AbanyaEthiopia babarirwa mu bihumbi bategetswe kuva mu gace ka Mandera muri Kenya

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.

Jan 28, 2026 - 10:43
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AbanyaEthiopia babarirwa mu bihumbi bategetswe kuva mu gace ka Mandera muri Kenya

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."