Kenya: Urubanza rwa pasiteri Paul Mackenzie ushinjwa gutegeka ababyeyi kwicisha abana inzara rugiye gucibwa.

Urubanza rwa pasiteri Paul Nthenge Mackenzie n’abandi 30 bareganwa ku birego bifitanye isano n’impfu z’abantu 191 mu ishyamba rya Shakahola, muri Kenya, ruri mu cyiciro cyo gutegereza umwanzuro w’urukiko.

Ubushinjacyaha buvuga ko abayoboke b’itorero rye bashishikarizwaga kwiyiriza ubusa kugeza bapfuye, mu gihe abaregwa bahakana ibyaha bashinjwa.

MOMBASA, Kenya, Urukiko Rukuru rwa Mombasa muri Kenya ruri gusuzuma ibimenyetso mu rubanza rwa pasiteri Paul Nthenge Mackenzie n’abandi bantu 30 bareganwa, bashinjwa kugira uruhare mu rupfu rw’abantu 191, benshi muri bo bakaba ari abana, mu byabereye mu ishyamba rya Shakahola, mu ntara ya Kilifi.

Nk’uko ibinyamakuru byo muri Kenya n’ibindi mpuzamahanga byabitangaje, umucamanza Diana Kavedza-Mochache yatangiye gusoma umwanzuro w’urubanza ku wa 19 Ukwakira 2026. Icyakora, amakuru yemeza ko umwanzuro wa nyuma wamaze gutangazwa cyangwa ko abaregwa bahamwe n’ibyaha ntiyashoboye kwemezwa hano.

Iyi dosiye yakuruye impaka zikomeye muri Kenya no mu mahanga, cyane cyane kubera ibirego bivuga ko inyigisho z’idini zakoreshejwe mu gushishikariza abantu ibikorwa byabaviriyemo gupfa, harimo n’abana batari bafite ubushobozi bwo kwifatira ibyemezo nk’ibyo.

Shakahola: Aho ibyago byatangiriye

Ibyabereye mu ishyamba rya Shakahola byamenyekanye cyane muri Mata 2023, ubwo inzego z’umutekano zatangiraga gushakisha abantu bari barabuze, nyuma y’amakuru yagaragazaga ko hari abantu bashobora kuba barapfiriye muri ako gace.

Paul Mackenzie yari ayoboye itorero rya Good News International Church. Ubushinjacyaha buvuga ko yashishikarizaga abayoboke baryo kwiyiriza ubusa kugeza bapfuye, abizeza ko bazahura na Yesu kandi bakitegura imperuka y’isi.

Mu iperereza ryakurikiyeho, havumbuwe imva rusange nyinshi zirimo imibiri y’abantu barenga 400. Isuzuma ryakozwe ku mibiri imwe ryagaragaje ko bamwe bishwe n’inzara, mu gihe ku bandi hagaragaye ibimenyetso by’ubundi buryo bw’urupfu, burimo kunigwa no gukubitwa.

Ibyo byatumye iperereza ryagurwa, hagamijwe kumenya uko abantu bapfuye, ababa baragize uruhare mu rupfu rwabo n’impamvu inzego zibishinzwe zitabashije kubikumira hakiri kare.

Abana ni bo bivugwa ko bashyirwaga imbere mu kwiyiriza ubusa

Kimwe mu birego bikomeye biri muri uru rubanza ni uko abana ari bo bagombaga kubanza kwiyiriza ubusa kugeza bapfuye, bagakurikirwa n’abagore n’abagabo.

Ubushinjacyaha buvuga ko abayoboke bamwe bemeraga izo nyigisho kubera ko bizezwaga ko bazagera mu ijuru. Ibyo birego byatumye ikibazo cya Shakahola gifatwa nk’imwe mu mpanuka zikomeye zifitanye isano no gukoresha nabi imyemerere y’idini muri Kenya.

