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Dedication
This dissertation is dedicated to my late father who passed
away by the time I had started it (on 30th May 2011),
To my mother,
To my six young brothers and two young sisters,
And to all who, in one way or the other, contributed to my
education
Acknowledgements
Above all I thank the Almighty God that started the work in me
and has been my shepherd throughout my life in general, but particularly in my
bachelor's degree course and in this research work.
First and foremost I thank the government of Rwanda through
students financing agency of Rwanda (SFAR) for granting me the scholarship
which helped me to complete my bachelor's degree and this research in
particular.
In a special way, I conceive and extend my sincere gratitude
to my supervisor and mentor at the same time Mr. Jean Pierre BIZIMANA, for all
the academic inputs that shaped this work and ultimately shaped myself. Your
proper and timely guidance given to me not only when I sought help, but also
whenever it deemed necessary to you, is an unforgettable mood in my life!
My growth in academia has been a result of combined efforts
from different individuals especially all lecturers in the department of
geography. Special thanks go to the former heads of department of geography
Prof. Emmanuel TWARABAMENYE and Dr. Theophile NIYONZIMA; the current head of
department Mr. Alban SINGIRANKABO, all geography department staff especially
Dr. Gaspard RWANYIZIRI, Mr. Charles GAKINAHE, Mrs. Marie Christine SIMBIZI, Mr.
S. MUSANGWA and all visiting members of staff.
I also acknowledge both local leaders and residents of Kigali
city who sacrificed their time to answering my questions and attending my
interviews.
Without contributions of my classmates, I wouldn't have been
able to make certain achievements. I thank all my classmates especially Mr.
MUNYESHYAKA Jean Pierre who in most assignments made great contributions hence
benefiting the whole group.
I cannot forget the happiest moments I shared with Mr.
GABINEMA Celse, Mr. BYIRINGIRO Fabrice and Mr. MUNYESHYAKA Jean Pierre whom we
stayed together in one room in my final year.
1 Abstract
Resettlement planning is a new kind of planning in Rwanda that
was introduced after the approval of the Kigali city conceptual master plan in
2007 as a means of renewing the city and ensuring proper planning. The master
plan proposes the extension of the central business district (CBD) in Muhima
sector which is occupied by informal settlements on the prime land suitable for
vibrant business. As the first phase in implementing the master plan of the
CBD, a zone of Ubumwe cell was cleared and residents were resettled in Batsinda
housing estate. This attracted the author to do research on the challenges in
the transition from unplanned settlement to new housing development in Kigali
city by considering Amahoro cell that is targeted in the second phase of
implementation of the CBD.
The data was collected using semi-structured and structured
questionnaires for Amahoro cell residents and leaders at different levels in
Kigali city, to know their perception on the resettlement process in Kigali
city through expropriation and the challenges involved therein.
The study was exploratory in nature and combined both
descriptive statistics and explanatory methods to analyze quantitative and
qualitative data which was collected from the field respectively. Microsoft
excel was used to analyze quantitative primary data, and this appears in
tabular output frequency tables, and charts were used to analyze the
relationships between the variables.
The results show that the main challenges in the transition
from unplanned settlement to new housing development are low expropriation
prices, reluctance of investors to acquire expropriated land for development,
dissatisfaction of constructed houses by Kigali city, large informal
settlements and low awareness of the residents about the benefits of
expropriation in public interest.
Key words:unplanned settlement,
expropriation, relocation, new housing development
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