The Director General of Rwanda Housing Authority (RHA) Esther Mutamba has called upon Rwandans to consider People With Disabilities (PWDs)’s accessibility to their constructed buildings.
The concern has been brought publicly by the PWDs meeting with RHA, and engineers.
Mutamba says the biggest challenge lies in the already existing buildings adding that the new ones to be built will have to meet the check list that gives PWDs accessibility provisions.
She added that these buildings have not catered for parking slots closest to the entrance, an alternative for stairs like elevators.
“Most buildings that have been constructed are difficult for PWDs to access for their public services,” Mutamba said.
according to Mutamba, PWDs have faced this challenge in both public and commercial buildings.
She also requested the banks to lower the counters to enable PWDs to access their services with ease.
A public awareness is also scheduled through various tools including advertisement, public debate.
Fifty public buildings including hospitals, banks and hotels in Kigali met the required standards.
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