About 10,000 houses, worth an estimated Rwf24 billion, were destroyed by heavy rains that hit various parts of the country since January; this is without counting damage to infrastructure, not to mention loss of life.
The disasters have led to members of the parliamentary standing committee on National Budget and Patrimony to call for a special fund for effective response.
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