Abanya-Ethiopia batuye mu gace ka Mandera mu majyaruguru
ashyira uburasirazuba bwa Kenya, bavuga ko baburiwe ko nibatava muri ako gace
bitarenze tariki ya 5 ukwezi kwa Kabiri 2026. Mu kiganiro bagiranye na BBC,
bamwe mu bimukira bavuze ko iki kibazo kibangamiye ubuzima bw'abantu.
Ambasade ya Ethiopia muri Kenya yatangaje ko irimo
gukurikiranira hafi iby'iki kibazo.
Umwe mu bimukira, umubyeyi w'abana babiri, umaze imyaka
umunani aba muri Mandera, yagize ati: "Twaguze moto, dufungura hoteli
kandi turimo gukora. Ntabwo tuzi impamvu, ariko batangiye kuvuga ko AbanyaEthiopia
bose bagomba kugenda."
Hari n'abandi bavuze ko bahohotewe, abanda barafungwa.
"Baza mu modoka za polisi bakadukura muri tagisi bakatujyana muri gereza.
Turi mu bibazo. Nta muntu wo kudufasha," umwe mu baturage yagize ati:
AbanyaEthiopia bo muri Mandera, babarirwa mu bantu bagera ku 10,000, bakora
imirimo y’ubumotari n’ubukerarugendo.
AbanyaEthiopia bavuga ko amakimbirane ashingiye ku bibazo
by'ubukungu. Abaturage bo muri ako gace barashinja AbanyaEthiopia "gutera ako gace" no
kwigarurira ibikorwa by'ubucuruzi. Mu gihe abimukira bashakaga ibisubizo ku
bayobozi b'wakarere, babwiwe "kubaza abasaza b’inarararibonye."
Abasaza na bo barababwiye bati "ntidushaka kubabona. Nimuve mu gihugu
cyacu."
Abatangabuhamya bavuze ko ubukangurambaga bwarushijeho
gukaza umurego nyuma y'iyicwa ry'umwimukira wo muri Ethiopia mbere y'icyumweru
kimwe mu gace kitwa Burabur. Nyuma yo gushyingurwa, abaturage batangije
ubukangurambaga basaba AbanyaEthiopia kuva mu gace ka Mandera, babatera ubwoba
ko bazaterwa amabuye no kwicwa nyuma y'itariki ntarengwa yo mu kwezi kwa Kabiri.
Abimukira bavuga ko iryo tegeko ryaturutse ku basazab’inararibonye b'intara, rikwirakwizwa binyuze mu ndanguramajwi zashyizwe ku modoka. Ariko kandi bavuga ko
polisi irimo guta muri yombi AbanyaEthiopia isaba gutanga amashilingi y’amanyaKenya 20,000, abadafite ubushobozi bwo
kwishyura bashobora gufungwa.
Aba bimukira bo muri Ethiopia bavuga ko abaturage baho
babashinja "kwigarurira ibintu byose," bavuga ko babatwara amahirwe y’ubucuruzi
bw'ubwikorezi n'amahoteli. Hari kandi n'ibirego by'ubugizi bwa nabi byagiye
bivugwa, ariko abimukira bahakana ibyo birego.
Nyuma y'itangazo ry'abasaza b’inararibonye, bamwe mu banyaEthiopia
bamaze kuva i Mandera, mu gihe abandi bitegura kugenda. Umwe mu muribo yagize
ati: "Nta yandi mahitamo dufite uretse kwitegura kugenda." Yongeyeho
ko kubura ubutabera ku bimukira b'AbanyaEthiopia bishwe bigaragaza ko "nta
guverinoma dufite."
Umuyobozi wungirije wa Ambasade ya Ethiopia muri Kenya,
Ambasaderi Demeke Atnafu, yemeje ko ambasade iri gukurikiranira hafi uko ibintu
bimeze i Mandera. Yongeyeho ko ibikorwa nk'ibi byakozwe mu bihe byashize ariko
ntibyakozwe. "Ntabwo ari leta; ni abantu ku giti cyabo. Icyo gihe
ntibigeze bashyiraho ultimatum; Barabikoze."
Demeke yongeyeho ko ubuyobozi bw'akarere n'ubuyobozi
bw'akarere bukorana kandi bukorana n'abahagarariye abaturage. Yashimangiye ko
inzego za Leta ari zo zonyine zishobora kugena imiterere ry'abimukira, ati
"Urwego rwa leta nta sano rufitanye nabwo. Ni yo mpamvu itanga ubwirinzi
bukenewe."