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Four thousand homeless families resettled

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    Some 4,000 homeless families have been given land in four districts of Mutura, Kayove, Kanama and Gasinga, in Gisenyi province, northwest Rwanda, Rwandan radio reported at the weekend. The group were the first phase of thousands of citizens to be resettled from the areas of Kijote, Arusha and Chambara. An official from the ministry of lands, resettlement and environmental protection, Casian Ngaboizonga, was quoted as saying that three hectares of land had been prepared for resettling 12,000 homeless families. The homeless families are mostly those evacuated from other people’s properties.

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