Enact fire prevention policy

Editor,This is with reference to the story, “Fire destroys goods at Simba Supermarket”, (The New Times, March 21).

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Editor,This is with reference to the story, "Fire destroys goods at Simba Supermarket”, (The New Times, March 21).A few weeks ago, I read a newspaper article that talked about some government initiative through the Ministry of Refugees and Disaster Management, I presume, to submit a ministerial draft about fire safety regulations to cabinet.It is a shame that people/businesses should wait for a law before they think about prevention. The same article highlighted a Kigali-based company, Kigali Mugolds International Ltd, which does exactly that; fire-fighting and prevention services.It is time for government to enact a fire prevention policy.K. Manzi, London, U.K