Abigaragambya barimo kwihanganira imihoro ya polisi, amapombo y’amazi ndetse n’amasasu rimwe na rimwe mu mihanda ya Kenya muri iyi minsi, baririmba ijwi rimwe ijambo rishobora gutera impungenge Perezida William Ruto uri mu bibazo bikomeye: “Ruto wantam”, bisobanura “Ruto manda imwe gusa”.
Ruto yatsindiye kuyobora igihugu hafi imyaka itatu ishize asezeranya kurengera abakene no kurandura ihohoterwa rya polisi, ariko ubu arahanganye n’uburakari bw’abaturage kubera izamuka ry’ibiciro ku buzima, ruswa, n’ubugome bwa polisi ibibazo bishobora kumuhindura umuyobozi wa manda imwe gusa, nk’uko rubanda babivuga.
Mu gihe ijwi ry’amatora yo mu 2027 rigenda rirushaho kumvikana, abasesenguzi bavuga ko ubutegetsi bwa Ruto buzaba busabwa kudahagarika gusa ku masezerano y’ubukungu bwasezeranyije, ahubwo no gufata imvugo ituje kandi yubaha abaturage, kugira ngo bushobore kwiyegereza urubyiruko rufite ubumenyi n’ubumenyi burushijeho.
“Ibibazo bikomeje mu bukungu no gushinjwa ihohoterwa rikabije rya polisi ni imbogamizi zikomeye kuri gahunda Ruto yaba afite yo kwiyamamariza manda ya kabiri mu 2027,” nk’uko byavuzwe na Mucahid Durmaz, Umusesenguzi mukuru wa Afurika mu kigo mpuzamahanga cya Verisk Maplecroft gishinzwe isesengura ry’ingaruka.
Itsinda ry’uburenganzira bwa muntu riterwa inkunga na leta ryatangaje ko abantu 31 bishwe ku rwego rw’igihugu mu myigaragambyo iheruka ku wa Mbere, yabereye mu rwego rwo kwibuka isabukuru y’imyaka 35 y’imyigaragambyo yaharaniraga demokarasi. Polisi yarashe amasasu kugira ngo isenye abigaragambya, nyuma yo gukoresha imyuka iryana mu maso n’amazi y’amapombo.
“Ntitugishoboye gutunga imiryango yacu, ni yo mpamvu turi mu mihanda—turi hano kugira ngo duce intege izamuka ry’ibiciro, duhangane no gushimutwa gukorwa na polisi, kandi duhagararire igihugu cyacu,” nk’uko byavuzwe na Festus Muiruri, umusore w’imyaka 22 uri mu bigaragambya mu murwa mukuru Nairobi.
“Turashaka ko Perezida adutega amatwi.”
Ariko ubutegetsi bwa Ruto bwakunze gutinda cyane mu gusubiza ibibazo by’abaturage. Umwaka ushize, yemeye kureka gahunda yo kongera imisoro nyuma y’uko abigaragambya binjiye mu nteko ishinga amategeko ibikorwa bitigeze bibaho mbere byagaragaye ku mateleviziyo ku isi hose.
Minisitiri w’Ubutegetsi bw’Igihugu, Kipchumba Murkomen, yavuze ko imyigaragambyo yo mu kwezi gushize yari nk’igerageza ryo guhirika ubutegetsi ryakozwe n’abantu yise “abagizi ba nabi bashaka akaduruvayo”.
Bitandukanye n’abamubanjirije, Ruto ahanganye n’igihe cy’urubyiruko rutagira impuhwe abanyaKenya bakiri bato bafite inyota y’amahirwe y’ubukungu, bashobora kwishyira hamwe byihuse binyuze ku mbuga nkoranyambaga, badaciye mu mashyaka atavuga rumwe n’ubutegetsi cyangwa abayobozi bayo.
Abigaragambya b’”Generation Z”, nk’uko bamenyerewe kwitwa, ni urubyiruko rwavutse rubikesha uburezi bw’ubuntu bwatangijwe mu myaka 20 ishize. Nta cyo bibuka ku butegetsi bw’igitugu, kandi benshi muri bo ntibari baravuka ubwo Kenya yatangiraga amatora ya politiki y’amashyaka menshi mu 1992.
