A new assessment by Transparency International Rwanda reveals a troubling reality, that in many districts, roads are becoming channels of destruction. From Karongi to Bugesera, poorly designed and poorly supervised drainage systems are accelerating erosion, destroying farms, threatening homes, and putting lives at risk.
This is not a story of rainfall alone. Rwanda has always known rain, but what has changed is how infrastructure responds to it. Blocked or undersized culverts, missing side drains, and weak embankments turn seasonal rains into violent runoff.