Tajdin H. Jaffer, umwe mu bantu bagize uruhare rukomeye mu guteza imbere inganda mu Rwanda, akaba ari na we washinze Sulfo Rwanda Industries, yitabye Imana afite imyaka 93.
Tajdin H. Jaffer yapfuye mu gitondo cyo ku wa Gatandatu tariki ya 29 Kanama 2026, nk’uko umuryango we wabitangaje. Yari hafi kwizihiza imyaka 94 y’amavuko, kuko yari ateganyijwe kuyuzuza mu Kuboza uyu mwaka.
Jaffer azwi cyane mu Rwanda nk’umwe mu bantu batangije ibikorwa by’inganda bikomeye mu gihugu, cyane cyane binyuze muri Sulfo Rwanda Industries, uruganda yashinze mu mwaka wa 1962 afatanyije na Khatun Jaffer.
Urugendo rwa Sulfo Rwanda rwatangiye mu 1962, ubwo Tajdin H. Jaffer na Khatun Jaffer batangizaga ibikorwa byo gukora isabune ku rugero ruto.
Ku ikubitiro, Sulfo yari uruganda rukora isabune gusa, ndetse icyo gihe rwari uruganda rukora isabune mu buryo bw’inganda rukumbi mu Rwanda. Mu myaka yakurikiyeho, ibikorwa byaragutse, uruganda rutangira gukora n’ibindi bicuruzwa bitandukanye.
Uyu munsi, Sulfo Rwanda iri mu nganda zikomeye mu Rwanda, ikora ibicuruzwa bitandukanye birimo amasabune yo kumesa n’ayogosha, imiti ikoreshwa mu rugo, amavuta n’ibindi bikoresho byo kwisiga ndetse n’amazi yo kunywa apfunyitse.
Umurage mu nganda z’u Rwanda
Mu myaka isaga 60 Sulfo imaze ikorera mu Rwanda, Jaffer yagize uruhare mu rugendo rwo guteza imbere urwego rw’inganda no kongera ibicuruzwa bikorerwa imbere mu gihugu.
Uruganda rwatangiye ari ibikorwa bito byo gukora isabune, ariko nyuma rwagiye rwagura ibikorwa, rushora imari mu bicuruzwa bitandukanye kandi rugera ku masoko yo mu Rwanda no mu karere.
Mu mateka ya Sulfo, ikigo cyagiye kizwiho ibicuruzwa birimo Claire, Tembo, Makasi, Black Pearl na Source du Nil, mu bindi.
Umuryango we wamwibukije nk’umuyobozi w’intangarugero
Nyuma y’urupfu rwe, umuryango wa Jaffer wamushimiye uruhare yagize mu kubaka Sulfo Rwanda ndetse no mu buzima bw’abantu benshi.
Umuryango wamuvuze nk’umuyobozi wari ufite icyerekezo, umujyanama utaragiraga ubwikunde kandi wubakiye ku bunyangamugayo.
Watangaje ko icyerekezo, ubunyangamugayo n’umuhate Jaffer yashyize mu bikorwa bye ari byo byabaye umusingi w’umurage asize, cyane cyane muri Sulfo Rwanda.
Nubwo umuryango we wemeje urupfu rwe, kugeza igihe amakuru yatangwaga, ntiwari watangaza ku mugaragaro icyateye urupfu rwe. Umuryango wavuze ko wari gutanga andi makuru arambuye.
Urupfu rwa Tajdin Jaffer rubaye nyuma y’imyaka isaga 60 yari amaze mu rugendo rwo kubaka no guteza imbere Sulfo Rwanda, uruganda rwatangiye mu 1962 ubu rukaba ari kimwe mu bigo by’inganda bizwi cyane mu Rwanda.
Tajdin H. Jaffer asize amateka akomeye mu bucuruzi n’inganda mu Rwanda, cyane cyane ku bijyanye no guteza imbere umusaruro ukorerwa imbere mu gihugu no kubaka uruganda rwabaye igice cy’ingenzi cy’amateka y’ubukungu bw’u Rwanda.
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