APA- Kigali (Rwanda) – The mayor of Rubavu district (North West), Ildephonde Kambogo has been forced to resign during an extraordinary sitting of the district’s advisory council, an official source confirmed to APA.
Speaking in a press conference on Saturday, the Minister for Local Government, Jean Claude Musabyimana said no-one can be blamed only for the fact that disasters happened “because no one causes disasters”
“However if there are mistakes in response to the disasters, the people responsible should be held accountable,” the senior Rwandan government official said.
According to him, ”the mistakes for the mayor’s resignation are possibly related to disaster response, in addition to some other mistakes he already committed.”
In the wake of the recent flooding and landslides that hit Western, Northern, and Southern Provinces, new numbers reveal a slight rise in the figures of deaths, injuries, and destroyed houses.
According to the Ministry in Charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA), the number of victims who died increased from 130 to 131.
There are now 94 reported injuries, compared to the previous count of 77.
Out of the injured, 54 individuals have been discharged, 34 remain hospitalised, and six have been transferred to other medical facilities.
The number of destroyed houses has risen to 5,598 from the previous count of 5,147.
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