Gahama arasaba imperekeza ku kazi yakoreye Rudahigwa muri Congo Belge

Umukambwe w’imyaka 85 witwa Gahama Thomas, atuye mu kagari ka Karera mu murenge wa Ririma mu karere ka Bugesera, avuga ko mu 1949 Umwami Rudahigwa yabohereje gucukura zahabu muri Congo mbiligi (DRCongo) bityo akaba asaba imperekeza zijyanye n’akazi yakoze.

Muzehe Gahama na bagenzi be bavuye mu Rwanda mu 1949 ku itegeko ry’Umwami Rudahigwa berekeza muri Katanga ahitwa Shinkolobwe habaga ibirombe by’amabuye ya za kobaliti, zahabu, diyama  n’andi atibuka amazina.

Mbere y’aho Gahama yabanje gukora ahitwa Gatumba muri Gitarama, nyuma ngo baza kuhava batwarwa mu ndege n’uwitwaga Kiyome w’umuzungu [Umenya ari Guillaume] abajyana aho muri Congo Belge.

Mu buhamya bwa Gahama ati « Baje kutubarura kera hakora ifaranga rya Rwanda-Urundi-Congo Belge. Twacukuraga imari yitwa ‘nor’ [umunyamakuru agenekereje yasanze ari ‘Or’ cyangwa zahabu], akomeza agira ati ‘Zahabu yagiraga agaciro cyane. »

Gahama iyo muganira wumva ibyo akubwira byo mu myaka ya za 1950 – 60 abyibuka nk’ibyabaye ejo,  avuga ko uretse bo bagiye muri Congo Belge, hari n’abandi Banyarwanda bajyanywe muri Uganda.

Aho muri Congo Belge ngo hari Abanyarwanda benshi bahapfiriye bazira amabuye yabagwagaho ikuzimu aho bacukuraga, ikindi ngo bacukuraga bakubitwa n’abazungu babaga babahagarikiye. Ndetse ngo uwo bafataga cyangwa bakekagaho kwiba yahitaga yicwa.

Gahama umwana we w’imfura yamubyariye muri Congo Belge amwita Vatiri. Gahama avuga ko muri Congo Belge basanze Abakongomani barya imbwa, ariko Abanyarwanda barabyanga babibwira Umwami Rudahigwa.

Ibyo byakuye Rudahigwa mu Rwanda, ajya aho bacukuraga zahabu yihaniza Abakongomani ko batazagaburira Abanyarwanda imbwa gusa ngo n’abazungu ntibaziryaga.

Umushahara wa Gahama na bagenzi be wari igiceri cy’amafaranga 10 gishushanyijeho Umwami w’Ububiligi Leopold II, ndetse ngo ni we wari warumvikanye na Rudahigwa ngo amwoherereze abantu bo kujya gucukura zahabu nk’uko Gahama abivuga. Kuko abanye congo bari abanebwe.

Agaciro k’icyo giceri cy’amafaranga 10 muri icyo gihe, Muzehe Gahama avuga ko yashoboraga kukiguramo ihene ebyiri, ati « Twari abazungu icyo gihe. »

Gahama yaje kuva muri Congo Belge, nk’umuntu wari ufite ubunararibonye amaze imyaka itandatu muri Katanga, Umwami Mutara Rudahigwa yamugaruye mu Rwanda akora mu mirimo yo kubaka urugomero rw’amashanyarazi rwa Ntaruka.

Nyuma Gahama ngo yabaye gapita (ukuriye itsinda ry’abantu mu mirimo y’ubwubatsi) akoresha imihanda yacaga muri Paysanat [uburyo bw’imiturire yari igezweho kera] mu Kinigi muri Perefagitura ya Ruhengeri [ubu ni mu Ntara y’Amajyaruguru].

Kubera iterambere yari agezeho, Gahama yahisemo guhunga agace yari atuyemo kuko ngo bari bamugiriye ishyari, ajya gushakisha isambu mu Bugesera, hari mu 1972. Icyo gihe ngo bageze mu Bugesera haba inzovu nyinshi cyane.

Mu Bugesera Gahama yahagiriye umugisha, avuga ko umusozi wose wuzuyeho abuzukuru be ngo kuko yabyaye abana 12.

Ubwo twaganiraga yari amaze guhabwa amafaranga y’ingurane ku isambu ye iri ahazubakwa ikibuga cy’indege cya Bugesera, agura igare ry’amafaranga y’u Rwanda ibihumbi 85 ndetse ngo n’abazukuru be yagiye aha umunani, baguze amapikipiki.

Mu gutebya yakomezaga kubaza umunyamakuru ati « Ubundi harya uvuka he mwa ? Uramvuga abana bange baragukubita ! Nafashe amafaranga yanjye ngura igare, andi nyaha umwuzukuru wanjye w’umukobwa uzampamba, urumva Gahama ntazagenda [gupfa] neza ?»

Iyo mirimo myinshi Gahama yakoze kubwa Rudahigwa na nyuma ye niyo avuga ko yumva Leta yari ikwiriye kumuha imperekeza, yumva igice kimwe yakagihawe na Leta y’u Rwanda ikindi na Leta mbiligi kuko ngo bacukuraga zahabu yo guha umwami w’Ababiligi.

Gahama avuga ko mbere ngo bari barakorewe dosiye kuri minisiteri yitwaga, ‘Min Mineur Congo Belge’ ariko na n’ubu ngo ntibigeze babona imperekeza kandi barakoreye igihugu.

Thomas Gahama ati « Ndasaba Leta ko yansabira amafaranga nakoreye muri Congo Belge- Chimporobwe. »

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