Ubushotoranyi bukabije ku itangazamakuru mu gihe cy’amatora muri Uganda
abanyamakuru 18 bakoreraga inkuru ku matora y’abadepite muri Kawempe North, agace kari mu majyaruguru y’umurwa mukuru wa Kampala, bakubiswe bikabije n’inzego z’umutekano.
Abanyamakuru 18 bakoreraga inkuru ku matora y’abadepite muri Kawempe North, agace kari mu majyaruguru y’umurwa mukuru wa Kampala, bakubiswe bikabije n’inzego z’umutekano. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) yamaganye ubu bugizi bwa nabi kandi isaba inzego z’ubuyobozi kugira icyo zikora mu rwego rwo kurinda umutekano w’abanyamakuru, by’umwihariko kwemeza ko igisirikare cyubahiriza uburenganzira bw’itangazamakuru.
“Twatubwiye gukuramo imipira kugira ngo tuyishyire ku maso, batubwira kuryama hasi, hanyuma batwadukira n’inkoni ndetse banadukubita mu mitwe bakoresheje imbunda zabo,” ibi ni amagambo y’umunyamakuru w’amafoto Abubaker Lubowa ukorera ikinyamakuru Daily Monitor, nk’uko yabibwiye RSF. Ku wa 13 Werurwe, abanyamakuru nibura 13 bari boherejwe gukurikirana aya matora muri Kawempe North bakubiswe bikomeye n’inzego z’umutekano za Uganda, zirimo igisirikare cy’igihugu (Uganda People’s Defence Force – UPDF) hamwe n’itsinda rya Joint Anti-Terrorist Task Force (JATT). Abanyamakuru batanu bari bakubiswe mbere y’iminsi itatu, umwe muri bo akaba yarangiritse ijisho bikomeye.
Nyuma y’ubu bugizi bwa nabi, ku wa 13 Werurwe UPDF yasohoye itangazo rivuga ko igiye gukora iperereza kuri ibi bitero, kandi ibisubizo bizagenderwaho mu gufata ibyemezo bikwiye birimo no guhana ababigizemo uruhare. Ubwo RSF yavuganaga n’umuvugizi wa UPDF, Chris Magezi, yavuze ko ibi byatewe n’“ukutumvikana n’ukutagira ihuza ryiza” kandi ko “abanyamakuru bashobora kuba bibasiwe bibeshyweho ko ari abafana b’ishyaka runaka.” Yongeyeho ko igisirikare cyiteguye kongerera abasirikare amahugurwa ku buryo bwo kurinda abanyamakuru mu bihe by’amatora.
“Ubukana budasanzwe bugaragajwe n’inzego z’umutekano bwemeza ko hari ikibazo gikomeye cy’umutekano w’abanyamakuru. Kuba igisirikare n’itsinda rishinzwe kurwanya iterabwoba bikorera abanyamakuru ibi mu bihe by’amatora ni ibintu bidakwiriye. Igihugu kigiye kwinjira mu matora ya perezida mu gihe kiri munsi y’umwaka, ni ngombwa ko abanyamakuru bakora mu bwisanzure n’umutekano. RSF irasaba ubuyobozi bwa Uganda kwemeza ko igisirikare cyayo gisohoza umuhigo wacyo wo gukora iperereza rihamye, guhana ababikoze no guhugura abasirikare babo ku burenganzira bw’itangazamakuru.”
Ku wa 13 Werurwe, ubwo abanyamakuru bakurikiraga umukandida wageze ku biro by’itora bya Kazo-Angola muri Kawempe, nibura abanyamakuru batandatu barimo Raymond Tamale wa NTV Uganda, Dennis Kabugo (cameraman) na Abubaker Lubowa, bafashwe bagafungwa mu modoka y’igisirikare igihe kirenga isaha. Abari babafashe babambuye inkweto, amasaha n’ibikoresho byabo, nyuma babakubita mu mitwe, ku mavi no ku mbavu.
“Twatubwiye kuryama hasi mu modoka, gukora nk’abasinziriye ndetse no kugira icyo duseka. Batubwiye kubara kugeza kuri 15, kandi kuri buri mubare baradukubitaga. Amadirishya y’iyo modoka yari apfutse, hari ubushyuhe bwinshi, ntitwabashaga kureba aho turi,” ni uko Raymond Tamale yasobanuye. Ibikoresho byabo byose byarangiritse, kandi buri munyamakuru wese yahise ajyanwa kwa muganga kubera ibikomere.
Abanyamakuru Ibrahim Ruhweza na Isaac Nuwagaba bo mu kinyamakuru New Vision na bo barafashwe, bakubitwa n’inkoni ndetse n’insinga z’amashanyarazi, nyuma basabwa gusiba amashusho bari bafashe.
Ku itariki ya 26 Gashyantare, umunyamakuru Miracle Ibra wa Top TV yakubiswe bikomeye n’abasirikare ba JATT ubwo yarimo atara inkuru ku mukandida w’ishyaka ritavuga rumwe n’ubutegetsi. Bamukubise inshuro nyinshi mu maso, bituma ahura n’ikibazo gikomeye cy’ijisho rye ry’ibumoso. Abandi banyamakuru bane bo muri NBS TV na NTV Uganda na bo barashweho amasasu ubwo bakurikiraga ibikorwa by’amatora.
Iri hohoterwa rikabije rikomeje kugira ingaruka mbi ku itangazamakuru muri Uganda, aho bamwe mu banyamakuru bahisemo gusubira mu biro byabo aho gukomeza gutara inkuru, mu gihe abandi bagiye bakuramo imyenda ibagaragaza nk’abanyamakuru kugira ngo birinde gutotezwa.
