31 August 2007
Bujumbura — The destruction of kiosks in public places started on August 30th 2007.
This destruction was ordered by the Mayor of the city of Bujumbura, Engineer Elias Buregure, one month ago. He ordered that all houses and kiosks built in public places had to be destroyed before 30 August 2007, in order to render the city of Bujumbura clean.
This decision has created protests among those who own these kiosks. The owners of these kiosks demonstrated in front of the office of the President of the Republic early this month, but they got no satisfying response.
Most of these kiosks and small houses were illegally built all along roads and in the centre of the city of Bujumbura for small businesses such phone boxes. Green spaces which were reserved for the public were granted to private persons who built there houses. Most of these places were occupied after the former President Major Pierre Buyoya declared that the civil servants should find ways to â-šhelp themselves" as the salaries that were given could not help them make ends meet. No other alternative was given to the owners of these kiosks.
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