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The sabah trees would make them lose track of the road being built.
It is a tall tree located in Kagogo forest, Kagari ka Kabaya, Rwamutare village, on the Musanze-Butaro road which is under construction leading to Butaro Hospital and Butaro Health College.
In preparation for paving the road, the road needed to be widened and all the trees around the road were cut down until the sabah trees on the street were reached.
In the debate between residents and pedestrians on this road, their understandings are different. Some believe that trees should be cut down to build roads for the benefit of the people, while others believe that trees should be cut down to build roads so that they can grow, instead of cutting down trees.
One of the passengers of the bus passing the road said, “The tree should not distract anyone from the road and they should cut it as it is in the interest of many people”.
Another netizen said, “The tree blocks the road and is in the interest of many people. We know how important it is to us. It saves many girls from being restrained. It does not stop girls from taking that road, but it is lifted because the tree is also in the public interest.”
A 94-year-old man named Sendegeya François who lives in the tree said he was born there and he confirmed that what people say about the tree bringing peace is true because he sees many people visiting the tree in different ways, including people from other countries.
He said, “The tree I learned from, the wisdom I discovered, I was born in 1930, didn’t many people benefit from it? The girls held it, came back to worship and rejoice. If the father didn’t encourage them to come, would they come back to thank them?”
This is what the Sabah trees looked like before the road was built
He added, “Of course, some people embrace it and see the man, while others do not see it, and some do not see it because it does not meet the standards, but I see many people who come to visit it and leave their children, who embrace it at night and come close to it during the day and pick up its pulp and chew it.”
The old man went on to say that some people who did not know where the tree was came and accompanied them, he said: “A lot of people came, I did not see them, many came from Kabare, Uganda. Sometimes there were cars. “Stop and look at the tree they cut down and left in the middle of the road, cars pass under it, other people pass under it, it is indeed blessed”.
Government explains why trees in Sabah are not being felled
To get the government’s view on the matter, Kigali Today spoke to Sekimonyo Jean Paul, the executive secretary of the Kabaya Group, who heads the group where the tree is located. He said that based on information provided by the government, representatives of the road company, will cut down the tree to prevent felling.
“We tried to speak to the people of the road company and they told us that in their protocol they will not touch that tree, it is a cultural tree or a local tree and cannot be touched so they will not touch it, they will cut it down even if it is in the middle of the road they will try to protect it and cut it to the side and the road passes over it so they will not touch it and that is the information we have,” he said.
He continued, “You see people arriving and saying, we arrived at the blessing tree, the tree that gives blessings, it shows the place, I don’t know if that’s actually what the authorities are asking for, but the representative of the company I spoke to told me that they are not going to remove it and that it is indeed a traditional tree “It is a place.
The company building the road said it would not touch the tree
Gitifu Sekimonyo said the elders understand when they say the tree gives blessings or blessings but it will not be shown to anyone who has seen the husband, but he said the elders believe it so much that anyone who embraces her is said to have seen the husband.
“It may be their secret, but some elders assured us it is true,” he said.
He went on to say, “This tree is one of the best features of our area, it’s something we’re proud of and I think it doesn’t hinder the road, it adds value to the road and passers-by will say, where is the blessing tree? Where is the peace tree and when you get to Brera Lake, the mountains and the beautiful mountains, I really think it adds value to the road.”
The Director of Cultural Tourism of the Burela District, Niyigegeka Jean, through the roots of the Burela Youth Community and Nyabingi Heritage Centre, said that all the trees were cut down and left standing, which showed the importance they attached to the cultural symbol of the Burela District. She said it was a historical tree for the district and even Rwanda.
This is an umuvum type tree (Igitoma), more than 100 meters long and two meters wide, and according to the elders it is more than 200 years old.
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