Perezida wa Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, yatangiye uruzinduko rw’amateka mu Burusiya ku butumire bwa Vladimir Putin.
Ni uruzinduko rwa mbere rw’umukuru w’igihugu cya Tanzania i Moscow kuva igihe uwashinze Tanzania ya none, Julius Nyerere, yahasuraga mu 1969.
Nubwo mu itangazo rya leta ya Tanzaniya yatangaje ko uruzinduko rugamije guteza imbere ubucuruzi, ishoramari n’ubufatanye hagati y’ibihugu byombi, muri geopolitike hari byinshi byihishe inyuma y’uru ruzinduko, cyane cyane mu gihe isi iri kwinjira mu rugamba rushya rw’ihangana hagati y’ibihangange.
Tanzania iri gusubira ku murage wa Nyerere?
Mu gihe cy’Intambara y’Ubutita, Nyerere yari umwe mu bayobozi bakomeye ba Afurika bakurikizaga politiki yo kutabogama (Non-Aligned Movement).
Yashakaga kugirana umubano n’impande zombi z’isi atagendera ku murongo wa Washington cyangwa Moscow gusa.
Uyu munsi, Samia Suluhu asa n’ugarura uwo murage. Mu myaka ine ishize, yubatse umubano ukomeye n’Amerika, Uburayi, Ubushinwa, Ubuhinde ndetse n’ibihugu by’Abarabu.
Kwerekeza i Moscow bishobora gusobanura ko Tanzania ishaka gukomeza gukorana n’ibihangange byose aho kwisunga uruhande rumwe.
Putin arashaka iki muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba?
Kuva intambara yo muri Ukraine yatangira, Uburusiya bwashyizweho ibihano byinshi n’ibihugu by’Uburengerazuba. Ibi byatumye Moscow ishaka abafatanyabikorwa bashya muri Afurika, Aziya na Amerika y’Amajyepfo.
Afurika y’Iburasirazuba ifite ibyambu bikomeye ku Nyanja y’Abahinde, umutungo kamere mwinshi n’isoko rinini rigenda ryaguka. Tanzania ni kimwe mu bihugu bifatwa nk’irembo ry’akarere kubera ibyambu bya Dar es Salaam na Mtwara ndetse n’ubukungu bugenda bwiyongera.
Ku ruhande rwa Putin, kwakira Samia muri iki gihe bishobora kuba ari ubutumwa bwo kwerekana ko Uburusiya bugifite inshuti muri Afurika nubwo bukomeje guhangana n’Uburengerazuba.
Ibi bivuze iki ku kibazo cya Congo?
Iki ni cyo kibazo gishobora kuganirwaho cyane mu karere k’Ibiyaga Bigari.
Tanzania ni umwe mu banyamuryango bakomeye ba East African Community kandi ifite ijambo rikomeye mu bibazo by’umutekano byo muri Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo.
Mu myaka yashize, Tanzania yohereje ingabo mu butumwa bwa Loni muri Congo ndetse yanagize uruhare mu ngabo za SADC zoherejwe muri icyo gihugu.
Nubwo nta bimenyetso byerekana ko ikibazo cya Congo ari cyo kigambiriwe muri uru ruzinduko, kuba Moscow ikomeje gushaka ijambo muri Afurika bishobora gutuma yifuza kugira abafatanyabikorwa bafite ijambo ku bibazo byo mu Burasirazuba bwa Congo.
Uburusiya bushobora kumyura muri Tanzania nk’umuyoboro wo kwagura ijambo ryabwo mu karere, cyane cyane mu gihe Amerika ari yo iyoboye ibikorwa byinshi bya dipolomasi bigamije gushakira umuti ikibazo cya Congo.
Ubutumwa bwoherejwe Washington
Hari ikindi gishobora kuba kiri inyuma y’uru ruzinduko.
Mu mezi ashize, Tanzania yagiye ihura n’igitutu gituruka mu Burengerazuba ku bibazo bya demokarasi n’uburenganzira bwa muntu.
Kwerekeza i Moscow bishobora kuba ari uburyo bwo kwereka Washington n’i Burayi ko Dar es Salaam ifite ubundi buryo bwo gushaka abafatanyabikorwa.
Ni politiki ikunze gukoreshwa n’ibihugu byinshi byo muri Afurika: Gukinisha irushanwa ry’ibihangange kugira ngo bibone inyungu nyinshi z’ubukungu n’ubufatanye.
Icyo bisobanuye ku Rwanda n’akarere
Ku Rwanda, Uganda na Congo, uru ruzinduko ni ikimenyetso cy’uko Afurika y’Iburasirazuba irushaho kuba ahahurira inyungu z’ibihugu bikomeye.
Amerika irimo gushora imbaraga nyinshi mu bibazo bya Congo.
Ubushinwa bumaze imyaka bwaraganje mu bikorwa remezo remezo. Turukiya nayo iri kwagura ibikorwa byaywo.
Ubu na Moscow irashaka kongera kugaragara mu kibuga cyo mu karere k’Ibiyaga Bigari.
Ntabwo uru ruzinduko ruhita ruhindura uburinganire bw’imbaraga mu karere, ariko rushimangira ko Tanzania iri kwiyubaka nk’umukinnyi ukomeye wa dipolomasi hagati y’ibihangange bitandukanye.
Nyuma y’imyaka 57 Nyerere asuye Moscow, uruzinduko rwa Samia Suluhu rushobora kutibanda gusa ku bucuruzi cyangwa ishoramari. Ruri mu bimenyetso bigaragaza ko Afurika y’Iburasirazuba iri kuba ikibuga gishya cy’irushanwa rya geopolitike hagati ya Amerika, Ubushinwa n’Uburusiya.
Ikibazo nyamukuru ni iki: Ese Tanzania irimo kubaka ikiraro gihuza Moscow n’akarere k’Ibiyaga Bigari, cyangwa ni umukino wa dipolomasi ugamije kongera amahitamo yayo hagati y’ibihangange by’isi? Iyo ni yo ngingo isi izaba ikurikirana muri uru ruzinduko rw’amateka.
