The City Manager has the following responsibilities:  
 

1° to lead staff members at the level of the City of Kigali and monitor their management;

2° to develop the action plan of the City of Kigali and monitor its implementation;

3° to prepare files and other documents to be considered by the Executive Committee of the City of Kigali;

4° to act as the rapporteur of the Executive Committee meetings; 

5°to prepare the draft budget proposal of the City of Kigali;
 

6° to act as the chief budget manager for the City of Kigali; 

7° to execute the budget of the City of Kigali and prepare a report thereon to be submitted to the Executive Committee;

8° to lead activities designed to draw up an inventory of immovable property of the City of Kigali and assess its value; 

9° to coordinate activities related to the monitoring of activities related to the collection of taxes and fees and any other actions which can contribute to increasing the economy of the City of Kigali in accordance with law;

10° to coordinate activities related to the monitoring of activities and projects implemented by the City of Kigali; 

11° to coordinate activities related to the monitoring of the delivery of services provided at the level of the City of Kigali;

12° to prepare quarterly and annual activity report and submit it to the Executive Committee;

13. to  to sign all documents related to disbursement of funds as provided by law; 

14° to table before the Council the report on the use of the budget every three (3) months.

In case of his or her absence, the City Manager is replaced by one of senior executives under his or her supervision, designated by the Executive Committee.