Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on Tuesday launched a master plan for the country’s capital by the year 2045, and called on investors to prepare projects for a beautiful and big city respecting environmental standards.
“By 2045, we need a capital city of Bujumbura that clearly shows where services can be found. It should be a capital city respecting environmental standards,” the president said at the lauch event of the master plan.
Nkurunziza noted that the plan indicated where plantations and green areas would be located, and puts an end to chaotic constructions in the perimeter of Bujumbura.
The president also said that the capital city would extend to Bujumbura and Bubanza provinces.
The northwest of the capital city of Bujumbura will extend up to Bubanza province and will host industries and agricultural and farming areas, while the south of the capital near the shores of Lake Tanganyika will be devoted to tourism, he said.
Nkurunziza said the center of the capital city will host administration and trade services.
“We call on Burundian citizens to get together and develop projects in the context of the 2045 master plan for Bujumbura capital city. We also invite foreign investors to come and help us extend the capital city,” he said.
He added that people are encouraged to build story buildings as the space for construction is getting smaller and smaller.
A study conducted by the ministry of environment of Burundi shows that a suburb in the outskirts of capital Bujumbura are inhabited by 2,000 people by square kilometers while in 2045 the suburb will host 4,461 people.
