PM concerned over ‘One Dollar Campaign’ complex

Prime Minister Dr. Pierre Damien Habumuremyi Tuesday visited the One Dollar Campaign complex located in Kagugu, Gasabo district. The Premier expressed concern at the repeatedly missed deadlines for the completion of the complex which will house genocide orphans.

The prime minister issued a three month ultimatum for the concerned parties to sort out the issues causing the delays so that the building is completed and consequently shelter the orphans.

The construction of the complex was started in December 2012 and was scheduled to be complete one year later. During the guided tour, the prime minister was told that part of the delays which spilled over to a whole year was caused by the contractor who is reported to have requested for new deadlines.

Other reasons cited were some misunderstanding between the project manager, the contractor and the board of the one dollar campaign on additional work at the construction site. This is also reported to have caused an extra, unexpected bill of Rwf260 million.

Prime Minister Dr. Habumuremyi immediately authorized the establishment of a team to monitor the progress of finalization of construction. The premier also called for the mentioned differences to be sorted out and the contractor to finish the construction before the end of April.