Bwambarangwe

Bwambarangwe
village
Bwambarangwe Bwambarangwe in Burundi
Coordinates: 2°34′59″S 30°20′04″E / 2.5831216°S 30.3344506°E / -2.5831216; 30.3344506
Country	Burundi
Province	Kirundo Province
Commune	Bwambarangwe Commune
Time zone	UTC+2 (Central Africa Time)

Bwambarangwe is a large village in Bwambarangwe Commune, Kirundo Province, Burundi.

Location

Bwambarangwe is in the center of Bwambarangwe Commune. The RP61 road, which runs northeast from the RN6 highway near the border crossing into Tanzania, turns east to Bwambarangwe where it turns north to runs through Budahunga, Minyaga, Kabanga.^[1] The Köppen climate classification is: Aw: Tropical savanna, wet.^[2]

Health facilities

The village has a health center and hospital, the Hôpital de Mukenke.^[3] Solar panels, with storage and an AC converter, supply power for lights, medical equipment and refrigeration.^[4] In 2013, the quaity of service indicators for hygiene and financial management of the health center were scored at around 80%. It served a target population of 11,498 as of 2019.^[5]

In June 2022 it was reported that workers at the hospital were claiming the director had started repairing a damaged fence at an exorbitant cost without a call for tenders or award of a contract.^[6]

Events

On 4 September 2019 it was reported that two days earlier Fébronie Niyingabire, Administrator of Bwambarangwe Commune, had summoned three young girls to the Bwambarangwe Communal office, where she slapped them and beat them with a stick. One of the girls was hospitalized. Their offense seems to have been attending dance rehearsals for the opening ceremonies of the office of the CNL party, which they had supported since the period when they lived in the Rukore refugee camp in Tanzania.^[7]

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