Ibi babigaragaje mu nama yabereye i Kigali, kuri uyu wa 29 Mutarama 2024, yateguwe n'Ihuriro Rishinzwe Amazi, Isuku n'Isukura muri Afurika (AfWASA) ku bufatanye na leta y'u Rwanda. Yari igamije kurebera hamwe uko hanozwa imicungire myiza y'amazi cyane cyane mu bice by'icyaro.
Iyi nama yahuje abayobozi b'uturere 12 twatoranyijwe mu bihugu bitandatu byo muri Afurika birimo u Rwanda, Ethiopia, Cameroun, Uganda, Ghana na Malawi. Bihaye umukoro w'uko bagiye kwegera abaturage bakareba ibibazo bafite bituma batabona amazi meza, kugira ngo bishakirwe umuti.
U Rwanda rwatoranyijwe gukorerwamo uwo mushinga kubera rukomeje kugaragaza ubushake ndetse n'ubushobozi bwo guteza imbere ibikorwaremezo by'amazi, isuku n'isukura ku baturage.
Mu mbogamizi bagaragaje zituma amazi meza akiri ingorabahizi mu bice by'icyaro zirimo imiyoboro y'amazi yangirika ntisanwe, amavomero akiri make, imiyoboro isaza ntisimburwe, ariko ubu bavuga ko hagiye gufatwa ingamba kugira ngo ibyo byose bishakirwe ibisubizo birambye.
Umuyobozi w'Akarere ka Rulindo, kari muri tubiri twatoranyijwe mu Rwanda, Mukanyirigira Judith, yavuze ko ibikorwaremezo by'amazi byari byarangiritse bigiye kuvugururwa kandi n'ibikiri bizima bisigasirwe.
Ati 'Amazi ni ubuzima, abaturage badafite amazi meza ubwo murumva icyo bivuze, uyu mushinga rero uje ari igisubizo, uje kudufasha kurinda mbere na mbere ibikorwaremezo dufite kugira ngo bitazangirika, ariko nitubona n'ubushobozi, tubyongere mu bwiza no mu bwinshi kugira abaturage babone amazi meza kandi ahagije.'
Umuyobozi w'Akarere ka Luuka, mu ntara ya Busoga, muri Uganda, Wakaze Simon, yavuze ko abaturage bagendaga ibilometero byinshi bajya gushaka amazi meza, rimwe na rimwe ugasanga bavomye n'amazi mabi yo mu bishanga.
Ati 'Abantu benshi barwaraga indwara ziterwa n'amazi mabi, kandi isuku yari nke cyane. Ariko kuva iyi gahunda yatangira iwacu, abaturage barimo kubona amazi meza, isuku yarimakajwe.'
Umuyobozi ushinzwe ibikorwa no guteza imbere ubunyamwuga muri AfWASA, Dr. Eng. Simon Kenfack, yavuze ko hakusanyijwe inkunga ingana n'ibihumbi 600 by'Amadolari yo gufasha utu turere gusana, kuvugura no gusimbuza ibikorwaremezo by'amazi byangiritse.
Ati 'Guhura n'abayobozi bo mu nzego z'ibanze bidufasha kumenya ibibazo by'ibura ry'amazi meza biri mu baturage hasi, no kugira ngo bagire ubumenyi buhagije bwo gucunga ibyo bikorwaremezo, ariko tunabatere inkunga kugira ngo ibyangiritse bivugururwe.'
Umuyobozi Mukuru muri Minisiteri y'Ibikorwaremezo, ushinzwe amazi isuku n'isukura, Maniraruta Gemma, yavuze ko iyi gahunda ya AfWASA ije gutera ingabo mu bitugu gahunda ya leta yo kuvugurura imiyoboro y'amazi yari imaze igihe kinini idakoreshwa.
