Minisitiri ushinzwe Ibikorwa by’Umuryango wa Afurika y’Iburasirazuba, Valentine Rugwabiza, wafatanyije n’abaturiye uyu mupaka, mu Karere ka Kirehe, gutera ibiti bigera ku 3000, yasabye abaturage guhindura uyu mupaka ahantu heza harangwa n’isuku ku buryo abazajya bahagera bose bazajya bahabona nk’“irembo rya paradizo”, bityo na bo bakahabyaza umusaruro mu bikorwa bifatika.

Ubwo yari kuri uyu mupaka uhuza u Rwanda na Tanzania, Minisitiri Rugwabiza yasabye abaturage gutera ibiti byinshi kuko hari ubuso buhagije.

Gutera ibiti no kubungabunga ibikorwa remezo nk’imihanda ngo bikazatuma aha hantu harangwa n’isuku n’amahumbezi ku buryo abanyamahanga bazajya bahinjirira, bazajya babona ko bageze mu busitani bw’u Rwanda.

Minisitiri Rugwabiza yanijeje ubuyobozi bw’inzego z’ibanze mu Ntara y’Iburasirazuba, ubufatanye kugira ngo iterambere ku mupaka wa Rusumo rigerweho, avuga ko nihaboneka akazi gafatika amasaha yo gufungura aziyongera. Yasabye abaturiye umupaka kongera umusaruro baharanira kohereza ibicuruzwa byinshi hanze.

Kuri uyu mupaka wa Rusumo hagiye kubakwa isoko ryambukiranya imipaka, rizafasha abaturage kubonera ibicuruzwa hafi ndetse no kubona isoko ry’umusaruro wabo.

Guverineri w’Intara y’Iburasirazuba, Odette Uwamariya, yasabye abaturage gukora cyane bohereza ibicuruzwa hanze y’u Rwanda aho guhora bategereje ibyinjira gusa.

Umuyobozi w’Akarere ka Kirehe, Muzungu Gerald, yasabye buri wese ufite ubushobozi kugura imigabane muri iri soko, aho umwe ugeze ku mafaranga y’u Rwanda ibihumbi 500 ndetse no gushora imari mu bindi bikorwa remezo nk’inyubako, biteganyijwe kuri uyu mupaka.

Depite Dr. James Ndahiro na Depite Nyirahabimana Valerie bo mu Nteko y’Umuryango wa Afurika y’Iburasirazuba (EALA) bijeje ubuvugizi bugamije kuzamura iterambere ry’abaturage bo mu bihugu bigize EAC.

Icyumweru cyo kumenyekanisha amahirwe yo kuba mu muryango wa EAC cyatangiye tariki 9 gisozwa tariki 14 Ugushyingo; gihurirana n’isabukuru y’imyaka 8 u Rwanda rwinjiye muri uyu muryango.

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