REPUBLIC OF RWANDA GATSIBODISTRICT EASTERN PROVINCE DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2013-2018) Table of Contents List of Tables .............................................................................................................................................. vi LIST OF ABBREVEIATIONS/ACRONYMS ....................................................................................... vii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................... ix CHAPTER ONE: Introduction ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background and Justification ............................................................................................ 1 1.2 Purpose of Gatsibo District Development Plan ............................................................ 2 1.4 Actors in the Gatsibo District ......................................................................................... 3 1.5 General contents/structure of Gatsibo DDP ................................................................. 4 CHAPTER TWO: Overview of the District ............................................................................................. 5 2.1 Location of Gatsibo District ........................................................................................... 5 2.1.1 District Demography ........................................................................................................ 5 2.1.2 Relief ..................................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.3 Hydrography ....................................................................................................................... 9 2.1.4 Grounds ............................................................................................................................... 9 2.1.5 The flora ............................................................................................................................... 9 2.1.6 The fauna ........................................................................................................................... 10 GATSIBO DISTRICTCURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION ......................................... 12 2.2.2Agriculture ................................................................................................................................. 13 2.2.2.1Wetland ................................................................................................................................... 15 2.2.3Transport ................................................................................................................................... 19 2.2.4Energy ........................................................................................................................................ 19 2.2.5Water and Sanitation ................................................................................................................ 20 2.2.6Urbanism and Rural Settlement .............................................................................................. 21 2.2.7 Private Sector Development .................................................................................................... 21 Source: District report Gatsibo District 2012 ................................................................................. 22 2.2.9Environmentand Natural Resources ....................................................................................... 23 2.2.10 Financial Sector Development .............................................................................................. 24 2.2 Socio Development situation ......................................................................................... 25 2.3.1 Youth ......................................................................................................................................... 25 i 2.3.2 Social Protection ....................................................................................................................... 25 2.3.3 Health ........................................................................................................................................ 26 2.3.4 EDUCATION ........................................................................................................................... 27 2.3.4.1 Pre-primary education ......................................................................................................... 27 2.3.4.2 Primary education................................................................................................................. 27 2.3.4.3 Secondary education ............................................................................................................. 28 2.4.1 Decentralization and Good governance ................................................................................. 29 2.4.3Public Financial Management ................................................................................................. 30 2.6 The five key challenges for Gatsibo District to be addressed in 2013 - 2018 ............... 31 2.7 Other District Challenges. ............................................................................................ 31 2.7.1 Poor quality of livestock farming. .......................................................................................... 32 2.7.2Drought/weather. ...................................................................................................................... 32 2.7.3Low rate of literacy ................................................................................................................... 32 2.7.4 Limited access to electricity .................................................................................................... 32 2.7.5 High consumption of biomass ................................................................................................. 33 2.7.6 Limited access to finance ......................................................................................................... 33 2.7.7 Population pressure ................................................................................................................. 33 2.7.8 Lack of off-farm job employment/high rate of unemployment ........................................... 34 2.7.9Insufficient technical schools (VTHC and TVET) ................................................................. 34 2.7.10 Environmental degradation ........................................................................................ 34 2.7.11 Soil erosion .................................................................................................................... 35 2.7.12 Slow implementation of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) ............................. 35 2.7.13 Unprotected mining sites and quarries ........................................................................... 35 2.8Key Economic Potentialities for the District Development ............................................ 36 3.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 37 3.2 Vision .............................................................................................................................................. 37 3.3 Mission ............................................................................................................................ 37 3.4 GATSIBO District Priorities and strategies ............................................................................... 38 3.4.1 Agriculture Sector ............................................................................................................. 38 3.4.2 Transport Sector ............................................................................................................... 39 3.4.3 SECTOR: Energy ............................................................................................................. 40 3.4.4 Water and Sanitation Sector ............................................................................................ 41 ii 3.4.5 Urbanization and Rural settlement Sector ..................................................................... 42 3.4.6 Private sector Development Sector .................................................................................. 43 3.4.7 Information Communication Technology Sector ........................................................... 44 3.4.8 Environment and National Resources Sector ........................................................................ 44 3.4.9 Financial sector Development Sector ..................................................................................... 46 3.4.10 Youth Sector ........................................................................................................................... 47 3.4.11 Social Protection Sector .................................................................................................... 48 3.4.12 Health Sector ..................................................................................................................... 50 3.4.13 Education Sector ............................................................................................................... 51 3.4.14 Decentralization and good governance Sector ..............................................................