6th October 2021 - The Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB) has introduced the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) members for Muvumba Multipurpose Water Resources Development Program during an inception workshop, held at EPIC Hotel in Nyagatare District.

RWB has established the TAC comprised of technical experts from various stakeholders, and the team will assist in the project implementation to ensure the project’s success.

However, the workshop , which was also the first TAC meeting, brought all participants to a common understanding of the project and allowed them to contribute their perspectives on the submitted inception report of the ‘Muvumba Dam Design Review’ as well as its overall execution and implementation phases.

“ Muvumba project will contribute to improve water, energy and food security of Nyagatare District by harnessing water resources for irrigation, domestic, livestock water supply and hydropower use while ensuring sustainability of the resources and building resilience against climate change and variability through catchment protection, and capacity development,”

 “This project is very timely and we anticipate that within the next six years, we will have improved water availability to increase water access in Nyagatare District,” remarks RWB’s DDG Christine Hitimana Niyotwambaza.

We are looking forward to a stronger collaboration and active participation throughout the duration of the project, with the help of local partners here in Nyagatare, in order to successfully implement this very important achievement, Niyotwambaza adds.

On the other hand, the TAC members together with the Deputy Director Genaral of RWB Christine Hitimana Niyotwambaza, have also met the Mayor of Nyagatare District Claudian Mushabe ahead of the field visit made to the various components of the project including dam site, spill way, check dam, borrow area, among others.

Why Muvumba Multipurpose Water Resources Development Program?

The main objective of the program is to construct a dam of 30.5m high and will impound 35 million cubic meter of water in Karama, Gatunda and Rukomo sectors and will supply water for domestic use to Karangazi, Rwempasha and Nyagatare sectors in Nygatare District, Eastern Province.

This dam will also supply water for irrigation of 7380 ha (net command area) and water for 16 reservoirs for livestock in 5 sectors of Musheri, Rwempasha,Tabagwe, Nyagatare and Rukomo. It will also produce annual energy of 5719 Mwh with installation capacity of 740 KW (370x2). The implementation of this project will cover an area of 489.02 ha of land.