa twahura n’ikibazo.”

Aba baturage bakomeza bavuga ko itegeko rihana uwangiriza ibidukikije rikwiye kandi risobanutse, kuko riremereye bityo rikaba ryakumira benshi bashaka kwangiriza ibiyaga.

Umukozi w’umushinga LIVEMP ukora ibikorwa byo kubungangabunga ikiyaga cya Rweru, Bizimana Modeste, yatangaje ko bahisemo kwibanda ku kiyaga cya Rweru kuko aricyo cyagaragaraga ko cyangizwa bikomeye n’abagituriye.

Yagize ati ”Muri rusanga mu Rwanda haracyagaragara kutubahiriza amategeko arengera imigezi, inzuzi, ibiyaga n’ibishanga, twebwe twibanda aho bikabije konononwa niyo mpamvu twahisemo uyu murenge wa Jarama muri Ngoma.”

Umukozi uhagarariye ishami ry’amategeko w’ikigo cy’igihugu gishinzwe kubungabunga ibidukikije REMA, Ntaganda Venuste ,yasobanuriye abari bitabiriye aya mahugurwa itegeko ndetse n’bihano bigenerwa uwangirije ibidukikije birimo n’ibiyaga.

Amahugurwa nkaya biteganijwe ko azatangwa n’abafasha myumvire ari nabo bitabiriye aya mahugurwa,bakazayakorera iwabo mu mirenge. Kugera ubu nyuma yuko umushinga LIVEMP utangiriye ibikorwa byawo byo kubungabunga igishanga cya Rweru ngo hari impinduka nziza zimaze kugaragara kuri iki kiyaga nkuko aba bafashamyumvire babivuga.

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This comes after rivers that flow into Sebeya started over flooding and flow into residents homes destroying property, infrastructures such as roads and claiming lives on some occasions.

An example is River Akarambo that flooded on April 16^th 2013 destroyed a bridge connecting Kanama and Nyabirasi sectors in Rutsiro district, which led to the milk crisis since the bridge was the only way to supply milk from Gishwati farms to Muhoko centre.

Some of the houses ruined by floods

This bridge was mostly used by the residents and when it was destroyed, some men started making money out of carrying on their backs people who couldn’t dare cross through the waters.

Some residents making money out of carrying women across

To solve the problem, residents suggest River Sebeya should be expanded and remove all the trees alongside it that stops water from flowing when water uproots them into the river.

Residents add that apart from extending the width of the river, trees should be planted in Gishwati to prevent this unusual kind of flooding.

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Ikiraro cyacitse cyahuzaga uturere 2 kigafasha abaturage mu guhahirana

Abaturage bo mu karere ka Rubavu baturiye imigezi isuka muri Sebeya bavuga ko bamaze gushyirwa mu gihirahiro n’ibiza bikomeje kwibasira ibikorwa remezo bibakikije aho imihanda yangirika, ibiraro bigacika bigatuma imigenderanire idashobora gukomeza.

Umugezi wa Sebeya bavuzwe kenshi kuba nyirabayazana w’impfu no gusenyera abaturage, ariko ubu aho bigeze ngo imigezi isuka muri Sebeya nayo itangiye kugaragaza imbaraga zidasanzwe aho yuzura ikayobera mu baturage ikabasenyera, igatwara ibiraro no kwangiza imihanda idasize n’ ubuzima bw’abaturage.

Taliki ya 16/4/2013, umugezi witwa akarambo waruzuye utwara ikiraro gihuza imirenge ya Kanama na Nyabirasi wo mu karere ka Rutsiro kuburyo uturere twombi tudashobora guhahirana ndetse n’abaturage bari bafite ibikorwa Gishwati badashobora kubikora neza kuko yari inzira inyuzwamo amata azanwa muri centre ya Mahoko.

Igikomeje gutera impungenge abaturage ni uburyo imigezi itari isanzwe yuzura ubu iri kuzura amazi akagira imbara zitera kwangiriza abaturage mu gihe bavuga ko mu mateka yayo yari isanzwe ari imigezi ifite amazi macye, gusa ngo kwiyongera biraterwa n’imvura nyinshi iri kugwa.

Ikiraro cyambukiranya umugezi w’akarambo cyari mubikoreshwa n’abaturage cyane, kuba cyaracitse ngo byatumye bamwe bahabwa akazi ko guheka abambuka bafite intege nke, cyakora abaturage basaba leta ko yabafasha kubaka ibiraro bikomeye kandi imigezi yose ikongererwa ubunini kugira ngo amazi naza ari menshi ashobore gutambuka adateye abaturage.

