Ku itariki yo muri Nzeri umwaka ushize, Kelly* w’imyaka 24, yari mu rugendo rwerekeza mu Bwongereza avuye muri Afurika, anyuze i Doha. Yari ari mu ndege ya Qatar Airways igana ku kibuga cy’indege Gatwick. Yari ananiwe bikomeye, yitwikiriye umwenda, yambaye ecouteurs maze arasinzira.
Icyo gihe ntiyari azi ko mu masaha make ari imbere ubuzima bwe burahindurwa n’igihe kimwe cy’ubugome budasanzwe.
Ubuhamya bw’ihungabana
Mu masaha abiri mbere y’uko indege igera i Londres, umugabo w’imyaka 66 wari wicaye iruhande rwe yamukanguye mu buryo buteye ubwoba: yari yatangiye kumukorera ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina.
“Yari yashyize umwenda wa kabiri hejuru yacu twembi, maze atangira kunshyira ibiganza mu ipantalo. Naramubwiye nti ‘Reka’. Aransubiza ati ‘Oya, nyabuneka’. Nahuye n’igitutu cyo gukuramo ukuboko kwe, mpita mpaguruka vuba mva aho,” Kelly abivuga.
Icyo gihe yahise yiruka ajya mu bwiherero, asiga telefone, pasiporo, inkweto n’ibindi byose bye. Yahise abwira abakozi ba serivisi zo mu ndege ibyamubayeho.
Umugabo witwa Momade Jussab, ukomoka muri Mozambique, yahise afatwa n’abapolisi ubwo indege yageraga ku kibuga cya Gatwick. Nyuma y’urubanza rwaregewe mu Bwongereza, yakatiwe imyaka 6 n’amezi atandatu y’igifungo kubera icyaha cyo gusambanya ku gahato no gukora ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina.
“Ntibinyorohera kubaho”
Nubwo yishimira ko uwamugiriye nabi yahamijwe icyaha, Kelly avuga ko ubuzima bwe bwahindutse ibindi.
“Mu mezi hafi 12, sinigeze njya mu birori cyangwa mu bikorwa byo gusabana. Ndatinya cyane. Sinifuza ko umuntu andeba cyangwa agira aho ankora. Buri joro, mbere yo gusinzira, ibibabazo byongera kugaruka mu bitekerezo byanjye,” avuga.
Intambara y’indishyi
Nyuma y’urubanza, Kelly yasabye guhabwa indishyi binyuze muri gahunda ya Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS), iteganywa na Leta y’u Bwongereza kugira ngo ifashe abahohotewe n’ibyaha bikomeye.
Ariko muri Mata, ubusabe bwe bwateshejwe agaciro. Urwego rushinzwe gusuzuma izo ndishyi, CICA, rwavuze ko icyaha cyabereye “ahantu hatemewe n’amategeko” kuko cyabereye mu ndege itari iyo mu Bwongereza.
Amategeko y’ubu avuga ko gusa icyaha cyabereye mu ndege yanditse mu Bwongereza ari cyo cyakurikiranwa mu rwego rw’indishyi. Nubwo kuva mu 1996 amategeko yemera ko icyaha cyakorewe mu ndege y’amahanga igana mu Bwongereza gishobora gukurikiranwa mu nkiko z’iki gihugu, bene ibyo byaha ntibivugwa mu mategeko y’indishyi.
Kelly ati: “Numva ari akarengane. Umugabo wansambanyije akatiwe, ariko njyewe nkiri mu bwigunge. Nkeneye ubufasha bw’umwuga bwo kwivuza ihungabana, ariko sinabwishoboza. None se jyewe nzasigara ntacyo nkimaze?”
Abanyamategeko barasaba impinduka
Ikigo Leigh Day, kimufasha mu mategeko, kivuga ko icyemezo cya CICA ari “ikirengagizo kidafite ishingiro”. Basaba Minisitiri w’Ubutabera Shabana Mahmood guhindura iri tegeko rigenewe CICS kugira ngo abahuye n’ihohoterwa nk’iryabaye kuri Kelly na bo bahabwe indishyi.
Claire Powell wo muri Leigh Day yagize ati: “Uyu munsi, niba umuntu asambanyirijwe mu ndege yanditse mu Bwongereza, ashobora guhabwa indishyi. Ariko niba ari mu ndege y’amahanga igana mu Bwongereza, ntibishoboka kandi nyamara ubucamanza bubikurikirana kimwe. Ibi bigomba guhinduka vuba.”
Ijwi rya Kelly
Uretse intambara yo guhabwa indishyi, Kelly yahisemo gusohoka mu ibanga rye agira ngo ahumurize abandi bagore batembera bonyine mu ndege cyangwa mu bindi binyabiziga rusange.
“Ndifuza kubwira buri wese ngo agire ubushishozi, ahuguke mu gutekereza ko hari abantu bashobora kumugirira nabi. Ntibivuze ko tugomba kubaho mu bwoba, ariko tugomba kuba maso. Ibyambayeho bishobora kuba ku wundi wese,” avuga.
*Izina Kelly ryahinduwe ku mpamvu z’umutekano we.
Icyitonderwa: Uyu mushinga w’amategeko uri kwigwaho n’abanyamategeko, ukaba ushobora guhindura byinshi ku burenganzira bw’abagore n’abandi bahohoterwa mu ngendo zo mu ndege.