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Rwanda: Kigali – Rwf20 Billion Needed for ‘Ecotourism Lake’ in Masaka

todayJanuary 24, 2024 3

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In a bid to enhance ecotourism and bolster flood management initiatives, Rwf19.8 billion is required to construct essential facilities paving the way for an ecotourism lake in Masaka sector, Kicukiro district.

Davis Bugingo, the Flood Management and Water Storage Development Division Manager at Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB), told The New Times in an interview on Tuesday.

The completion of a detailed design for the Masaka dyke, a structure crucial for creating the ecotourism lake in Masaka wetland within the City of Kigali, has been confirmed. A dyke, as explained by Bugingo, serves as a barrier or embankment to regulate water, preventing flooding from rivers, lakes, or oceans.

Engineers emphasize the necessity of constructing the dyke to contain water before transforming the area into a lake suitable for recreational activities. This development aligns with Kigali’s initiative to allocate 25% of its space for recreational areas.

Once the Masaka Dyke is completed, it will form a lake, paving the way for diverse recreational activities.

“Masaka Dyke will create suitable conditions for an ecotourism recreation park, immediately upstream and around the lake,” officials from the Rwanda Water Resources Board said, however, the specific study on ecotourism and recreational activities will follow the dyke’s construction.

Bugingo clarified that existing studies primarily focused on the dyke, the Isaka-Kigali railway, and the Kanombe-Masaka roadway crossing the wetland for flood detention purposes.