Ingabo za Uganda (UPDF) zatangaje urupfu rwa Maj. Gen. Francis Takirwa, wari Umugaba wungirije w’ingabo zirwanira ku butaka, wapfuye nyuma y’igihe kirekire yari amaze arwaye. Urupfu rwe rwasize intimba mu nzego z’umutekano za Uganda no mu muryango mugari w’ingabo.
Maj. Gen. Takirwa yari umwe mu basirikare bakuru bagize uruhare rukomeye mu kubaka no gutunganya UPDF ya nyuma y’intambara yo kubohora igihugu. Yinjiye mu gisirikare mu 1989, atangira urugendo rw’akazi ka gisirikare rwamaze imyaka irenga 30, yaranzwe no guhabwa inshingano ziremereye z’ubuyobozi.
Mu nshingano z’ingenzi yagiye ahabwa harimo kuyobora Diviziyo ya Kabiri y’Ingabo za Uganda ikorera mu gace ka Mbarara, kimwe n’akazi ko kuba umuyobozi ushinzwe uburezi, siporo n’umuco mu ngabo. Iyi myanya yamuhaye uruhare rugaragara mu gutegura abasirikare no guteza imbere imibereho n’imikorere yabo.
Maj. Gen. Takirwa yanagize uruhare mu butumwa mpuzamahanga bwo kubungabunga amahoro, aho hagati ya 2011 na 2012 yoherejwe muri Somalia mu butumwa bwa AMISOM, igihe Uganda yari ku isonga mu guhashya umutwe wa Al-Shabaab. Uruhare rwe rwagaragaje umusanzu wa UPDF mu mutekano w’akarere ka Afurika y’Iburasirazuba.
Uyu musirikare mukuru yavukiye i Mbarara mu 1965. Mu rwego rwo kongera ubumenyi bwe, yitabiriye amahugurwa atandukanye ya gisirikare mu bihugu birimo Uganda, Tanzania, u Bushinwa, Misiri na Afurika y’Epfo, ibintu byamuhaye ubunararibonye mpuzamahanga mu micungire y’ingabo.
Urupfu rwe rwatangajwe mu gihe Uganda yari iri mu birori byo kwizihiza umunsi wa Tarehe Sita, wizihiza intangiriro z’urugamba rwo kubohora igihugu ku ya 6 Gashyantare 1981. Ibyo birori byabereye i Kabale, mu gace ka Kigezi.
Ni muri uwo muhango Perezida Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yambitse umudali w’ishimwe umuhungu we, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Umugaba Mukuru w’Ingabo za Uganda, ku ruhare yagize mu kuyobora ibikorwa bya gisirikare by’imbere n’inyuma y’igihugu, birimo Operation Shujaa igamije kurwanya umutwe wa ADF mu burasirazuba bwa Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo.
Uku guhuzwa kw’ibi bintu bibiri — urupfu rw’umusirikare mukuru umaze igihe kirekire mu ngabo n’izamuka rikomeye rya Gen. Muhoozi mu rwego rw’icyubahiro — byatumye hibazwa byinshi ku cyerekezo cy’ubuyobozi bwa gisirikare cya Uganda. Abasesenguzi bagaragaza ko UPDF iri mu bihe by’inzibacyuho, aho abasirikare bakuru ba kera bagenda basimburwa n’igisekuru gishya gifitanye isano ya hafi n’ubutegetsi buriho.
Mu gihe Uganda ikomeje kwagura uruhare rwayo mu bikorwa by’umutekano mu karere, urupfu rwa Maj. Gen. Francis Takirwa rusize icyuho gikomeye mu nzego z’ingabo, rukaba ikimenyetso cy’impinduka zikomeje kuba mu buyobozi bwa UPDF.
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