Ahacitse ibiraro abaheka abantu babona akazi na karambo niko bimeze

Uyu muti ni nawo abaturage babona kuri Sebeya yakomeje kuyogoza ibintu, bakavuga ko kubimura bidakwiye ahubwo bafata ingamba zo kongera ubunini bw’umugezi kandi bagakuraho ibintu bibuza amazi kugenda nk’imbigo ziri ku nkengero kuko ziridukiramo zigatangira nibyo umugezi utembana bigatuma amazi abatera.

Abaturage bavuga ko uretse kongera ubunini bw’umugezi, hakwiye no gufatwa ingamba kuri Gishwati aho amazi aturuka kuko hakwiye guterwa ibiti bifata amazi, abaturage bakavuga ko nibimurwa kubera Ibiza leta itabona ubutaka kuko Ibiza biri kugenda byigaragaza kubundi buryo butari busanzwe.

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Abaturage bo mu murenge wa Kivuye, mu karere ka Burera, baturiye igishanga cya Rugezi, ni bamwe mu bafite uruhare runini mu kubungabunga icyo gishanga, gifatwa nk’umutungo kamere w’isi.

Aba baturage babungabunga iki gishanga mu buryo butandukanye: batagihinga mo, batakiragira mo amatungo yabo ndetse banakumira uwo ari wese watuma cyangirika kuko gifitiye akamaro kanini abanyarwanda ndetse n’isi muri rusange.

Kuri ubu aba baturage bafite amashyirahamwe atubura imigano iterwa ku ngengero z’icyo gishanga ndetse no ku migezi igana muri icyo gishanga mu rwego rwo kurwanya isuri yacyangiza.

Kubufatanye n’ishyirahamwe nyarwanda ryita ku bidukikije (ARECO Rwanda Nziza), ndetse n’umushinga BamBu” (Projet BamBu) wita ku gihingwa cy’imigano, abanyakivuye bigishwa gutubura imigano, bagasobanurirwa akamaro kayo, bamara kuyitubura yarakuze, bakayibagurira ikajya guterwa. Urugemwe rumwe rw’umugano barugura amafaranga y’u Rwanda 500.

Tariki ya 16/04/2013, nibwo ku gishanga cya Rugezi hatewe bwa mbere imigano yatubuwe n’abanyakivuye. Usibye kuba abo baturage basobanukiwe n’uburyo imigano irwanya isuri, banaziko iyo bateye nikura bazayibyaza umusaruro; nk’uko umwe muri abo baturage witwa Nzasingizimana Jean Bosco abisobanura.

Agira ati “Umugano ni ingirakamaro pe! Badusobanuriye ikintu biva mo: ko uvamo nk’igishingirizo umuntu agomba kuba yashingiriza ibishyimbo, batubwira ko tugomba kubohamo uduseke, batubwira ko tugomba gukura mo ibintu byinshi…”

Nsengimana Aloys, umunyamabanga nshingwabikorwa w’umurenge wa Kivuye, avuga ko kuba bari mu rugamba rwo kubungabunga igishanga cya Rugezi ari uko rufitiye akamaro gakoye u Rwanda.

Kubera kutabungabunga icyo gishanga, mu myaka yatambutse cyakamye mo amazi maze bituma n’umuriro w’amashanyarazi ugabanuka mu Rwanda. Aho cyatangiriye kubungabunga, amazi yariyongereye bityo n’umuriro w’amashanyarazi uriyongera nk’uko Nsengimana abihamya.

Mukakamari Dancille, umuhuzabikorwa wa ARECO Rwanda Nziza, ashimira abanyakivuye ndetse n’ubuyobozi bw’akarere ka Burera muri rusange uburyo bakorana neza mu gikorwa cyo kubungabunga  Rugezi hifashishijwe imigano.

Imitere ya Rugezi

Igishanga cya Rugezi kiri hagati y’imirenge ya Butaro, Kivuye, Gatebe, Ruhunde, Rwerere na Rusarabuye, mu karere ka Burera. Icyo gishanga ni kinini kuburyo kigera no mu karere ka Gicumbi.

Muri icyo gishanga hororerwa mo inyoni z’ubwoko bwinshi. Kuburyo hari mo inyoni zitwa Incencebere zitaboneka ahandi ku isi uretse muri icyo gishanga. Ibyo bituma ba mukerarugendo batandukanye baza kugisura.

Munsi y’icyo gishanga habamo amazi menshi. Ayo mazi niyo abyara urusumo (Chute) ruri mu murenge wa Butaro, rubyara amashanyarazi acanira ibice bitandukanye by’igihugu cy’u Rwanda.

