Umukuru w’Igihugu watangije iyo gahunda ku wa gatandatu tariki 21 Ukuboza, yahize ko azatanga telefoni zigera ku 1.500 zo mu bwoko bwa ‘Mara smartphones’.

Nyuma mu ijoro ryo kuri iyo tariki yanditse ku rubuga rwe rwa twitter ko yasabye abagize umuryango we kwinjira muri iyo gahunda kandi bakaba babyemeye.

Yagize ati “Ndashimira umuryango wanjye ko bemeye kugira uruhare muri gahunda ya ‘ConnectRwanda’ bakaba bitanze telefoni ‘MaraPhones’, Jeannette yatanze 27, naho abana banjye Ivan: 23, Ange Kagame &Bertrand: 15, Ian: 15, Brian (mu mafaranga azigama ayakuye mu kwimenyereza umwuga ‘internship’):5, Umwisengeneza wa Jeannette witwa Nana ukiga muri kaminuza azatanga :3,”

Madamu Jeannette Kagame mu bushobozi bwe, yatanze telefoni 27 mu gihe umuryango ahagarariye wa “Imbuto Foundation”, wo witanze telefoni 100 za ‘Mara Phones’.

Ange Kagame yari yabanje kwitanga telefoni 10 za ‘Mara Phones’avuga ko yifuza ko zazahabwa abafite ubumuga binyuze mu Nama y’Igihugu y’Abafite ubumuga (National Council for Persons with Disabilities), kugira ngo na bo bajye babona serivisi mu buryo bworoshye.

Nk’uko bitangazwa na MTN Rwanda na Minisiteri y’Ikoranabuhanga batangije iyo gahunda, bavugaga ko kugeza ku itariki 23 Ukuboza 2019, abantu n’ibigo bitandukanye bari bamaze kwemera gutanga telefoni zirenga 24.000, ariko imibare Kigali Today yakoze mu gitondo cyo kuri uyu wa kabiri, yabonye ko telefoni zimaze kurenga 26.000.

Mitwa Kaemba Ng’ambi, umuyobozi mukuru wa MTN Rwanda na Minisitiri w’Ikoranabuhanga na Inovasiyo Ingabire Paula batangaje ko gutanga telefoni zakorewe mu Rwanda bitari ihame, ni ukuvuga ko n’izindi zemewe.

Kuri Twitter ye, Ingabire Paula yagize ati “Iyo utanze telefoni zakorewe mu Rwanda, uba ufashije zimwe mu ngo z’Abanyarwanda kwinjira mu ikoranabuhanga kandi unashyigikiye gahunda ya ‘Made in Rwanda’ icyarimwe ” .

Umuntu akoze impuzandengo ya telefoni zimaze gutangwa kuva iyo gahunda itangiye mu mpera z’icyumweru gishize, asanga hatangwa telefoni zigera ku 8.000 ku munsi. Bikomeje bityo, mu minsi 45 hazaba hamaze gutangwa telefoni 360.000 .

Perezida Kagame yavuze ko iyo gahunda yo gufasha zimwe mu ngo z’Abanyarwanda zikennye gutunga ‘smart phone’ ikorwa ku bushake, ko nta muntu ukwiye guhatirwa gutanga.

MTN Rwanda na Minisiteri y’Ikoranabuhanga na Inovasiyo ni byo bigo biyoboye mu kuba byaratanze telefoni nyinshi.

MTN Rwanda izatanga telefoni 1.100 igerekeho na simukadi iriho interineti ya ‘1GB’ izajya itangwa buri kwezi mu gihe cy’amezi atatu. Hazajya habaho ubufatanye n’inzego z’ibanze kugira ngo hamenyekane abakwiye guhabwa izo telefoni.