Kigali Mayor Mukaruliza addressing a press conference on the new drive
The City of Kigali has kicked off a drive to implement outdoor advertising bylaws that were gazetted in 2013. This comes after a 6 months period after billboard owners were informed about implementing the guidelines outlined by these this new bylaw.
Owners of advertising boards in the city have two weeks to bring down billboards and other outdoor advertisements that do not comply with gazetted standards and by laws of outdoor advertising.
The Mayor of the City of Kigali pointed out that billboard owners were alerted about the emanate move to switch to the use of the new advertising regulations. "The Districts wrote to all billboard owners in December 2016 and they were given a grace period of 6 months. Now that time ended in June this year and it’s time to enforce the city bylaws". Mayor Mukaruliza said.
Mayor Mukaruliza said that some of the billboards posed a safety risk to passersby in the event of rains due to how they were installed or long periods without maintenance and repairs.
The new bylaws and regulations are to ensure safety, order and that the outdoor advertisements are in line with the city beautification.