Imiryango myinshi yasigaye mu gahinda, ishakisha abayo n’igisubizo ku byabaye. Hari ababyeyi bavuze ko babuze abana babo, mu gihe abandi bagiye kumenya ko ababo bapfuye nyuma y’uko imibiri yabo ivumbuwe mu mva rusange.

Nubwo ubuhamya bw’imiryango bugaragaza uburemere bw’ingaruka z’ibi byabaye, inshingano z’uregwa n’uruhare rwa buri wese mu byaha aregwa ni ibintu bigomba kwemezwa n’urukiko rushingiye ku bimenyetso.

Abaregwa bahakana ibyaha

Mackenzie n’abandi bareganwa 30 bashinjwa kugira uruhare mu rupfu rw’abantu 191. Bahakanye ibyaha byo kwica baregwa, mu gihe ubushinjacyaha buvuga ko bufite ibimenyetso n’ubuhamya bishyigikira ibyo bubashinja.

Abashinjacyaha basobanura ko bamwe mu baregwa bashobora kuryozwa ibyaha bakoze bafatanyije n’abandi, hashingiwe ku ihame ry’amategeko rijyanye n’umugambi umwe wo gukora icyaha.

Ku rundi ruhande, abunganira abaregwa basabye ko uruhare rwa buri muntu rusuzumwa ukwawo. Bashimangira ko kuba umuntu yari umuyoboke w’itorero cyangwa yaritabiriye ibikorwa byo kwiyiriza ubusa bidahita bigaragaza ko yagize uruhare mu rupfu rw’abandi.

Bityo, umwanzuro w’urukiko uzashingira ku kuba ubushinjacyaha bwaragaragaje ibimenyetso bihagije byo guhamya buri wese icyaha aregwa, hakurikijwe amategeko.

Iperereza ryakomereje no mu bindi bice

Ikibazo cya Shakahola nticyagarukiye gusa ku mva zavumbuwe mu 2023. Mu nkuru yasohowe na Reuters ku wa 11 Gashyantare 2026, iki kinyamakuru cyatangaje ko Mackenzie n’abandi bantu barindwi bari barezwe ku bindi birego bifitanye isano n’impfu z’abantu 52, imibiri yabo ikaba yaravumbuwe mu gace ka Kwa Binzaro mu 2025.

Ibyo birego bishya byerekana ko iperereza ku bikorwa bifitanye isano n’iri tsinda ryakomeje kwaguka. Icyakora, ni urubanza rutandukanye n’urwa Shakahola, kandi ibyo abaregwa bashinjwa muri rwo bigomba na byo kugenzurwa mu nkiko.

Ibyabaye byanateje impaka ku mikorere y’inzego za leta, cyane cyane ku kuba hari amakuru ku bikorwa bya Mackenzie yari yaramenyekanye mbere y’uko havumburwa imva rusange nyinshi. Ibyo byatumye hibazwa niba ingamba zikwiye zari zarafashwe mu gihe cyaburaga ngo impfu zibe nyinshi.

Umwanzuro w’urukiko utegerejweho iki?

Gusomwa kw’umwanzuro w’urubanza ni intambwe ikomeye mu rugendo rwo gushaka ubutabera ku miryango yabuze abayo. Urukiko rugomba gusuzuma ibimenyetso byatanzwe n’ubushinjacyaha, ibisobanuro by’abaregwa n’amategeko agenga ibyaha baregwa.

Niba abaregwa bahamwe n’ibyaha, urukiko ruzagena ibihano biteganywa n’amategeko. Niba ibimenyetso bidahagije, rushobora kutabahamya ibyaha bashinjwa.

Ku miryango yabuze abayo, icyemezo gitegerejwe ni uburyo bwo gushaka ibisobanuro ku byabaye no kumenya niba ababigizemo uruhare baryozwa ibyo bakoze. Ku gihugu cya Kenya, uru rubanza rwanabaye isomo ku kamaro ko gukumira ikoreshwa nabi ry’imyemerere y’idini no kurinda abantu, cyane cyane abana, ibikorwa bishobora gushyira ubuzima bwabo mu kaga.