Kigali, tariki ya 6 Nyakanga 2025, Umunyamabanga wa Leta ushinzwe Ubutwererane bw’Akarere, Gen (Rtd) James Kabarebe, yagaragaje ko guteza imbere ururimi rw’Igiswahili ari intambwe ikomeye mu gushimangira ubumwe n’imikoranire mu bihugu bigize Umuryango wa Afurika y’Iburasirazuba (EAC).Yabitangaje kuri iki Cyumweru ubwo yafunguraga ku mugaragaro ibirori byo kwizihiza ku nshuro ya kane Umunsi Mpuzamahanga w’Ururimi rw’Igiswahili, wizihirijwe mu Rwanda nk’igihugu cyakiriye uyu mwaka.
Gen (Rtd) Kabarebe yagize ati: “Guteza imbere ururimi rw’Igiswahili mu Muryango wa Afurika y’Iburasirazuba (EAC) bishimangira ubumwe bw’umuco kandi byoroshya ubufatanye mu mishinga itandukanye.”
Yakomeje agaragaza ko ururimi rw’Igiswahili rudakwiye gusa gufatwa nk’icyo abantu bavuga, ahubwo ko ari ishingiro ry’ubufatanye, amahoro n’iterambere rirambye.Uyu munsi mpuzamahanga wizihizwa buri mwaka kuwa 7 Nyakanga, ukaba waremejwe n’Umuryango w’Abibumbye (UN) mu mwaka wa 2022, hagamijwe guteza imbere ururimi rw’Igiswahili nk’ururimi rw’ingenzi muri Afurika no kuruhuza n’iterambere.Ni ku nshuro ya kane uyu munsi wizihijwe mu bihugu bigize EAC harimo u Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Sudani y’Epfo, Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo (RDC) n’u Burundi. Buri gihugu kigira umwanya wo kwakira ibirori mu buryo bwo gusimburana.Insanganyamatsiko y’uyu mwaka: “Uburezi budaheza n’iterambere rirambye”Insanganyamatsiko y’uyu mwaka yagaragaje akamaro k’Igiswahili mu kongera amahirwe angana mu burezi, by’umwihariko ku rubyiruko n’abagore, ndetse no mu kwihutisha intego z’iterambere rirambye (SDGs).Mu butumwa bwe, Gen Kabarebe yanasabye ibigo by’uburezi, inzego z’abashinzwe imiyoborere n’imikoranire, n’urubyiruko, gufata iya mbere mu kwiga no gukoresha Igiswahili mu buzima bwa buri munsi no mu mikoranire y’akarere.
“Twese turi abarezi b’ahazaza heza h’Afurika. Iyo twubakiye ku rurimi duhuje, twubaka ejo hazaza twunze ubumwe,”