Iyo umuntu arebera kure icyo gishanga abona nta mazi arangwa mo kubera ko haba hagaragara ibyatsi gusa. Ariko hari igice cy’icyo gishanga kigaragaramo amazi hejuru kuburyo hanyura mo ubwato.

Ayo mazi ava mu Rugezi, akanyura ku rusumo, niyo ajya mu kiyaga cya Burera, akava mu kiyaga cya Burera ajya mu kiyaga cya Ruhondo anyuze kuri Ntaruka ahari urugomero rw’amashanyarazi acanira igice kinini cy’u Rwanda ndetse n’igihugu cya Uganda.

Ayo mazi yo mu kiyaga cya Ruhondo, asohokera mu mugezi wa Mukungwa, ukomeza mu mugezi wa Nyabarongo.

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They include, “Young Water Professional” (Rwanda YWP), “Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Media” (Rwanda WASH Media), “Young Volunteers for Environment” (YVE-Rwanda), “Rwanda Youth Alliance for Climate Action” (RYACA) and waterAids.

Community work was done during the water week that started from March 18^th 2013 and ended on March 22^nd 2013.

Nshuti Rugerinyange team leader water Aid Rwanda, commended youth especially journalists in a  Rwanda WASH Media project that played a big role in organising this activity that meant a lot to Nyabugogo residents.

Nyabugogo residents get problems when Mpazi River floods

Vincent de Paul Kabarisa, Assistant Director in charge of water at MINIRENA asked residents near Mpazi River that over floods Nyabugogo when it heavily rains to avoid dumping rubbish everywhere to prevent disasters.

Youth turned up for community work in Nyabugogo after heavy rains caused flooding and claimed people’s lives plus property on February 23^rd 2013.

It is planned that during this water week, different activities such as talks in schools and universities will be carried out.

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Urubyiruko rutandukanye rwitabiriye umuganda wo kwita ku mugezi wa Mpazi ukunze guteza ibibazo abatuye Nyabugogo

Ku bufatanye bw’amashyirahamwe 4 y’urubyiruko akora ku bidukikije ariyo ; Rwanda YWP “Young Water Professional”, Rwanda WASH Media “Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Media”, YVE-Rwanda “Young Volunteers for Environment”na RYACA “Rwanda Youth Alliance for Climate Action” ndetse n’indi miryango nka waterAids, yahuriye mu gikorwa cyo gutunganya umugezi wa Mpazi Nyabugogo.

Uyu muganda ukaba wakozwe mu rwego rwo kwita ku cyumweru cyahariwe amazi cyahereye tariki ya 18/03/2013 kizageza tariki ya ya 22/03/2013.

Nshuti Rugerinyange umuyobozi wa waterAid, yashimiye urubyiruko rwitabiriye iki gikorwa cyane cyane urugize itangazamakuru rwibumbiye mu mushinga Rwanda WASH Media wita ku isuku n’isukura ry’amazi, kuko ariwo wagize uruhare rukomeye mu gutegura iki gikorwa abaturuye Nyabugogo bishimiye.

Umugezi wa Mpazi iyo imvura iguye abatuye Nyabugogo bahura n’ibibazo

Kabarisa Vincent de Paul umunyamabanga wungirije ushinzwe umutungo kamere w’amazi mu kigo cy’igihugu gishinzwe kwita ku bidukikije, yasabye abaturiye umugezi wa Mpazi ari nawo ukunze guteza ibibazo igihe cy’imvura muri Nyabugogo kwirinda ibyatuma bahura n’ibiza birinda guta imyanda aho babonye.

Uru rubyiruko rwitabiriye gukora uyu muganda mu gace ka Nyabugogo, nyuma y’aho hagwiriye imvura nyinshi tariki ya 23/02/2013 igahitana abantu n’ibintu.

Biteganyijwe ko muri iki cyumweru cyahariwe amazi, hazakorwa ibikorwa bitandukanye, aho hazanatangwa ibiganiro bitandukanye nko mu mashuri makuru na za kaminuza.

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yongeye gusaba abaturage baturiye umugezi wa Sebeya kutaba nyirabayazana w’inkangu no kwangiza ibidukikije.

Minisitiri Kamanzi, yabibasabye ahereye kuburyo abaturage bakomeje ibikorwa byo

gushaka umusenyi wo kubakisha muri Sebeya bigatuma  ubunini bw’umugezi

bwiyongera kandi bigatera inkangu. Imwe mu mpamvu ituma amazi asatira

abaturage.

Bamwe mubaturage twaganiriye bacukura umucanga muri uyu

mugezi bavuga ko gucukura uyu mucanga ari uguca inzira y’amazi

bigatuma agenda neza atuzuriranye ngo akwire mu myaka y’abaturage.

