President Kagame has arrived in Rubavu District where he will visit sites affected by floods and landslides earlier this month and meet with citizens who have been temporarily relocated to the Inyemeramihigo site.
The government has provided proper burials for the 131 people who died and distributed relief support to affected residents. It has also been working on evacuating and temporarily relocating residents from affected and high-risk areas as the rains continue.
More than 6,000 houses were swept by floods in the northern, western and southern provinces of Rwanda.
The Rwandan government will also put over 110 billion Rwandan francs ($98.5 million) toward rebuilding public infrastructure affected by the floods and landslides.(End)