[8] Rainfall of 800 to 1,200 millimetres (31 to 47 in) per year is irregular and has been diminishing, causing shallow water sources to dry up and agricultural production output to fall.

Lake Gacamirindi covers an area of 250 hectares (620 acres), and is set between hills with fairly steep slopes.

[14] Bugabira commune is divided into the collines of Kiri, Kiyonza, Gaturanda, Rubuga, Kigina, Nyakarama, Nyamabuye, Nyabikenke, Rugasa, Gitwe and Kigoma.

Farm livestock include about 60% goats, 25% cattle, under 10% hens and small percentages of horses, pigs and donkeys.

[16] In 2019 a study of 1286 children in Kabore, Bugabira and Gisuna with average age of 4.8 years measured International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA) scores.

[17] In 2012 the Global Water Partnership Eastern Africa gathered data related to drought in Rubuga, Kigina, and Gaturanda in Bugabira commune.

Many men left the affected areas in search of work, leaving the elderly, disabled, women and children behind.

[21] In April 2016 Gaston Sindimwo, Vice-President of Burundi, visited Gaturanda, which lies on the border with Rwanda, to ask the people not to stir up problems over refugees.