Raporo ya Afrobarometer, ikigo gikusanya ibitekerezo by’abaturage, yagaragaje ko hagera ku rubyiruko 800,000 rwinjira ku isoko ry’umurimo buri mwaka. Gen Z bafite uburezi burenze ubw’ababyeyi babo, ariko kandi benshi muri bo ntibabona akazi.
“Ntibazi uko ibihe bikomeye byahoze bimeze,” nk’uko bivugwa na Macharia Munene, umwarimu w’amateka n’imibanire mpuzamahanga muri United States International University (USIU) i Nairobi.
“Ariko bigishijwe kubaza ibibazo.”
Uburakari bw’urubyiruko kuri leta bwafashe indi ntera mu kwezi gushize nyuma y’urupfu rwa Albert Ojwang, umusore wakoreshaga imbuga nkoranyambaga wapfuye ari mu maboko ya polisi. Ku ya 25 Kamena, abantu bagera kuri 19 bahasize ubuzima mu myigaragambyo yamaganaga urupfu rwe.
Uko guhangana gukomeye guverinoma ikomeje kugirira abigaragambya kwabaye nk’ugutungura isoko ry’imari n’ishoramari mu bukungu bwa mbere bunini muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba.
Muri Gicurasi, ibyizere by’abacuruzi n’abashoramari byamanutse bigera ku rwego rwa kabiri rwo hasi cyane mu mateka, nk’uko bigaragara muri raporo yakozwe na Stanbic Bank Kenya.
“Imyigaragambyo isubiramo n’ifungwa ry’imihanda bizakomeza gusenya icyizere cy’abashoramari no guhungabanya ibikorwa by’ubukungu, cyane cyane niba leta ikomeje gushyira imbere imbaraga kurusha ibiganiro,” nk’uko byavuzwe na Jervin Naidoo wo muri Oxford Economics.
‘IMPUMYI, IBITABONA, IBITUMVA’ (“Blind, deaf and dumb”) — aya magambo yagiye akoreshwa n’abigaragambya ku mbuga nkoranyambaga mu kunenga uburyo ubutegetsi budaha agaciro ibitekerezo n’impungenge by’abaturage.
Nubwo ubwoba n’ukudatabarwa bikomeje kwiyongera mu baturage, Abanya-Kenya ntibafite amahitamo menshi muri iki gihe. Perezida Ruto afite ubwiganze bukomeye mu nteko ishinga amategeko, bituma adashobora kuvanwaho mbere y’uko manda ye irangira.
Arimo no guhanganye n’abatavuga rumwe na we batifashe neza kandi batanyanyagiye, bataranabona umukandida uzabahagararira mu matora ari imbere. Nyuma y’imyigaragambyo yo mu mwaka ushize, Ruto yazanye Minisitiri w’Intebe w’icyahoze ari opposition, Raila Odinga, mu butegetsi bwe, bikuraho icyari igihangange kimurwanya.
Ubu asigaje imyaka ibiri yo guhindura ibintu, cyangwa agashaka uko yakoresha imbaraga z’umwanya afite kugira ngo yizere manda ya kabiri.
Nk’uko byatangajwe n’itsinda Control Risks, Ruto yizeye ko kongera ingengo y’imari ku mibereho rusange, ndetse na gahunda zigamije kurwanya ubushomeri mu rubyiruko, hamwe n’ibyiringiro by’ubukungu byiza n’igabanuka ry’izamuka ry’ibiciro (inflation), bizamufasha kongera gukundwa.
Ariko ibi bishobora kutaba bihagije ngo yirinde “wantam” (manda imwe gusa), nk’uko bivugwa na Javas Bigambo, impuguke mu bya politiki.
“Urubyiruko rufata guverinoma nk’impumyi, ibitumva, n’ibitavuga. Iyo sura igomba guhindurwa. Gufata abigaragambya mu buryo bwo kubasuzugura bizakomeza gutuma Ruto agira ibyago byo gutsindwa mu matora,” yavuze Bigambo.
“Ni ngombwa byihutirwa gufata ingamba zo guhuza impande zombi.”
