Umujyi wa Kigali uratangaza ko ukiri gushakisha abashoramari bazatunganya icyahoze ari gereza nkuru ya Kigali izwi nka 1930, igahindurwamo inzu ndangamurage (Musee), kuko kugeza ubu bataraboneka.
Ibi biravugwa mu gihe umujyi wa Kigali wari watangaje ko bitarenze Kamena 2017, gereza nkuru ya Kigali (1930) izaba yahinduwe inzu ndangamurage.
Iyi gereza ya 1930 yubatswe n’Ababiligi mu myaka ya 1930, ikaba ari yo nyubako twakwita iya kizungu yubatswe bwa mbere mu Rwanda n’Ababiligi.
Igikorwa cyo kwimura imfungwa n’abagororwa bari bafungiye yo cyatangiye muri Gashyantare 2017, aho kwikubitiro himuye abagera ku bihumbi bitatu, naho mbere y’uko imiryango ifunga bimura abagore 607 bari barasigaye.
Umujyanama w’umuyobozi w’umujyi wa Kigali, Fred Mugisha, yatangarije Kigali Today ko bagitegereje abashoramari bashyira mu bikorwa uwo mushinga wo guhindura 1930 inzu ndangamurage.
Yagize ati “Uriya mushinga rero ntabwo hari abashoramari bari baboneka, gusa ababonetse tubabwira uko igishushanyo mbonera cyaho giteganyijwe, tukabagezaho icyo twifuza n’ubu haracyashakishwa abashoramari”.
Ku ruhande rw’umuyobozi mukuru w’ikigo cy’ingoro z’umurage w’u Rwanda, Ambasaderi Robert Masozera, we yatangaje ko gereza ya 1930 igomba kubungwabungwa nkuko biteganywa n’itegeko kuko ari umurage ukomeye.
Yagize ati “Twebwe hariya hantu tuhafata nk’ahantu hari amateka, hari umurage ugomba kubungwabungwa hakurikijwe amategeko. Hari itegeko ryashyizweho muri 2016, kugira ngo rero hanabungwabungwe hagomba kujya ku rutonde rw’ahantu hatangwa na Minisiteri ifite mu nshingano umuco”.
Yakomeje avuga ko nk’abashinzwe ingoro z’umurage, bari bagejeje icyifuzo ku babishinzwe, basaba ko gereza ya 1930 yajya ku rutonde rw’ahandi hantu hagera ku ijana hagomba kubungwabungwa nk’ahantu habitse amateka akomeye y’u Rwanda.
Gereza ya 1930 iramutse ihinduwe inzu ndangamurage yajya ku mwanya wa cyenda, aho yajya isurwa na ba mukerarugendo ndetse n’Abanyarwanda bifuza kumenya amateka yayo.