Drought
on Blog From Beyond (Rwanda), 04/Jul/2009 11:06, 34 days ago
Fantastic. Water rationing is on the way. Not that I ever had any in the first place ;o/RWANDA: Water rationing warning as drought bitesKIGALI, 3 July 2009 (IRIN) - Electrogaz, Rwanda’s public utility, is considering water rationing due to shortages caused by a prolonged drought in parts of the country, officials said.Yves Muyange, the acting chief executive, said the country was now facing a deficit of up to 22,000 cubic metres of water every day and had no alternative until supplies had been boosted."Starting this month, we are going to conduct rationing tests across major towns in the country to find out how to implement the programme," he said.And in some really weird news:Rwanda: Police Arrest 80 IdlersKigali— Police in Kigali city yesterday arrested about 80 people over allegations of being idle and disorderly.The operation is part of the police's efforts to wipe out all idlers in the city whom they hold accountable for cases of theft cases in the city. John Uwamungu, police spokesperson confirmed the arrest during a telephone interview yesterday...Uwamungu said that the arrested idlers most of them teenagers, will soon be transported back to their respective villages upcountry.So whatever you do, don't stand still! I wonder if this means theannoying guysoutside the Post Office are gone? I have to say, Kigali is one of the safest capital cities I think I've ever been to. Guess that comes with some stringent measures though.Disclaimer: all views written on this blog are my own and are not necessarily representative of VSO.