Ubufatanye bw’urubyiruko: Liberia izitabira YouthConnekt izabera mu Rwanda mu Ugushyingo
Minisitiri w’Urubyiruko n’Iterambere ry’Ubuhanzi, Dr Jean Nepo Abdallah Utumatwishima, yakiriye Minisitiri w’Urubyiruko na Siporo wa Liberia, Cornelia Wonkerleh Kruah, baganira ku buryo ibihugu byombi byarushaho gufatanya mu guteza imbere urubyiruko. Ibi biganiro byabereye i Kigali ku wa Gatanu, tariki ya 25 Nzeri 2026, umunsi Amavubi yakiriyemo Lone Star ya Liberia kuri Stade Amahoro mu mukino w’amajonjora y’Igikombe cya Afurika cy’Ibihugu (CAN 2027).
Mu butumwa yashyize ku rubuga rwa X uwo munsi saa 17:06, Minisiteri y’Urubyiruko n’Iterambere ry’Ubuhanzi (MoYA) yavuze ko ibiganiro by’aba bayobozi bombi “byibanze ku gushimangira ubufatanye hagati y’u Rwanda na Liberia, harimo kwinjiza urubyiruko rw’Abanya-Liberia ruba mu Rwanda mu bikorwa by’urubyiruko by’imbere mu gihugu, gushakisha amahirwe yo guhererekanya urubyiruko hagamijwe kurwongerera ubushobozi no kwigira ku mico itandukanye, no gusangira ingero nziza n’ubunararibonye mu guteza imbere urubyiruko, siporo n’ubukungu bushingiye ku buhanzi.”
Minisitiri Dr Jean Nepo Abdallah Utumatwishima asuhuzanya na Minisitiri w’Urubyiruko na Siporo wa Liberia, Cornelia Wonkerleh Kruah.
YouthConnekt, gahunda yavukiye mu Rwanda
Nk’uko Minisiteri y’Urubyiruko na Siporo ya Liberia yabitangaje mu itangazo ryayo ryo kuri uwo munsi, Minisitiri Kruah yamenyesheje mugenzi we ko Liberia izakira Mano River YouthConnekt, ihuriro rya YouthConnekt ry’akarere ka Mano River, umwaka utaha. Banaganiriye ku buryo u Rwanda rwayisangiza ubunararibonye bwarwo muri YouthConnekt, gahunda iryo tangazo rivuga ko yavukiye mu Rwanda, ubu ikaba ifite ishami muri Liberia. Minisitiri Kruah yanagejeje ku ruhande rw’u Rwanda imbaraga Liberia irimo gushyira mu kuvugurura no guha isura nshya YouthConnekt Liberia, mu gihe yitegura kwakira iryo huriro ry’akarere.
YouthConnekt yatangijwe mu 2012 na Minisiteri y’Urubyiruko n’Ikoranabuhanga yariho icyo gihe, ku bufatanye n’Umuryango w’Abibumbye mu Rwanda (One UN Rwanda) n’abandi bafatanyabikorwa, igamije guhuza urubyiruko n’inzego za Leta, abikorera na sosiyete sivile kugira ngo rubone amahirwe mu bukungu. Nk’uko Minisiteri y’Ikoranabuhanga n’Inovasiyo (MINICT) yabitangaje, kuva ku wa 27 kugeza ku wa 29 Nzeri 2016, abahagarariye ibihugu 14 bya Afurika, birimo na Liberia, bahuriye mu Rwanda kwiga uko iyi gahunda yashyirwa mu bikorwa iwabo.
Ubwo YouthConnekt yizihizaga imyaka 10 muri Kanama 2023, MoYA yatangaje ko yari imaze gutuma havuka imirimo itaziguye irenga 36.000, ko yashoye miliyari 2,5 Frw mu mishinga y’urubyiruko irenga 2.000, kandi ko imaze kugera mu bihugu birenga 30 bya Afurika. Icyo gihe, Dr Utumatwishima yagize ati: “YouthConnekt ni gahunda y’u Rwanda yashyigikiwe na Nyakubahwa Perezida Paul Kagame. Uko dusubiza amaso inyuma kuri iyi myaka 10, tubona impinduka zayobowe n’umuhate w’urubyiruko rwacu ruhanga udushya.”
