U Rwanda rwatashye icyambu cya Rubavu cyitezweho koroshya ubuhahirane n'igiciro cy’ubwikorezi

Ku itariki ya 6 Ukuboza 2024, u Rwanda rwamuritse icyambu cya Rubavu kiri ku kiyaga cya Kivu, hafi y’umupaka w’igihugu gihana na Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo (RDC).

Iki cyambu, giteganyijwe kuzafasha mu koroshya ubucuruzi bwambukiranya imipaka hagati y’u Rwanda n’ibi bihugu byombi, ni intambwe ikomeye mu kongera imbaraga mu iterambere ry’ubucuruzi ndetse no gufasha abaturage bo mu karere.

Minisitiri w’Ibikorwa-remezo w’u Rwanda, Jimmy Gasore, yavuze ko icyambu cya Rubavu ari kimwe mu mishinga ine u Rwanda rwifuzaga kubaka mbere y’uko umwaka wa 2029 urangira.

Ibindi byitezwe kubakwa ni icyambu cya Rusizi kiri ku gipimo cya 50%, icyambu cya Karongi, ndetse n’icyambu cya Nkora. Minisitiri Gasore yavuze ko ibi byiyongera ku mishinga y’ubwubatsi izoroshya ubuhahirane no guteza imbere ubucuruzi hagati y’u Rwanda na RDC.

Iki cyambu cya Rubavu, kiri ku ntera ya kilometero eshatu uvuye mu mujyi wa Rubavu mu burengerazuba bw’u Rwanda, cyitezwe gufasha mu kongera umubare w’ibicuruzwa byambukiranya imipaka. Kizakira toni ibihumbi 700 z’ibicuruzwa buri mwaka ndetse n’abagenzi basaga miliyoni eshatu.

Ubwongereza, kimwe mu bihugu byafashije mu kubaka iki cyambu, bwasobanuye ko bizagira akamaro nyako mu gihe amahoro azaba abonetse muri Congo, kuko bizoroshya uburyo bwo guhahirana n’abaturage bo ku mpande zombi.

Jacques Niyonshuti, umucuruzi wambukiranya imipaka, yavuze ko icyambu cya Rubavu kije ari igisubizo gikomeye ku ngorane zari zisanzwe zigaragara ku mupaka. Yagize ati: "Twahuraga n’urujya n’uruza rw’imodoka ku mupaka, ubucuruzi bukaba bugatinda. Ubu rero, gahunda z'ubucuruzi zizarushaho kuba nziza kandi bizoroshya imikorere."

Iki cyambu kandi byitezwe ko kizagira uruhare runini mu guteza imbere inganda zikorera mu karere, cyane cyane izitunganya sima n'inzoga. Inganda zibumbiye mu gace ko ku kiyaga cya Kivu zizungukira cyane, kuko igiciro cy'ubwikorezi kizagabanuka cyane ugereranyije n'igiciro gitangwa ku modoka z’amakamyo.

Ubwongereza, n'Ubuholandi, bimwe mu bihugu byafashije mu kubaka iki cyambu, byatangaje ko ibikorwa nk’ibi bizafasha mu iterambere ry’ubukungu bw'akarere. Alison Thorpe, Uhagarariye Ubwongereza mu Rwanda, yavuze ko igihugu cye gishyigikiye cyane imishinga nk’iyi.

Yagize ati: "Ubukungu buzamuka ku rugero rwikubye inshuro eshatu ahantu hari umutekano ugereranyije n'aho umutekano utizewe.

"Ni yo mpamvu Ubwongereza bushyigikiye umugambi w'amahoro wa Luanda kandi bukaba bwizeye ko impande zishyamiranye zishobora kumvikana ku nzira y'amahoro kugira ngo iki cyambu gishobore kubyazwa umusaruro nyabyo hagati y'ibihugu byombi."

Mu bindi bitekerezo, Minisitiri Gasore yavuze ko u Rwanda rwiteguye kubaka ibindi byambu bimwe nk’iki cya Rubavu kugira ngo kurushaho guteza imbere ubucuruzi bwambukiranya imipaka. Iki cyambu kandi byitezwe ko kizazamura ibikorwa by’ubukerarugendo ku kiyaga cya Kivu, aho abak turista bazashobora kwishimira ubwiza bw’iki kiyaga.

Icyambu cya Rubavu rero, giteganyijwe kuzagira uruhare mu iterambere ry’akarere no koroshya ubucuruzi hagati y’u Rwanda na RDC, byitezwe ko kizagira ingaruka nziza cyane ku bukungu bw’akarere mu bihe bizaza, by’umwihariko mu gihe amahoro mu bice bya RDC azaba abonetse.

Iki cyambu cyitezweho byinshi aho kizajya kinyuraho toni ibihumbi 700 n’Abantu barenga miliyoni eshatu buri mwaka

Umwanditsi: Irene Tuyihimitima