Mogadishu – Ku wa 22 Kamena 2025 – Igisirikare cya Uganda (UPDF) cyatangaje urupfu rw’abasirikare barindwi (7) mu gitero gikomeye cyagabwe n’umutwe w’iterabwoba wa Al-Shabaab, mu gace ka Lower Shabelle, hafi y’umujyi wa Afgoye muri Somalia.
Aba basirikare bari mu butumwa bwa ATMIS (African Union Transition Mission in Somalia), gahunda yo kugarura amahoro muri Somalia ku bufatanye n’Umuryango wa Afurika Yunze Ubumwe (AU).
Brigadier General Felix Kulayigye, umuvugizi wa UPDF, yavuze ko igitero cyabaye mu mpera z’icyumweru cyashize, abasirikare barindwi baguye ku rugamba bari mu kazi ko kugarura ituze.
Brig. Gen. Kulayigyeyagize ati:“Bitanze nk’intwari ziharanira amahoro ya Afurika. Uganda ibuze abayo, ariko ubutwari bwabo buzahora bwibukwa,”.
Ni igihombo gikomeye ku butumwa bwa ATMIS, buhari mu rwego rwo gufasha Somalia kwigira mu bijyanye n’umutekano.
Imiterere y’Igitero
- Igitero cyabereye mu gace ka Sabiid-Anole, aho inyeshyamba za Al-Shabaab zateye imodoka za gisirikare za ATMIS ziri mu butumwa bw’akazi.
- Zakoresheje ibisasu bya RPG n’amasasu menshi, zongera kwirundanyiriza mu bushorishori zitegereje ko ingabo zihanyura.
- Hatangajwe ko hari abandi basirikare bakomerekejwe, nubwo umubare wabo utaratangazwa ku mugaragaro.
Uganda ni kimwe mu bihugu bikomeye byatanze abasirikare benshi muri ATMIS. Kugeza ubu, igisirikare cya Uganda cyari cyaragize intsinzi mu kwambura Al-Shabaab ibice byinshi byo muri Somalia.
Ariko ibi bitero bishya biragaragaza ko uyu mutwe w’iterabwoba ugifite ubushobozi bwo gutera no guhungabanya umutekano. Birasaba ko hashyirwaho uburyo burambye bwo kongera imbaraga za ATMIS, kongera ubumenyi bw’ingabo, no gukorana neza n’ingabo za Somalia (SNA).
Urupfu rw’abasirikare 7 ba Uganda rugaragaza akaga k’akazi k’ingabo ziri mu butumwa bwo kubungabunga amahoro, ndetse n’uruhare rukomeye rwa Uganda muri ATMIS. Ni isomo ku bihugu byose bifite ingabo muri Somalia gukaza ingamba z’uburinzi no kwirinda kwinjira mu mitego y’iterabwoba.
Umuvugizi w’AU muri Somalia yagize ati:“Twihanganishije imiryango y’abo basirikare, igihugu cya Uganda, n’abari mu butumwa bwa ATMIS. Tuzakomeza gukurikirana iki kibazo,”.
