Nairobi, Kenya – Umurwa mukuru wa Kenya winjiye mu gihe cya “guma mu rugo” (lockdown) nyuma y’imyigaragambyo ikomeye yibutsa umunsi w’amateka wa Saba Saba, wabaye tariki ya 7 Nyakanga 1990, ubwo Abanyakenya basabaga uburenganzira bwo kugira amatora ya demokarasi n’amashyaka menshi.
Uyu munsi w’amateka, usigaye ufatwa nk’intangiriro y’impinduka za politiki muri Kenya, wibukwa cyane cyane n’urubyiruko rwiswe Gen Z, rukomeje gutera intambwe rukangurira abandi gusaba impinduka mu miyoborere n’uburenganzira bw’abaturage.
📍 Polisi ya Kenya, ku uyu munsi ku wa Mbere, yakoresheje ama-canon y’amazi (water cannons) mu gutatanya abigaragambya bari bateraniye mu mihanda itandukanye ya Nairobi ubwo bayateraga nk’abayarasa mu baturage. Abacuruzi bafunze, amashuri n’ibigo bimwe birafunga, umujyi uhinduka igisagara cy’icuraburindi.
Raila Odinga, umwe mu bayobozi b’amashyaka atavuga rumwe n’ubutegetsi, yatumiye abaturage mu bikorwa byo kuzirikana Saba Saba, avuga ko “urugamba rwa Gen Z ari urwo kubaho, si ubwisanzure gusa. Ni urugamba rw’ubuzima, ubukungu n’icyizere cy’ejo hazaza.”
Saba Saba: Umunsi Utibagirana
Tariki ya 7 Nyakanga 1990, abantu ibihumbi bari biganjemo abanyapolitiki batavuga rumwe n’ubutegetsi, barimo na Kenneth Matiba na Charles Rubia, bateranye bwa mbere basaba ko habaho amashyaka menshi no kwegereza ubutegetsi abaturage. Uwo munsi waje kugirwa inkomoko y’impinduka mu mateka ya Kenya, ushimangira urugamba rwo kuva ku butegetsi bwa buri gihe (single party rule) no gutangira inzira ya demokarasi ishingiye ku mashyaka menshi.
Uyu mwaka, Saba Saba yibukijwe mu gihe urubyiruko rw’Abanyakenya rugaragaza ko rufite inyota y’impinduka ku bibazo by’ubukungu, ubushomeri, ruswa n’imiyoborere idasubiza abaturage.
Umutekano Wongewe, Ubuzima Burahagarara
Amakuru aturuka mu buyobozi bwa polisi avuga ko hari hafashwe ingamba zikomeye zo gukumira imyigaragambyo ishobora kubyara umutekano muke, ari na yo mpamvu inzego z’umutekano zahise zisuka mu mihanda, zifunga amayira manini, ndetse zibuza amakoraniro rusange.
Ibitaro byakiriye bamwe mu bakomeretse, mu gihe hatangiye kugenda havugwa n’abatabwa muri yombi, harimo n’abafotora n’abanyamakuru bamwe bashinjwa “kudakurikiza amabwiriza y’umutekano.”
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Icyitonderwa: Inkuru iracyakurikiranwa. Turacyakusanya andi makuru y’imbonankubone mu bice bitandukanye by’umujyi wa Nairobi.