Rwanda yatangiye kwakira peteroli yatumijwe mu buryo bushya binyuze ku cyambu cya Mombasa

Mombasa, Kenya: U Rwanda na Kenya byafashe indi ntambwe mu gukomeza ubufatanye mu bijyanye n’ingufu, nyuma y’uko ubwato MT Sea Wolf butwaye toni 40.000 za peteroli zitunganyije, ari zo ndonke ya mbere y’ibikomoka kuri peteroli yatumijwe na Rwanda National Energy Company (RNEC), bugereye kuri Kipevu Oil Terminal 2 (KOT2) ya Kenya Pipeline Company.

Ukuza kw’ubu bwato ni intambwe ikomeye mu bufatanye bw’ibihugu byombi, cyane cyane mu kongera umutekano w’ingufu, gukomeza ubufatanye bw’akarere no kongera ubushobozi bw’imiyoboro itanga ibikomoka kuri peteroli mu karere.

Mu muhango wo kwakira ubu bwato, Minisitiri w’Ububanyi n’Amahanga n’Ubucuruzi muri Minisiteri y’Ibikorwa Remezo, Umunyamabanga wa Leta, Patrick Zimuyenzi, wari uhagarariye Guverinoma y’u Rwanda, yongeye gushimangira ubushake bw’u Rwanda bwo gukomeza ubufatanye na Kenya.

Yagaragaje ko ubu bufatanye bujyanye n’icyerekezo cy’ibihugu byo mu Muryango wa Afurika y’Iburasirazuba (EAC) cyo gukomeza kwishyira hamwe no guteza imbere ubukungu bw’akarere.

Minisitiri Zimuyenzi yavuze ko yizeye ko ukuza kwa MT Sea Wolf kuzaba intangiriro y’urugendo ruzazana andi mato menshi atwaye ibikomoka kuri peteroli, bityo ubufatanye hagati y’u Rwanda na Kenya bugakomera kurushaho.

Yagaragaje kandi ko ubu bufatanye bushobora kugira uruhare mu kongera umutekano w’ibikomoka kuri peteroli mu Rwanda no mu karere, ndetse no gushyigikira ibikorwa by’ubukungu n’iterambere rirambye.

Kwakira iyi ndonke ya mbere ya RNEC bibaye mu gihe u Rwanda rukomeje gushaka uburyo bwo kongera ubudahangarwa bw’itangwa ry’ingufu no gukorana n’ibihugu byo mu karere mu bikorwa by’ingenzi bigira uruhare mu bukungu.

Ubufatanye hagati y’u Rwanda na Kenya mu bijyanye n’ingufu bukomeje kugaragaza uruhare rw’imikoranire y’ibihugu byombi mu gushaka ibisubizo by’akarere, cyane cyane mu bijyanye n’umutekano w’ibikomoka kuri peteroli, ubucuruzi n’iterambere ry’ubukungu.