Uwahoze ari Minisitiri w’umutekano w’imbere mu gihugu muri Uganda, Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire, yatangaje ibintu bishobora gufatwa nko kwemerwa mu buryo butaziguye k’umuyobozi mukuru wa guverinoma, ubwicanyi ndengakamere bwakorewe mu gipolisi cya Uganda, asaba uwamusimbuye, Prof. Ephraim Kantu, guhangana n’iki kibazo.
Mu butumwa yashyize kuri uyu wa Gatandatu kuri X, Otafiire yaburiye Kantu, uherutse kugirwa minisitiri w’umutekano w’imbere mu gihugu, amusaba kwirinda kwihanganira ubwicanyi butemewe by’umwihariko bwakozwe na bamwe mu bapolisi bo muri CID (Crime Intelligence Directorate).
Otafiire yanditse ati: “Hon. Prof. Kantu, nibagiwe kukubwira, nyamuneka ntuzihanganire ubwoko ubwo ari bwo bwose bw’ubwicanyi ndengakamere cyane cyane na bamwe mu bapolisi bake b’abagizi ba nabi muri CID.”
Iri tangazo ryashishikaje abantu benshi kuko bigaragara ko ari ubwa mbere umuntu mukuru muri guverinoma avugiye mu ruhame ku bwicanyi buvugwa bukorerwa abantu bataciriwe imanza mu rukiko bapfira mu maboko y’igipolisi.
Amagambo ya Otafiire yanagaragaje umucyo ku bitekerezo yatanze mu muhango w’ihererekanyabubasha muri Minisiteri y’ubutegetsi bw’igihugu, aho yasabye ko bamwe mu bapolisi bakoraga ibirenze ibyo ashobora kugenzura kandi bakamwima amakuru batitaye ku mwanya we.
Otafiire yagize ati: “Batekerezaga ko bampisha amakuru.
Ati: “Ariko ntibazi ko ndi ushinzwe iperereza. Nari nzi ibiba byose.”
Uyu munyapolitiki w’inararibonye yongeye kwerekana ko atishimiye ubuyobozi bwa polisi, avuga ko ibyifuzo bye byinshi byirengagijwe.
Ati: “Abapolisi ntibigeze banyumva ku bintu byinshi birimo kuzamurwa mu ntera kwa ba ofisiye bato.”
Ati: “Nahisemo guceceka. Niba umuntu ashaka kwimanika, umuhe umugozi uhagije kugira ngo udacika.”
Ibitekerezo bifatwa nko kunegura bidasanzwe byavuzwe na minisitiri umaze imyaka myinshi agenzura urwego rw’umutekano mu gihugu cya Uganda kandi bishoboka kubyutsa ibibazo bishya bijyanye no kubazwa inshingano mu gipolisi nk’uko bitangazwa na Chimpreports dukesha iyi nkuru.
Mu myaka yashize, imiryango iharanira uburenganzira bwa muntu, abanyapolitiki batavuga rumwe n’ubutegetsi n’imiryango itegamiye kuri leta bashinje zimwe mu nzego zishinzwe umutekano za Uganda kugira uruhare mu bwicanyi, kurigisa no kwica urubozo. Inzego z’umutekano zahoraga zihakana ibyo birego kandi zikomeza zivuga ko abapolisi barenze ku mategeko bakurikiranwa kandi bagahanwa.
N’ubwo yavuye muri minisiteri, Otafiire usigaye uyobora minisiteri y’amazi n’ibidukikije, yatangaje ko afite umugambi wo gukomeza kuvuga ku bibazo byo kubazwa inshingano.
Ati: “Njyewe nk’umurwanyi wa FRONASA nkaba n’umunyamuryango, nzakomeza gukurikirana kudahana mu gipolisi no mu bibazo by’imbere”.
Ati: “Mwebwe abantu mukorera kuzamurwa mu ntera ariko kuri twe dukorera ibyo twemera. Niyo mpamvu twashyize ubuzima bwacu mu kaga mu ishyamba.”
Aya magambo yahise ashyira igitutu kuri Kantu, ubu uyoboye minisiteri igenzura abapolisi ba Uganda. Abasesenguzi bavuga ko igisubizo cye ku birego bya Otafiire gishobora kuba igeragezwa rya mbere ku kwiyemeza kwe gukemura ibibazo bijyanye no kudahana no gukomeza ubugenzuzi mu nzego z’umutekano mu gihugu.
Bivuye kuri minisitiri uvuga ko yari azi imyitwarire idahwitse muri uru rwego rw’umutekano, ibyo yatangaje birashoboka ko byakomeza gusaba ko habaho gukorera mu mucyo no gukora iperereza ryigenga ku birego by’urugomo rw’abashinzwe umutekano.
