Uganda yashyikirije abantu batandatu bakekwaho kwiba inka zo muri Kenya bafatiwe mu karere kayo ka Karamoja gahana imbibi na Turkana muri Kenya.
Aba bakekwa barekuwe na guverinoma y’intara ya Turkana n’igisirikare cya Uganda nk ‘ikimenyetso cy’ubufatanye bw’umuryango w’Afurika y’iburasirazuba kandi nk’ikimenyetso cyo kubana mu mahoro.
Imyitozo iyobowe na Brig Gen Felix Busizoori wo mu ngabo z’igihugu cya Uganda (UPDF) yakorewe mu kigo cy’ingabo cya Moroto giherereye mu majyaruguru ya Uganda kandi yitabiriwe n’umunyamabanga w’intara ya Turkana akaba n’umuyobozi wa Leta, Peter Eripete.
Ku wa mbere, UPDF yagize ati: “Abakekwaho kuba Turkana batawe muri yombi hamwe n’abavandimwe babo, Matheniko kavukire mu mugozi utandukanye ndetse no mu bikorwa byo gushakisha aho bakoraga ubworozi bw’inka mu gace ka Karamoja hagati y’itariki ya 20 Gashyantare kugeza ku ya 26 Gashyantare 2023“.
Brig Gen Busizoori yasabye abayobozi ba Kenya guhana abakekwaho kuba barahohoteye kubana mu mahoro ndetse n’umutekano w’umupaka, avuga ko kubareka bikazatera ubudahangarwa.
Yasabye ko abafashwe barenga ku mategeko ya Uganda bazahura n’amategeko muri iki gihugu. UPDF yavuze ko abantu umunani bakekwaho Matheniko batawe muri yombi hamwe na Turukani bazagezwa mu nkiko za Uganda.
Mu kwezi gushize, Kenya na Uganda batangiye ibiganiro byo gufungura umupaka umwe i Lokiriama mu majyaruguru y’uburengerazuba bwa Kenya, uzashaka gufungura ubucuruzi no kurwanya ibitero by’amatungo.
Ibihugu byombi byongeye kubyutsa amasezerano yo muri Nzeri 2019 yashakaga guteza imbere ubucuruzi bwambukiranya imipaka hagati ya Turkana na Karamoja, hashyirwaho imipaka y’abinjira n’abasohoka muri gasutamo i Lokiriama, Nawountos na Nakitong’o.
Agace gahana imbibi ahanini gatuwe n’amoko ya Turkana na Pokot mu majyaruguru y’iburengerazuba bwa Kenya, na Karamajong, ubwoko bw’abashumba borozi baba mu majyaruguru ya Uganda.
Aba baturage bamaze imyaka myinshi bakora ibikorwa byubugizi bwa nabi, bigatuma akarere katagira umutekano. Ibihugu byombi ariko birabona ko gufungura umupaka ari imwe mu ngamba zo guca burundu inka cyangwa ubujura bw’imigabane, umuco gakondo umaze gucuruzwa n’imiryango mpuzamahanga mpanabyaha muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba no mu ihembe.
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