U Rwanda ruri mu biganiro by’ibanze ku bijyanye no kugira imigabane muri Lamu Oil Refinery, umushinga munini wo gutunganya peteroli uteganyijwe kubakwa i Lamu muri Kenya, ushorwamo imari n’umushoramari w’Umunya-Nigeria, Aliko Dangote.
Perezida Paul Kagame yemeje ko ibiganiro hagati y’u Rwanda n’abategura uyu mushinga biriho, ariko ko bikiri mu ntangiriro kandi ko hakiri byinshi bigomba kuganirwaho mbere y’uko hamenyekana umubare w’imigabane cyangwa amafaranga u Rwanda ruzashora.
Mu kiganiro n’abanyamakuru cyabereye i Kigali ku wa Mbere tariki ya 24 Kanama 2026, Perezida Kagame yavuze ko u Rwanda rwakwishimira kugira uruhare muri uyu mushinga, ashimangira ko ibiganiro bikomeje.
Kugeza ubu, nta mubare w’amafaranga u Rwanda ruzashora watangajwe.
Icyakora, umujyanama wa Perezida wa Kenya mu by’ubukungu, David Ndii, yatangaje ko Kenya yahawe amahirwe yo kugira 10% by’imigabane, bifite agaciro ka hafi miliyoni 500 z’amadolari.
Hari kandi gahunda y’uko Kenya, u Rwanda na Ethiopia byagurira hamwe 30% by’imigabane, bifite agaciro kagera kuri miliyari 1.5 z’amadolari.
Ibi bivuze ko, mu gihe imigabane yagabanywa ku buryo bungana, 10% ishobora kuba ifite agaciro ka miliyoni 500 z’amadolari. Ariko ntibivuze ko u Rwanda ruzashora ayo mafaranga, kuko umubare w’imigabane ruzagura utaratangazwa.
Lamu Oil Refinery ni umwe mu mishinga minini y’ingufu iteganyijwe muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba. Uruganda rwonyine ruteganyijwe gutwara hafi miliyari 16 z’amadolari, mu gihe umushinga mugari urimo ibikorwaremezo by’icyambu n’inganda zikora ibikomoka kuri peteroli ushobora kugera hafi kuri miliyari 20 z’amadolari.
Biteganyijwe ko uru ruganda ruzajya rutunganya kugeza kuri barili 700,000 za peteroli ku munsi.
Nirwuzura, ruzaba rugamije gutanga ibikomoka kuri peteroli ku bihugu birimo Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda na Ethiopia, ndetse no ku yandi masoko yo muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba.
Kuri Kigali, kugira uruhare muri uyu mushinga bishobora kuba amahirwe yo kongera ishoramari ry’u Rwanda mu mishinga y’ingufu yo mu karere, ndetse no kugira ijambo mu bijyanye n’itangwa ry’ibikomoka kuri peteroli mu gihe kizaza.
Afurika y’Iburasirazuba ikomeje gutumiza hanze igice kinini cy’ibikomoka kuri peteroli ikoresha. Uru ruganda, nirwubakwa ku bushobozi buteganyijwe, rushobora guhindura uburyo ibyo bicuruzwa bitangwa mu karere.
Ku ruhande rwa Dangote, umushinga usaba ubufatanye bw’ibihugu byo mu karere mu kubona isoko ry’ibikomoka kuri peteroli, kubona peteroli izajya itunganywa, ndetse no gushyiraho politiki n’amabwiriza azafasha uruganda gukora mu buryo burambye.
Dangote yavuze ko ibikorwa byo gutangira kubaka uruganda bishobora gutangira hagati ya Nzeri n’Ukwakira 2026, ariko ibi bikazaterwa no kubona ibyangombwa byose bikenewe.
Nyuma yo gutangira, kubaka uru ruganda biteganyijwe kumara hagati y’imyaka itatu n’itanu.
Kugeza ubu, icyemejwe ku ruhande rw’u Rwanda ni uko ibiganiro bihari, ariko ntiharamenyekana umubare w’imigabane Kigali izagira cyangwa amafaranga azashorwa.
