Accra, 19 Kanama 2025 – Perezida wa Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, yatangaje imbabazi za Perezida (Presidential Amnesty) zasohoye ku bafungwa 998, mu rwego rwo kugabanya ubucucike mu magereza no kugaragaza impuhwe ku byiciro byihariye by’abafunze.
Iki cyemezo cyafashwe ku wa 18 Kanama 2025, nyuma yo kugirwa inama na Prisons Service Council n’Inama y’Igihugu (Council of State), nk’uko biteganywa n’ingingo ya 72(1) y’Itegeko Nshinga rya Ghana.
Abo byagezeho
- 787: Abari barahawe ibihano bwa mbere (first-time offenders) barekuwe burundu.
- 87: Abari ku rutonde rw’abagombaga kwicwa (death row) bahinduriwe ibihano, bahabwa gufungwa ubuzima bwose (life imprisonment).
- 51: Abari barakatiwe gufungwa ubuzima bwose bahawe igihano gishya cyo gufungwa imyaka 20.
- 33: Abari barwaye indwara zikomeye barekuwe ku mpamvu z’ubuzima.
- 36: Abafite imyaka irenga 70 bemerewe imbabazi kubera uburambe bwabo.
- 2: Ababyeyi bafungirwaga bafite abana bato nabo barekuwe.
Ghana ifite ikibazo cy’ubucucike bukabije mu magereza, aho mu kwezi kwa Kanama 2025 hagaragaye abarenga 14,000 bafunze mu gihugu hose. Ibi byemezo bigamije kugabanya uwo mubare no gushakira igisubizo ikibazo cy’umutekano w’abafungwa n’imibereho yabo.
Perezida Mahama yavuze ko igihugu kizasigasira amahame y’ubutabera, ariko nanone kikita ku bumuntu no ku burenganzira bw’abafungwa. Yongeraho ko guverinoma iri gushaka uburyo bwo gutangiza “Parole System” izafasha kurekura abafungwa ku mpamvu zemewe n’amategeko, mu rwego rwo kurushaho kugabanya ubucucike.
Uru rukundo rwa Perezida rushimangiye umwanya Ghana iha politiki y’ubutabera ishingiye ku bumuntu, mu gihe hagikenewe ishyirwa mu bikorwa ry’amavugurura arebana n’imikorere y’amagereza no gucunga ubucucike bushingiye ku gufungwa igihe kirekire.
