Abaturage bo mu Mudugudu wa Bugaya mu Kagari ka Kabahinda hahoze ari muri Segiteri Winteko, kuri ubu ni mu Murenge wa Mururu ho mu Karere ka Rusizi bemeza ko Rukeratabaro Theodore urimo kuburanishirizwa muri Suwede ku byaha bya Jenoside yakorewe abatutsi mu 1994, yari afite imbaraga zikomeye ku buryo yageze aho agashinga ‘Burigade’ iwabo.

Rukeratabaro Theodore kuri ubu ari kuburanira mu gihugu cya Suwede mu rwego rw’ubujurire aho akurikiranyweho ibyaha bya Jenoside, ibyaha byibasiye inyoko muntu, gushimuta abatutsi no gusambanya ku gahato.

Mu gihe cya jenoside yakorewe abatutsi 1994 yari umujandarume. Abaturage bo ku Winteko bavuga ko mbere gato y’uko Jenoside itangira, Rukeratabaro yari asigaye aba iwabo atari akiba mu kigo cya Jandarumori.

Umugabo uri mu kigero cy’imyaka 60 yagize ati “Mbere gato ya Jenoside twaramubonaga iwabo kwa Binenwa, bahoraga bahakorera inama ukabona ari we uziyobora afatanije na Karemera Modeste wari umucamanza”.

Uyu mugabo avuga ko izo nama nta mututsi washoboraga kuzijyamo, bavugaga ko ari inama z’umuryango, aho bari barashinze ishyirahamwe bise UBEMFI (Ubumwe bwa bene Mfizi). Akomeza agira ati “Imbere y’iwabo mu masanganzira y’umuhanda bahashinze bariyeri, iyo nzu y’iwabo niyo yitwaga brigade”.

Undi waganiriye n’itsinda ry’abanyamakuru ba Pax Press bari basuye uwo murenge, avuga ko nyuma ari bwo baje gusobanukirwa n’imbaraga yari afite. Ati “Jenoside itangiye tumaze kubona ko ari we uyoboye ibitero, nibwo twasobanukiwe aho yakuraga imbaraga zo gushyiraho bariyeri kuko mbere twakekaga ko yari yaravuye muri jandarumori cyangwa se yarirukanywe. Ariko twahise twibwira ko yari yaroherejwe gutegura Jenoside”.

Undi wo mu muryango we bya hafi nawe yemeza ko ijambo Brigade ryazanywe na Rukeratabaro, ati “Ni ukuri iwabo hitwaga Brigade kandi ni uwo muhungu wabizanye sinababwira Impamvu ntayo nzi”.

Perezida wa Ibuka mu Karere ka Rusizi, Ndagijimana Laurent, nawe yemeza ko Rukeratabaro yari afite imbaraga zirenze uwo yakagombye kuba yari we. Ndagijimana avuga ko imbaraga yazikuraga ku nshingano yari yahawe.

Ati “Umujandarume ni umuntu ukora akazi ka Leta, agakoresha ibikoresho bya Leta, ikanamuha ubutumwa busobanutse. Ubutumwa yari afite [Rukeratabaro] bwo gutegura Jenoside muri Segiteri Winteko, yabuhawe n’imbaraga za Leta”.

Perezida wa Ibuka mu Karere ka Rusizi avuga no mu gihe cya Jenoside wasangaga Rukeratabaro afitanye imikoranire ya hafi na Perefe Bagambiki wategekaga Perefegitura ya Cyangugu, ati “n’ikimenyimenyi ni umwe mu bagiye kumushinjura muri Suwede”.

Rukeratabaro w’imyaka 50 y’amavuko akomoka mu karere ka Rusizi, Umurenge wa Mururu, Akagari ka Kabahinda ahahoze hitwa Komine Cyimbogo, Segiteri Winteko. Yageze muri Suwedi mu 1998 abona ubwenegihugu mu mwaka wa 2006 aho  yiyise Tabaro Théodore.

Kuwa gatatu tariki ya 27 Kamena 2018  nibwo Urukiko rw’Akarere rwa Stockholm muri Suwedi rwahanishije Rukeratabaro w’imyaka 50 usanzwe aba mu Mujyi wa Örebro igihano cy’igifungo cya burundu nyuma yo kumuburanisha rugasanga ahamwa n’ibyaha bya Jenoside n’ibyaha byibasiye inyokomuntu muri Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994. Yahise ajuririra icyo gihano, urubanza mu bujurire rwatangiye muri Nzeli 2018, rukazapfundikirwa muri Werurwe 2019.

Gerard M. Manzi