Minisitiri Utumatwishima na Minisitiri Kruah (hagati) bafotoranye n’abandi bari muri ibi biganiro.
Ubuzima bwo mu mutwe n’urubyiruko rw’Abanya-Liberia ruba mu Rwanda
Itangazo rya Liberia rivuga ko ubuzima bwo mu mutwe bwari indi ngingo y’ingenzi muri ibi biganiro. Minisitiri Kruah yamenyesheje itsinda ry’u Rwanda ko Maurice Gayflor aherutse kugirwa Ambasaderi ushinzwe ubuzima bwo mu mutwe muri Liberia, agaragaza ko yifuza guhuza ibiro bye n’itsinda ry’u Rwanda kugira ngo barebe amahirwe y’ubufatanye. Iryo tangazo rivuga ko ibi biganiro bibaye mu gihe urubyiruko rukomeje kugaragaza agahinda gakabije n’izindi ndwara zo mu mutwe nk’ibibazo bikeneye kwitabwaho kurushaho, maze impande zombi zigaragaza ubushake bwo kureba uko gahunda zisanzweho z’urubyiruko n’iz’ubuzima bwo mu mutwe zahuzwa.
Minisitiri Kruah yanasobanuye imiterere y’inzego z’urubyiruko muri Liberia, gahunda n’ibikorwa byazo, harimo amahirwe yo kurushaho guhuza abanyeshuri n’urubyiruko rw’Abanya-Liberia baba mu Rwanda n’ibikorwa by’urubyiruko bikorerwa mu gihugu. Uruhande rw’u Rwanda rwasabye ko mu ruzinduko azagirira mu Rwanda mu Ugushyingo aje muri YouthConnekt, hazaba inama n’urubyiruko rw’Abanya-Liberia ruba mu Rwanda. Nk’uko itangazo rya Liberia ribivuga, iyo nama yaba intangiriro yo gutegura uburyo buhoraho bw’ubufatanye no kurushaho kwinjiza abanyeshuri n’urubyiruko rw’Abanya-Liberia mu bikorwa by’urubyiruko bibera mu Rwanda.
Minisitiri Utumatwishima na mugenzi we wa Liberia, Cornelia Wonkerleh Kruah, i Kigali.
Ibyemeranyijweho
Minisitiri Kruah yemeje ko azitabira YouthConnekt izabera mu Rwanda mu Ugushyingo. U Rwanda na rwo rwasabye Liberia gutekereza ku kohereza itsinda rito ry’urubyiruko rw’Abanya-Liberia, barimo n’abakora mu buhanzi, bitewe n’uko u Rwanda rugenda rurushaho kwita ku nganda z’ubuhanzi. Impande zombi zemeranyije gukomeza kuvugana kenshi no guhererekanya ibitekerezo, ubunararibonye n’uburyo bukoreshwa mu guteza imbere urubyiruko.
Minisitiri Kruah yishimiye ubwo bufatanye bwatekerejweho, by’umwihariko amahirwe yo guhuza urubyiruko rw’Abanya-Liberia ruba mu Rwanda n’ibikorwa by’urubyiruko by’u Rwanda, no kurushaho gufatanya muri YouthConnekt mbere y’uko Liberia yakira Mano River YouthConnekt.
Cornelia Wonkerleh Kruah ni umunyapolitiki wo mu ishyaka Unity Party. Yagizwe Minisitiri w’Urubyiruko na Siporo muri Gashyantare 2026, nyuma yo kuba Minisitiri Wungirije ushinzwe Ubutegetsi muri Minisiteri ishinzwe Imirimo ya Perezida wa Liberia kuva mu 2024. Uruzinduko rwe i Kigali rwahuriranye n’umukino wa mbere w’Itsinda K mu gushaka itike ya CAN 2027, Amavubi yatsinzemo Lone Star ya Liberia ibitego 3-1 kuri Stade Amahoro i Remera.