Bamwe mubacukura umucanga kandi bavuga ko umucanga bacukura uzanwa

n’amazi kuburyo basanga nta mbogamizi bikwiye gutera.

Nubwo abacukuzi b’umucanga basanga ntakibazo bateza, Minisitiri

Kamanzi avuga ko ibikorwa byo gucukura umucanga muri Sebeya ngo

byanduza amazi atunganywa agakoreshwa n’abatuye mu mujyi wa Gisenyi.

Minisitiri Kamanzi akaba agaragaza ko ibi bikorwa byanduza amazi

bigora n’imashine zitunganya amazi kandi zihenda.

Uretse kwangiza amazi ikindi kibazo cyagaragaye, kirebana no gukurikira

umucanga bagacukura kunkengero z’umugezi bigatera inkangu kuburyo

hakwiye ingamba zitangiza umugezi n’ubuzima bw’abaturage nubwo ibivamo

bigira akamaro ku mibereho y’abanyagihugu.

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42 families from this area have already evacuated since River Sebeya was established as a High Risk Zone and taken to reside in Mahoko cell in Kanama sector and the vulnerable poor who could not build their own houses were supported where 31 houses were built for them.

Jean Claude Nzayisenga who is in charge of protecting Sebeya river which hails from the mountains of Rutsiro says that apart from supporting the vulnerable and poor, all families in this area will be evacuated for their own safety.

To minimize the insecurity and limitations caused by this river, residents in Kanama, Nyundo and Rugerero sector agreed to plant trees alongside the river, to cover up old mining grounds nearby the river, fight soil erosion from the mountains especially since the eroded land fill the river causing it to over flood and affects people’s homes.

River Sebeya is the 2^nd cause of insecurities in Rubavu district in natural disasters after Rubavu Mountain where about 1200 people were evacuated.  Nyamyumba sector is also being affected by natural disasters especially from Kiraga-Burushya road which is not constructed and it erodes soil into the Burehe stream which over floods and affects its neighbours. Only 22 of its residents have evacuated.

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Bamwe mubangirijwe bari baturiye Sebeya bagomba kwimurwa

Nyuma yo kubona ingaruka k’ubuzima bw’abaturiye umugezi wa Sebeya hagafatwa ingamba zo kwimura imiryango 153 ituye kunkengero zayo, bamwe mubamaze kwimurwa bavuga ko iki gikorwa kingenda neza kandi bakishimira umwanzuro wafashwe kuko ari uwo gukiza ubuzima bwabo.

Kuva umugezi wa Sebeya watangira kwigaragaza ko ubangamiye ubuzima bw’abantu imiryango 42 imaze kwimurwa ituzwa mu murenge wa Kanama mu kagari ka Mahoko, ababanje kwimurwa banubakiwe akaba ari abatari bishoboye aho bubakiwe amazu 31.

Abandi bari baturiye uyu mugezi bakaba bagomba kwimurwa bakajya gutuzwa ahandi kandi bazabona ibyangombwa kuruta uko bangirizwa n’umugezi wa Sebeya uturuka mu misozi ya Rutsiro.

Nzayisenga Jean Claude ushinzwe kubungabunga umugezi wa Sebeya avuga ko uretse abaturage bafashijwe kubakirwa nk’abatishoboye n’abandi nabo basigaye bagomba kwimurwa kandi ngo igikorwa kiragenda neza.

Icyemezo cyo kwimura abaturiye Sebeya cyaje nyuma y’uko bigaragaye ko kuzura kwayo byangiriza abawegereye, mubimurwa hakaba harimo abari barasatiriye uyu mugezi.

Kugira ngo hakurweho imbogamizi uyu mugezi utera, abaturage batuye mu mirenge ya Kanama, Nyundo na Rugerero hafashwe ingamba zo gutera ibiti kunkengero zawo, aho uturuka hari ibirombe bicukurwamo amabuye y’agaciro hasabwa ko byasiba ariko abaturage bakarwanya isuri ku misozi kuko igitaka kimanurwa n’isuri gituma wuzura amazi agatera abaturage mu ngo.

Umugezi wa sebeya uri mubyahungabanyije akarere ka Rubavu mu biza nyuma y’umusozi wa Rubavu wimuweho abaturage barenga 1200, ibindi biza bikomeje kwigaragaraza muri aka karere bikaba biri mu murenge wa Nyamyumba biterwa n’umuhanda wa Kiraga Burushya utarakorwa ukamena amazi mu kagezi gato kitwa Burehe abagaturiye bakaba bamaze kwimurwa kugera ku miryango 22.

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