Kigali – Igihugu cya Kenya cyongeye kwerekana impamvu gifatwa nk’igihangange mu gusiganwa intera ndende nyuma yo kwigaranzura irushanwa rya Kigali International Peace Marathon 2026, ryasojwe kuri iki Cyumweru mu Mujyi wa Kigali. Abakinnyi bacyo begukanye imyanya ya mbere mu byiciro bikomeye bya Full Marathon, bongera kwandika amateka muri iri rushanwa rimaze imyaka irenga makumyabiri rihuza abasiganwa bo hirya no hino ku Isi.
Iri siganwa ryabaye ku nshuro ya 21 ryahuje ibihumbi by’abasiganwa baturutse mu bihugu bitandukanye byo muri Afurika, u Burayi, Aziya ndetse na Amerika. Ryari rigamije gukomeza kwimakaza amahoro, ubumwe n’ubwiyunge binyuze muri siporo, kimwe no guteza imbere ubukerarugendo bw’u Rwanda. Mu minsi ibiri y’amarushanwa, imihanda minini y’Umujyi wa Kigali yongeye kuba urubuga rw’imyidagaduro n’imbaraga z’abasiganwa bahataniraga kwandika amateka mashya.
Mu cyiciro cya Full Marathon cy’abagabo, Kenya yongeye kwerekana ko ikiri ku rwego rwo hejuru muri siporo yo gusiganwa intera ndende. Umukinnyi wayo wegukanye umwanya wa mbere yasoje isiganwa ari imbere y’abo bari bahanganye nyuma yo kwihagararaho mu bilometero bya nyuma. Intsinzi yegukanywe n’Abanya-Kenya yongeye gushimangira ubukaka bwabo muri iri rushanwa, aho bakomeje kwiharira imyanya y’imbere uko imyaka ishira.
No mu cyiciro cy’abagore, Kenya ntiyacitswe n’icyubahiro. Ivyne Jeruto yegukanye umwanya wa mbere muri Full Marathon nyuma yo gukoresha amasaha 2, iminota 35 n’amasegonda 35. Imikinire ye yagaragaje ubunyamwuga n’imbaraga kuva isiganwa ritangiye kugeza ku murongo wa nyuma, ibintu byatumye aba umwe mu bakinnyi bavuzwe cyane muri iri rushanwa.
Abatsinze Full Marathon bahawe ibihembo by’amafaranga birimo amadorali 20,000 y’Amerika ku wegukanye umwanya wa mbere. Ni ibihembo biri mu bituma Kigali International Peace Marathon ikomeza gukurura abasiganwa bakomeye ku rwego mpuzamahanga, kuko usibye icyubahiro cyo gutsinda, banabona ibihembo bifatika bibafasha gukomeza umwuga wabo.
Nubwo Kenya ari yo yigaranzuye iri rushanwa, u Rwanda na rwo rwagaragaje ubushake bwo gukomeza kuzamura urwego rw’abasiganwa barwo. Abakinnyi b’Abanyarwanda bitwaye neza mu byiciro bitandukanye, ibintu bikomeje gutanga icyizere ko igihugu kizakomeza gutera imbere muri siporo yo gusiganwa intera ndende mu myaka iri imbere.
Kigali International Peace Marathon yatangiye mu mwaka wa 2005 nk’umwe mu mishinga igamije gukoresha siporo mu kubaka amahoro nyuma y’amateka u Rwanda rwanyuzemo. Ubu iri rushanwa rimaze kuba kimwe mu bikorwa bya siporo bikomeye ku mugabane wa Afurika, ndetse rikaba ryitabirwa n’abasiganwa baturutse mu bihugu byinshi buri mwaka.
Abasesenguzi ba siporo bavuga ko kuba u Rwanda rukomeza kwakira neza iri rushanwa ari ikimenyetso cy’iterambere rikomeje kugerwaho mu rwego rwa siporo n’ubukerarugendo. Uretse guhuza abantu baturutse hirya no hino ku Isi, Kigali Peace Marathon inatanga umusanzu mu kwamamaza isura y’u Rwanda nk’igihugu gitekanye kandi gifite ubushobozi bwo kwakira ibikorwa mpuzamahanga.
Mu gihe isiganwa rya 2026 risoje risize ibyishimo ku batsinze n’abaryitabiriye, amaso y’abakunzi b’iyi siporo yahise yerekezwa ku mwaka utaha. Ikibazo benshi bibaza ni ukumenya niba hari igihugu kizabasha guhagarika ubwiganze bwa Kenya, cyangwa niba izakomeza kwandika amateka muri Kigali Peace Marathon nk’uko byakomeje kugenda mu myaka yashize.
Mu mwaka wa 2026, Kenya yongeye gutaha intsinzi, ariko u Rwanda na rwo rwatsinze mu kwakira neza irushanwa rikomeje kuba ikimenyabose muri Afurika no ku Isi.
