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East African governments will be forced to dig deeper into their pockets to repair infrastructure damaged by the heavy rains that have gone on for close to three months now, with a trail of destruction across the region.
The rains have caused massive flooding, triggered landslides and fault lines that have damaged or cut off key roads, leading to heavy losses that have left huge holes in the budgets.
Until Friday when the Kigali-Gatuna highway was reopened, transport officials from Uganda and Rwanda had been trying to minimise the impact on trade between the two countries and their economies. At least 200 trucks use the road every day.
The highway, a major transport corridor used mostly to facilitate landlocked Rwanda and Burundi trade with the rest of the region — Uganda, Kenya and parts of DR Congo — was cut off last week following heavy rains, forcing authorities to re-route all heavy trucks to Kagitumba and Cyanika highways which lie about 186km northeast and 124km northwest of Kigali respectively.
Raging floods destroy costly infrastructure in East Africa
East Africa wins a monsoon season.
The rains have caused massive flooding, triggered landslides and fault lines that have damaged or cut off key roads, leading to heavy losses that have left huge holes in the budgets.
Until Friday when the Kigali-Gatuna highway was reopened, transport officials from Uganda and Rwanda had been trying to minimise the impact on trade between the two countries and their economies. At least 200 trucks use the road every day.
The highway, a major transport corridor used mostly to facilitate landlocked Rwanda and Burundi trade with the rest of the region — Uganda, Kenya and parts of DR Congo — was cut off last week following heavy rains, forcing authorities to re-route all heavy trucks to Kagitumba and Cyanika highways which lie about 186km northeast and 124km northwest of Kigali respectively.
Raging floods destroy costly infrastructure in East Africa
East Africa wins a monsoon season.
