Residents living nearby Dusego cemetery in Nyabivumu sector, Nyamagabe district have expressed fear that the already overcrowded cemetery could lead to encroachment on their productive land.
Extra burials at the graveyard are ongoing daily yet it had been closed down by area authorities saying it had reached its limit.
Nyamagabe district Mayor Philbert Mugisha, acknowledged that the cemetery is congested however, calmed residents living close to Dusego that fear for their land could be targeted to extend the grave site.
“No more burials will take place from now and for the meantime we’re preparing for the new graveyards,” he said.
An angry resident who lives few meters away from the grave site Angelique Uwineza says “I’m afraid that they are yet to burry people in some of the nearby private lands,” she argued.
Following the complaints the sector authorities have decided to close down Dusego in two weeks, the graveyard will be relocated to Kanegeri and Kabirizi sector.
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