Umushinga umaze igihe kinini utegerejwe wo kubaka urugomero rw’amashanyarazi rwa Ruzizi III, uherereye ku mupaka w’u Rwanda na Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo, wongeye kuzahuka nyuma y’uko Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika zitangije ibiganiro bigamije amahoro hagati y’ibi bihugu byombi.
Ubuyobozi bw’ikigo cy’Abanyamerika, Anzana Electric Group, bwatangaje ko kigiye gufatanya n’ikigo cyanditswe mu Rwanda, Ruzizi III Holding Power Co. Ltd., mu kubaka uru rugomero ruzatanga amashanyarazi angana na 206 megawatt.
Mu itangazo ryashyizwe hanze kuri uyu wa Kabiri, Umuyobozi Mukuru wa Anzana, Brian Kelly, yavuze ko uyu mushinga wa miliyoni $760 uzagira uruhare rukomeye mu guteza imbere ubufatanye bw’akarere, guteza imbere umutekano w’ingufu no guteza imbere ishoramari rya Amerika muri Afurika.
Yagize ati: “Uyu mushinga uzafasha mu kongerera ibihugu ingufu zihamye, guteza imbere ubucuruzi, no gufungura amahirwe mashya y’ishoramari rishingiye ku ngufu z’amashanyarazi.”
Ruzizi III iziyongera ku zindi nganda ebyiri ziri ku mugezi wa Ruzizi, uhuza intara ya Kivu y’Amajyepfo muri Congo n’akarere ka Rusizi mu Rwanda. Biteganyijwe ko iyi nganda nshya izongera ingufu u Burundi bukoresha hafi kubyikuba kabiri, izongerera u Rwanda amashanyarazi ku kigero cya 30%, ndetse itange amashanyarazi ahamye ku Burasirazuba bwa Congo.
Uyu mushinga uzakorwa mu bufatanye bwa Leta n’abikorera (PPP), aho u Rwanda, u Burundi na RDC bizaba bifatanyije mu kubaka no gucunga uru rugomero. Biteganyijwe ko ruzatangira gukora bitarenze umwaka wa 2030.
Kuva watangazwa, uyu mushinga wagiye usubikwa n’umutekano muke ukomeje kurangwa mu Burasirazuba bwa Congo. Gusa biteganyijwe ko amasezerano y’amahoro hagati y’u Rwanda na Congo azasinyirwa i Washington kuri uyu wa Gatanu, mu muhango uyobowe na Minisitiri w’Ububanyi n’Amahanga wa Amerika, Marco Rubio.
Mu rwego rwo gushishikariza amahoro, Amerika yemeye gushora imari mu Burasirazuba bwa Congo, ahari umutungo kamere w’amabuye y’agaciro, kugira ngo u Rwanda ruhagarike inkunga rushinjwa guha umutwe wa M23, ndetse na Congo ifate ingamba mu gukemura ibibazo by’umutekano bibangamira igihugu cy’abaturanyi.
Uyu mushinga wanashyigikiwe na Massad Boulos, wahoze ari Umujyanama wihariye wa Perezida Donald Trump mu by’Afurika, akaba ari nawe uyoboye ibiganiro by’amahoro biri kubera muri US-Africa Business Summit yabereye muri Angola. Ni na ho amasezerano hagati ya Anzana na Ruzizi III Holding yasinyiwe.
Anzana, yashinzwe mu 2011, ikaba yari izwi nka Virunga Power, iteganya kugura nibura 10% by’imigabane muri Ruzizi III Holding bitarenze 15 Nzeri 2025.
Ruzizi III Holding ishyigikiwe na Industrial Promotion Services (IPS), ishami rishinzwe ibikorwa remezo ry’Ikigega cy’Iterambere cy’Umuryango Aga Khan (AKFED). Ambasade ya Amerika i Kinshasa hamwe na IPS ntabwo bahise bagira icyo batangaza ku mugaragaro ku bijyanye n’uyu mushinga.
Uyu mushinga utegerejweho uruhare rukomeye mu kurwanya ubukene no guteza imbere iterambere rirambye mu karere ka Afurika yo hagati.