Uganda yatangaje ko izarangiza burundu ibikorwa by’ingabo zayo muri Somalia, aho yemeje ko abasirikare bayo bose bazaba bavuye muri icyo gihugu bitarenze tariki ya 1 Kanama 2027. Ibi bishobora kugira ingaruka ku mikorere y’ubutumwa bw’Afurika bwo kugarura umutekano muri Somalia.
Umugaba Mukuru w’Ingabo za Uganda (UPDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, yatangaje ko igihugu cye kizakura ingabo zacyo muri Somalia burundu bitarenze ku wa 1 Kanama 2027.
Muhoozi yabitangaje ku wa Gatanu tariki ya 28 Kanama 2026, abinyujije ku rubuga rwa X, avuga ko nyuma y’iyo tariki nta musirikare w’Ingabo za Uganda uzaba akiri muri Somalia.
Ati: “Turimo kuva burundu muri Somalia bitarenze ku ya 1 Kanama 2027. Nyuma yaho nta ngabo za UPDF zizaba zikiri muri Somalia.”
Uganda imaze hafi imyaka 20 muri Somalia
Uganda ni kimwe mu bihugu bya mbere byohereje ingabo muri Somalia mu rwego rwo gufasha icyo gihugu guhangana n’umutekano muke uterwa cyane n’umutwe wa Al-Shabaab.
Ni na cyo gihugu cya mbere cyohereje ingabo muri Somalia mu butumwa bw’Umuryango wa Afurika Yunze Ubumwe bwitwaga AMISOM, aho abasirikare ba Uganda batangiye kuhagera muri Werurwe 2007.
Nyuma y’imyaka hafi 20, Uganda yari igifite ingabo nyinshi muri Somalia binyuze mu buryo bubiri butandukanye.
Muri AUSSOM, ubutumwa bw’Afurika bwo gushyigikira no guteza imbere umutekano muri Somalia bwatangiye ku ya 1 Mutarama 2025, Uganda yari ifite abasirikare bagera ku 4,500.
Uretse abo, Uganda yari ifite abandi basirikare bagera ku 2,000 bari muri Somalia hashingiwe ku masezerano y’umutekano hagati ya Kampala na Guverinoma ya Somalia yashyizweho umukono mu mpera za 2024.
Bivuze ko Uganda yari ifite abasirikare barenga 6,000 muri Somalia binyuze muri izo gahunda zombi.
Gahunda yatangajwe na General Muhoozi izasiga Uganda ivuye muri izo nshingano zombi.
Uganda yigeze guhura n’igihombo gikomeye
Kuba Uganda imaze igihe kirekire ifite ingabo muri Somalia byagiye bijyana n’ibihombo bikomeye ku basirikare bayo.
Ku ya 26 Gicurasi 2023, abarwanyi ba Al-Shabaab bateye ikigo cy’ingabo za Uganda kiri i Bulo Marer muri Somalia.
Muri icyo gitero, hapfuye abasirikare 54 ba Uganda, umubare wemejwe ku mugaragaro na Perezida Yoweri Museveni ku ya 4 Kamena 2023.
Iki gitero cyabaye kimwe mu byibukije uburemere bw’inshingano ingabo za Uganda zimaze imyaka myinshi zikora muri Somalia.
AUSSOM iri mu bihe bikomeye
Itangazo rya Uganda rije mu gihe ubutumwa bwa AUSSOM nabwo buri guhangana n’ibibazo birimo kugabanyuka kw’abasirikare ndetse n’imbogamizi z’amikoro.
Umubare w’ingabo ziri muri ubwo butumwa waragabanutse cyane. Mu mwaka wa 2025, wavuye ku basirikare barenga 22,000 ugera ku bagera ku 12,000.
Mandat ya AUSSOM yari iteganyijwe kugeza ku ya 31 Ukuboza 2026, mu gihe gahunda yatangajwe n’Umuryango wa Afurika Yunze Ubumwe ku ya 31 Nyakanga 2026 yagaragazaga ko hazakorwa kuva mu byiciro mu gihe cy’amezi 18 kugeza kuri 24.
Kuba Uganda, kimwe mu bihugu byagize uruhare runini muri ubwo butumwa, iteganya kuvana ingabo zayo muri Somalia, bishobora kongera ibibazo by’uko AUSSOM izakomeza kubona umubare uhagije w’ingabo n’amikoro akenewe kugira ngo ikomeze inshingano zayo.
Ingabo za Uganda zimaze imyaka myinshi mu rugamba rwo kurwanya Al-Shabaab
Kuva Uganda yohereza ingabo muri Somalia mu 2007, UPDF yagize uruhare mu bikorwa bitandukanye byo kurwanya Al-Shabaab no gufasha Guverinoma ya Somalia kongera kugenzura ibice byari byarigaruriwe n’uwo mutwe.
Uganda kandi yabaye umwe mu bafatanyabikorwa bakomeye ba Somalia mu bikorwa byo kongera kubaka inzego z’umutekano no guhangana n’imitwe yitwaje intwaro.
Gusa, nyuma y’imyaka hafi 20, Kampala ubu irateganya gushyira iherezo kuri ubu butumwa.
Niba gahunda yatangajwe na General Muhoozi yubahirijwe, tariki ya 1 Kanama 2027 izaba ari yo isoza burundu ibikorwa by’ingabo za Uganda muri Somalia, nyuma y’imyaka hafi 20 zimaze muri icyo gihugu.
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