Kabanga, Burundi

Village in Kirundo Province, Burundi

Kabanga

Village

Kabanga

Coordinates: 2°30′37″S 30°18′44″E﻿ / ﻿2.5103763°S 30.3122463°E﻿ / -2.5103763; 30.3122463
Country| Burundi
Province| Kirundo Province
Commune| Commune of Busoni

Kabanga is a village and a colline in the Commune of Busoni, Kirundo Province, Burundi.

## Location[edit]

Kabanga is on the RP 61 road from Busoni to the west, and is in the northeast of the Commune of Busoni. It is southeast of the south end of Lake Kanzigiri, which drains north into Lake Rweru.[1]

## Politics[edit]

In December 2011 Jean Claude Ngabonziza, who represented the party opposing the CNDD in Kirundo, was arrested in Kabanga. It was said that Jean Baptiste Nzigamasabo, the deputy elected in Busoni, had told his supporters to seize Ngabonziza, whom he described as a traitor for leaving the ruling party.[2] Nzigamasabo had earlier led a mob of CNDD-FDD youth in Kirundo, who threw stones at FNL members and chanted "We will tie you up, we will shoot you." He was not charged for this incident.[3] In February 2020 Martin Ndagijimana, head of the youth district of the CNL party, was arrested in Kabanga by Léonard Nkeraguhiga, chief of the colline, for daring to call the chief at a late hour without permission. He was the tenth CNL activist to be detained in Busoni in a two-week period.[4]

## Economy[edit]

In May 2017 the Commune of Busoni issued a call for tender for construction of an administrative block at the Kabanga Trades Education Center, as well as other works in Mukerwa and Munazi. Funding for the works was allocated to the commune by the Government of Burundi.[5] The Collective for the Promotion of Youth Associations (CPAJ) is active in the region, and provides small loans. In 2018 Zainabu Nkundibiza, a leader of the CPAJ in the commune of Busoni, noted that on the colline of Kabanga men are often supportative of women as financial managers, and as mediators in resolving disputes.[6] In 2024 it was reported that a new water supply network had been installed where pumps fed water to a Murore reservoir, which was then transported to the center of Kabanga.[7] On 4 May 2024 Kirundo Province authorities and members of the national police joined local people in the Kabanga colline to maintain the Nyarunazi-Kobero road.[8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Node: Kabanga OpenStreetMap.
2. ^ Un cadre de l'opposition..
3. ^ Burundi: Ensure Zero Tolerance.
4. ^ Un coup de fil...
5. ^ Avis d'Appel d'Offres Busoni 2017.
6. ^ Nzeyimana 2018.
7. ^ Ndabashinze 2024.
8. ^ Entretien de la route...

## Sources[edit]

* Avis d'Appel d'Offres Ouvert National (PDF), Commun de Busoni, 5 May 2017, retrieved 2024-06-11
* Burundi: Ensure Zero Tolerance for Election Violence, Human Rights Watch, 14 May 2010, retrieved 2024-06-11
* "Entretien de la route Nyarunazi-Kobero à Busoni, Kirundo", AGnews, 7 May 2024, retrieved 2024-06-11
* Ndabashinze, Rénovat (19 March 2024), "Grâce à Rusumo, des vies sauvées à Busoni et Giteranyi", Iwacu, retrieved 2024-06-11
* "Node: Kabanga (3517578468)", OpenStreetMap, retrieved 2024-06-11
* Nzeyimana, Martine (29 December 2018), "À Busoni, des femmes autonomes impulsent le leadership", Jimbere Magazine, retrieved 2024-06-11
* "Un cadre de l'opposition arrêté au Nord du Burundi", arib.info, 10 December 2011, retrieved 2024-06-11
* "Un coup de fil à une autorité locale a valu la détention à un responsable du CNL à Busoni", SOS Média Burundi, 2020-02-24, retrieved 2024-06-11