He was a candidate for election to represent Kirundo in the legislature in 2005 as a member of the National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party..[2] He was appointed governor of Kirundo Province that year.
[3] During his term of office, in 2006 Burundi was hit by drought, and Kirundo was affected the worst.
He noted that some families had fled to Rwanda in search of food, but had found it was also affected by drought, and had returned home.
The provincial secretary of the CNDD-FDD, Jean Claude Mbarushimana, addressed the meeting.
Other attendees were Marie Claire Kirimutumye, the first provincial secretary and Jean Baptiste Nzigamasabo, a former deputy for Kirundo.