Mu gihe hari amakuru amaze iminsi acicikana mu binyamakuru hibazwa umukino Leta ya Uganda yaba irimo gukina n’abarwanyi ba M23 bajya guhungabanya umutekano muri Congo bakagaruka muri Uganda, igisirikare cya Uganda cyatangaje ko kitazihanganira aba barwanyi mu gihe bazaba bagarutse.
Umugaba mukuru w’ingabo za Uganda, Gen David Muhoozi, avuga ko umurwanyi wese wa M23 watorotse akava muri Uganda agasubira muri Congo, naramuka agarutse muri Uganda azafatwa agafungwa.
Uyu muyobozi w’ingabo za Uganda avuga ko abarwanyi 40 ba M23 baherutse gufatwa n’igisirikare cya Uganda (UPDF) bazagezwa imbere y’urukiko rukuru rwa Mbarara. Bashinjwa kwinjira ku butaka bwa Uganda bafite intwaro.
Igisirikare cya Uganda cyatangarije ikinyamakuru New vision dukesha iyi nkuru ko abo barwanyi 40 bafashwe bagicumbikiwe na polisi y’igihugu. Bagombaga kwerekanwa ku wa kabiri w’iki cyumweru ariko ntibyakunda bitewe n’uko polisi igikora iperereza.
Mu Ugushyingo 2013, nibwo Gen Sultani Makenga, umuyobozi w’abarwanyi ba M23 yambukanye n’abandi barwanyi 1500 bavuye muri Congo bahungira Uganda.
Mu kwezi gushize nibwo byatangajwe ko bamwe mu barwanyi batorotse bagasubira muri Congo, bitangazwa ko basabaga kujya iwabo gutangira ubundi buzima. Bamwe bagezeyo barafatwa.
Bitangazwa kandi ko mu batorotse harimo na Gen Sultani Makenga ndetse ko yanagezeyo akagaba ibitero. Gusa Uganda yo ikavuga ko abatorotse nibagaruka bazafungwa. Gen David Muhoozi ati: “Uganda yari ibarinze hano, kuri abo bifuza gusubira iwabo gutangira ubuzima bushya, tuzabafasha”.
Yakomeje agira ati: “Ariko ntabwo tuzemera ko Uganda ikoreshwa hagamijwe kwihorera, niba barahisemo gusubira muri Congo nyuma bakagaruka muri Uganda, tuzabafata”.
M23 ni umwe mu mitwe y’inyeshyamba yagabye ibitero mu 2012 na 2013 bikomeye ndetse byagiye bifata ibice bitandukanye bya Congo.
Uyu mutwe kandi wagiye ushinjwa ibyaha birimo gufata abagore n’abakobwa ku ngufu, ubwicanyi bwakorewe abasivile, kwinjiza mu gisirikare abana bato. Gen Bosco Ntaganda wabaye umuyobozi muri uyu mutwe wa M23, ubu we akaba afungiye i The Hague mu Buholandi.
Gen David Muhoozi, Umugaba mukuru w’ingabo za Uganda na Gen. Makenga
Nyuma yo kwemera bagashyira intwaro hasi mu mpera za 2013, M23 yagiranye amasezerano na Leta ya Kabila. Kugeza magingo aya M23 ishinjwa Leta kudashyira mu bikorwa ibikubiye mu masezerano ari nayo mpamvu bakomeza gushimangira ko batazahwema kugaba ibitero ku butaka bwa Congo mu gihe bazaba batubahiriza ibiyakubiyeho.