Nyuma yo gutangaza ko akuyemo imirimo ibihumbi 10 mu Ishami ry’Ubuzima n’Ubuzima rusange muri iki cyumweru, Umunyamabanga Robert F. Kennedy Jr. yabwiye ABC News ko zimwe muri izo porogaramu zizasubizwaho kuko zakuwemo bibeshye.
“Turi kuvugurura izi nzego. Turashaka ko zikora neza mu nyungu z’ubuzima rusange, zigakorera Abanyamerika,” Kennedy yavuze.
“Mu gihe twari muri urwo rugendo, hari ubushakashatsi bwinshi bwari bukwiye kugumaho bwakuwemo, none twabisubijeho. Hari n’abakozi batagombaga kwirukanwa ariko birukanywe — nabo turi kubasubizaho, kandi ni byo byari biteganyijwe.”
Ku bijyanye n’abo bakuweho, Kennedy yavuze ko hari abo bazasubizaho kuko batari muri za nshingano z’ubutegetsi Ishami rishinzwe Kunoza Imikorere ya Leta (Department of Government Efficiency – DOGE), riyobowe na miliyoneri Elon Musk, ryari rigamije gukuraho. Abo barimo abakozi bashinzwe itumanaho n’ab’abakozi (HR), hamwe n’abashakashatsi, bose bikaba byarabaye impanuka bakajyanwa mu kugabanya abakozi ku bwinshi.
Ibi Kennedy yabivuze asubiza ku kibazo cyavuzwe kuri rimwe mu mashami y’Ikigo cy’Igihugu gishinzwe Kurwanya Ibyorezo (CDC), risuzuma urwego rw’ubwandure bw’icyuma cya “lead” mu bana no kugenzura uburyo bwo kukirinda mu gihugu hose. Iyo porogaramu yakuweho ku wa Kabiri.
“Zari porogaramu zimwe zakuweho ariko zigiye gusubizwaho, kandi nemera ko iriya iri muri zo,” Kennedy yavuze.
Nta makuru yandi yatanze kuri porogaramu zishobora gusubizwaho cyangwa igihe bizabera.
“Nk’uko twabivuze kera kuri DOGE, turi gukora igereranya rigera kuri 80% ryo kugabanya, ariko muri iryo, 20% bizagenda bigaragara ko byari amakosa tugomba gusubiramo,” Kennedy yavuze.
“President Trump yavuze neza ko niba habayeho amakosa, tuzayemera kandi tuyakosore, kandi iryo ni rimwe muri ayo makosa,” Kennedy yakomeje avuga, yerekeza ku ishami rya CDC ryakurikirana ikibazo cya “lead”.
Nubwo yemeje ko hari porogaramu zakuweho ku mpamvu zitari zo, Kennedy yahamije ko “serivisi z’ingenzi” n’imirimo “y’imbere mu rugamba” zitazagirwaho ingaruka n’ivugurura rikomeye rya HHS.
Ibyo byatangaje Erik Svendsen, umuyobozi w’ishami ryakurikiraga Porogaramu yo Kurwanya Ikwirakwira rya Lead mu Bana muri CDC, wabwiye ABC News ko ibikorwa byahagaze burundu. Yemeje ko nta makuru yigeze ahabwa ko iyo gahunda izasubizwaho cyangwa igakomeza mu rindi shami rya CDC.
Nyuma yaho, HHS yatanze itangazo rishya rivuga ko porogaramu ya CDC ishinzwe kugenzura “lead” itazasubizwaho.
“Abakozi bo muri iryo shami uko rimeze ubu ntabwo bazasubizwaho. Akazi kazakomereza ahandi muri HHS. Turi guhuza porogaramu zimeze kimwe kugira ngo zikorere hamwe,” nk’uko umwe mu bayobozi ba HHS yabivuze.
Amagambo ya Kennedy ku bijyanye no gusubizaho abakozi si ubwa mbere ibi biba nyuma y’ibikorwa bya DOGE. Mu cyiciro cya mbere cy’abakozi birukanywe, cyibandaga ku bo batari bakiri mu gihe cy’ibizamini by’akazi (probation), amagana y’abakozi ba CDC n’Ikigo gishinzwe Ibiribwa n’Imiti (FDA) nyuma bongeye gusubizwaho.
Ishami rya CDC ryakurikirana ikibazo cya “lead” ryateraga inkunga gahunda zo mu gihugu hose, ku rwego rw’uturere n’intara, zishinzwe ubuzima rusange. Banakurikiraga n’izindi mpumuro cyangwa imyuka yangiza ikirere nk’iy’imiriro cyangwa imirasire yangiza.
“Niba gahunda yacu isubijweho, ni inkuru nziza cyane. Ibi birakenewe mu gihugu cyacu. Birakenewe cyane ku bana bose mu gihugu,” Svendsen yavuze. “Niba tudahari, nta rindi shami ku rwego rwa leta ririho rishobora gufasha [ibigo by’ubuzima by’ibanze] gukora ibyo bagomba gukora.”
Mu bihe bya vuba, itsinda ry’i North Carolina ryari muri CDC ryagaragaje ikibazo cy’ibiryo by’abana birimo “lead” — byari ari utubuto twa “applesauce” twagenewe abana. Ibyo biribwa byaje kugaragara ko byateje ikibazo ku bana barenga 500 bafite urwego ruri hejuru rwa “lead” mu maraso yabo. CDC yakoranye n’FDA kugira ngo ibyo biribwa bikurwe ku isoko mu gihugu hose.
Mu byumweru biri imbere, bamwe mu bagize itsinda rya CDC ryakurikirana ikibazo cya “lead” bari biteguye kujya Milwaukee, aho abana basanzwe bafite urwego rwo hejuru rwa “lead” mu mashuri menshi ya leta. Uru rugendo rwahagaritswe ku wa Kabiri ubwo ibyo kugabanya abakozi byari bigera henshi muri HHS.
Mike Totoraitis, umuyobozi w’ubuzima rusange muri Milwaukee, yabwiye ABC News ko itsinda rya CDC ariryo bari bagenderaho cyane mu gufasha abana bagizweho ingaruka n’iyo “lead” no gukurikirana ikibazo. Yatunguwe kumenya ko iryo tsinda ryose ryakuweho.
“Nakubwira ko ibi bifite ingaruka mpamo hano i Milwaukee mu guhangana n’ikibazo gikomeje cy’uruhurirane rwa ‘lead’ mu mashuri yacu, kandi biragoye kubyumva,” Totoraitis yavuze.
Totoraitis yavuze ko “yizeye buhoro” ko iryo tsinda rizasubizwaho, ariko agaragaza ko hari n’ibindi bibazo by’ubuzima rusange igihugu cye gishingiraho kuri leta, nabyo byakuweho.
“Iki ni kimwe mu bibazo bigira ingaruka ku buzima bw’abaturage b’Abanyamerika, si ‘lead’ gusa. Hari n’izindi nzego nyinshi muri CDC zakuweho kandi tukirimo kugerageza gusobanukirwa uko bizagira ingaruka ku kazi dukora hano ku rwego rw’ibanze,” Totoraitis yasobanuye.
