Kigali – Nyuma y’ibyumweru bike ikipe ya RSSB Tigers yanditse amateka ikegukana igikombe cya Basketball Africa League (BAL) 2026, ibyishimo byakomeje gukwira mu gihugu hose, aho Umujyi wa Kigali watangaje ko abaturage bazahurira hamwe mu birori byo kwishimira iyo ntsinzi y’amateka. Muri gahunda yatangajwe n’Umujyi wa Kigali, hateganyijwe igitaramo gikomeye ndetse n’imurikwa ry’umuriro w’ibyishimo (fireworks) ku gicamunsi cya Kigali Convention Centre (KCC), mu rwego rwo gusangira n’Abanyarwanda intsinzi yanditse amateka mashya muri siporo y’u Rwanda.
Iyi gahunda yaje nyuma y’uko RSSB Tigers ibaye ikipe ya mbere yo mu Rwanda yegukanye igikombe cya BAL, nyuma yo gutsinda Petro de Luanda yo muri Angola amanota 90 kuri 88 mu mukino wa nyuma wabereye muri BK Arena. Uwo mukino wabaye umwe mu mikino ikomeye yabayeho muri iri rushanwa, kuko RSSB Tigers yabashije kwikura mu mwobo wari muremure nyuma yo gutangira umukino iri inyuma cyane, ariko ikaza gukora comeback y’amateka imbere y’ibihumbi by’abafana bari buzuye BK Arena.
Mu butumwa bwatanzwe n’Umujyi wa Kigali, abaturage basabwe kwitegura ibirori byihariye byari biteganyijwe kubera ku gicamunsi cya Kigali Convention Centre, aho umuriro w’amasasu y’ibyishimo wagombaga guturitswa saa tanu z’ijoro. Ubuyobozi bw’Umujyi wa Kigali bwagaragaje ko iki gikorwa kigamije guha icyubahiro ikipe yazamuye ibendera ry’u Rwanda ku rwego rwa Afurika ndetse no gushimira abafana bagaragaje uruhare rukomeye mu rugendo rw’iyi kipe kugeza ku gikombe.
Ntabwo byari ibirori by’umuriro gusa. RSSB Tigers yari yanateguye igitaramo cyiswe “BAL Champions Celebration Concert”, cyari kigamije guhuriza hamwe abakunzi ba basketball, abahanzi nyarwanda ndetse n’abaturage muri rusange kugira ngo bishimire intsinzi y’iyi kipe. Abahanzi batandukanye bo mu Rwanda bari bateganyijwe gutaramira abitabiriye, mu gihe abafana bari bafite amahirwe yo guhura n’abakinnyi babazaniye igikombe cya mbere cya BAL mu Rwanda.
Icyatumye iyi ntsinzi iba iy’amateka si igikombe gusa, ahubwo ni uburyo RSSB Tigers yinjiriye bwa mbere muri BAL maze igahita iyegukana. Mu rugendo rwayo, yatsinze amakipe akomeye arimo FUS Rabat yo muri Maroc, Al Ahly yo mu Misiri ndetse na Petro de Luanda yari ifite uburambe bukomeye muri iri rushanwa. Abasesenguzi ba siporo bavuga ko iyi ntsinzi ishobora guhindura amateka ya basketball nyarwanda no gukomeza gukurura ishoramari muri uyu mukino.
Mu mukino wa nyuma, bamwe mu bayobozi bakomeye muri siporo ku rwego rwa Afurika no ku isi bari bahari. Muri bo harimo Perezida wa Repubulika y’u Rwanda Paul Kagame, Perezida wa BAL Amadou Gallo Fall, Umuyobozi wa NBA Africa Clare Akamanzi, Masai Ujiri ndetse n’abayobozi batandukanye ba FIBA na NBA. Kuba abo bayobozi bari bitabiriye uwo mukino byagaragaje uburemere uwo mukino wari ufite ndetse n’uruhare Kigali ikomeje kugira nk’umurwa mukuru wa basketball muri Afurika.
Mu minsi yakurikiyeho, amafoto n’amashusho y’abafana bishimira intsinzi ya RSSB Tigers yakomeje gukwirakwira ku mbuga nkoranyambaga. BK Arena, imihanda ya Kigali ndetse n’ahandi hatandukanye hagaragaye abantu benshi bambaye amabara y’iyi kipe, bishimira intsinzi benshi bagereranyaga n’indi minsi ikomeye igihugu cyagiye cyizihiza intambwe zikomeye mu siporo.
Uyu munsi, igihe abaturage bahuriraga kuri Kigali Convention Centre kureba umuriro w’amasasu y’ibyishimo no kwizihiza iki gikombe, benshi babibonaga nk’ikimenyetso cy’uko siporo nyarwanda iri kugera ku rwego rushya. Intsinzi ya RSSB Tigers ntabwo yabaye iy’ikipe gusa, ahubwo yabaye ishema ry’igihugu cyose, ndetse yerekana ko amakipe yo mu Rwanda ashobora guhangana no gutsinda ay’ibihangange ku mugabane wa Afurika.
