Mu ijoro ryo ku wa mbere rishyira ku wa kabiri, umutwe wa M23 wafashe umujyi wa Luhwindja, uherereye mu Ntara ya Kivu y’Amajyepfo muri Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo. Aho ni mu gace gafatwa nk’agaciro gakomeye muri politiki y’ubukungu bw’igihugu, kuko gakorerwamo ubucukuzi bwa zahabu ku rwego mpuzamahanga, by’umwihariko na Twangiza Mining SA, sosiyete iyoborwa na Banro Corporation, kompanyi y’Abanyakanada.
Iyi sosiyete ya Banro imaze imyaka myinshi ikorera muri Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo, ikaba ari imwe mu ma kampani zagaragaje inyungu nyinshi mu gucukura zahabu mu duce two mu Burasirazuba bw’igihugu. Umujyi wa Luhwindja, aho iyi sosiyete ifite ibikorwa binini, ni umwe mu tugize akarere ka Mwenga, kazwiho kuba gatuwe cyane kandi gafite amabuye y’agaciro menshi, by’umwihariko zahabu. Uyu mujyi kandi uri hafi y’ishyamba rya Itombwe, rikize ku mutungo kamere ariko kandi rikunze kubamo ibikorwa by’inyeshyamba.
Ifatwa ry’uyu mujyi rirongera kwerekana ubukana n’ukuntu ikibazo cy’umutekano giteye inkeke mu burasirazuba bwa RDC. M23, umutwe umaze igihe wihagararaho mu mirwano n’ingabo za leta (FARDC), ukomeje kwagura ibikorwa byawo, ukigarurira uduce dutandukanye dufite agaciro k’ubukungu n’igisirikare. Amasoko y’inyigo ku mutekano avuga ko intumbero y’imitwe nka M23 atari ugushimuta gusa uduce, ahubwo harimo no kugerageza kugenzura umutungo kamere w’igihugu.
Abaturage batuye muri Luhwindja batangaje ko bahungabanyijwe bikomeye n’iri fatwa, bamwe bahunga abandi bihisha mu mashyamba. Bamwe mu bakozi ba Twangiza Mining SA bavuze ko bahagaritse imirimo, abandi barahunga kuko batari bizeye umutekano wabo. “Twumvise amasasu nijoro, twari tuzi ko hari ikintu gikomeye kiri kuba. Ubu twahungiye mu misozi, ntituzi niba tuzagaruka vuba,” umwe mu baturage yabwiye itangazamakuru ryo mu karere.
Kugeza ubu, ubuyobozi bwa Banro Corporation ntiburagira icyo butangaza ku ifatwa ry’aka gace, ariko inzobere mu bukungu zemeza ko iki gikorwa gishobora kugira ingaruka zikomeye ku bukungu bwa kompanyi ndetse n’iy’igihugu cya RDC muri rusange. Ikibazo cy’umutekano gikunze kubangamira ishoramari, bityo kongera imvururu mu gace kahazwiho ibikorwa by’ingenzi by’ubucukuzi bishobora gutuma n’abandi bashoramari bagira impungenge zo gukomeza kuhakorera.
Guverinoma ya RDC iracyatekereza ku buryo bwo kwitwara kuri ibi bikorwa, mu gihe benshi bategereje kureba niba FARDC izashobora kugarura ako gace mu maboko y’ubutegetsi. Mu gihe ibyo bitaraba, abaturage ba Luhwindja n’abenegihugu muri rusange bagumye mu bwoba, bibaza niba aho ubuzima buhagaze bitazaba urugero rw’ibikomeje gukwirakwira mu gihugu hagati n’Uburasirazuba bwacyo.
