The source of the Muha River is north of the Commune of Kanyosha in Bujumbura Rural Province at an altitude of 1,650 metres (5,410 ft).

[5] The riverside inhabitants earn money by extraction and sale of construction materials such as pebbles, gravel, sand and rubble from the river.

[11] In July 2021 it was reported that the banks of the Muha River were collapsing at the RN3 Boulevard de la Liberté bridge.

Many trees had been planted along the river to stabilize the banks, and gabions had been installed to slow down the water between the Gatoke and Gasekebuye districts.

However, given lack of funding and the risk of floods, the agency soon allowed the cooperatives that did manual dredging to resume work.

The cooperatives would pay OBUHA for the construction materials they retrieved, and were committed to building dikes and planting trees to protect the river banks.

[14] Between August and October 2022 the Burundi Road Agency restored the banks of the Muha near the bridge of the Avenue du Large, which was threatened, as were nearby homes.