Lessons from Rwanda: What Nairobi Can Learn from Kigali :: Kenya

The Institution of Surveyors of Kenya undertook annual trips to different countries to expose its professionals to new ways of doing things. We were in Kigali, Rwanda, a few days ago. Here are some lessons that could be reproduced here:

Cleanliness: There is an unwritten rule that you can judge the cleanliness of a place by the appearance of toilets. A visit can create an image of a place or a place. In Rwanda, all the toilets we visited were remarkably clean. Their city and the roads are also clean. People dispose of trash responsibly and citizens clean up monthly.

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Good infrastructure: The road network is well established. The roads are well drained and beautifully landscaped to complete the sloppy lands.

The traffic rules are strictly followed. If a driver commits an offense, a police officer will arrest you, write a memo and choose your documents (logbook and license). You are given seven days to pay the fees online and then take the receipt at the police station where you will collect your license.

Beautiful landscapes: Flowers are planted along the highway, roundabouts and walking paths that add beauty.

Transportation System: There are designated bus stops where buses choose and drop off pbadengers. The "bodabodas" are so organized that I am convinced that the plan of Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko to take our bodaboda runners to Rwanda for benchmarking makes sense.

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Effective Systems: A visit to the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) confirms what is the effectiveness. It only takes six hours to register a business and get an original certificate.

Land Registration: All land in Rwanda is digitally registered. Each land is registered with the names of the owner, who is identified with a unique IP number related to the administration of identification, RDB, Rwanda Revenue Authority among other agencies.

The land registration process begins at the village level after following a local verification procedure that is performed by a village land administrator who is familiar with the families.

Museum of Remembrance: The history of the country has been preserved in the parliament building and in the park of the genocide memorial. Both are in the city making them accessible to foreigners and locals who visit to remember their loved ones.

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Special Economic Zones: Planning has seen the allocation of different special economic zones.

– The writer is responsible for public relations and communication at the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya