Kigali – Kuri uyu wa Gatandatu, u Rwanda rwatangiye ku mugaragaro isiganwa mpuzamahanga rya Kigali International Peace Marathon ku nshuro ya 21, aho ibikorwa by’uyu mwaka byatangiranye n’icyiciro cya Run for Peace cy’ibilometero 10 kigenewe cyane cyane abatarabigize umwuga n’abakunda siporo yo kwiruka. Uyu muhango wo gutangiza iri siganwa wayobowe na Minisitiri wa Siporo, Nelly Mukazayire, washimye uruhare rwa siporo mu guhuza abantu no kubaka amahoro arambye.
Iri siganwa ry’amahoro ryabaye kimwe mu bikorwa bya siporo bikomeye kandi bimaze igihe kirekire bibera mu Rwanda, ryatangiye mu mwaka wa 2005 hagamijwe guteza imbere amahoro, ubumwe n’ubwiyunge binyuze muri siporo. Kuri iyi nshuro ya 21, ryitabiriwe n’abanyarwanda n’abanyamahanga benshi baturutse mu bihugu bitandukanye, baje kwifatanya n’u Rwanda mu butumwa bwo kwimakaza amahoro binyuze mu kwiruka.
Uyu mwaka wa 2026 wazanye impinduka zidasanzwe kuko ku nshuro ya mbere Kigali International Peace Marathon yateguwe mu minsi ibiri. Ku wa Gatandatu habaye icyiciro cya Run for Peace cya kilometero 10, mu gihe ku Cyumweru hateganyijwe amasiganwa akomeye ya Half Marathon (21 km) na Full Marathon (42 km), ategerejwemo abasiganwa b’inararibonye bo mu Rwanda no mu mahanga.
Mu ijambo rye, Minisitiri Nelly Mukazayire yagaragaje ko iri siganwa ritari irushanwa rya siporo gusa, ahubwo ko ari ubutumwa bukomeye bw’amahoro, ubuzima bwiza n’ubumwe bw’abaturage. Yashimangiye ko siporo ikomeje kuba imwe mu nkingi zifasha igihugu kubaka abaturage bafite ubuzima bwiza, kandi ko ibikorwa nk’ibi bifasha u Rwanda gukomeza kwigaragaza ku rwego mpuzamahanga nk’igihugu cyimakaza amahoro n’iterambere.
Icyiciro cya Run for Peace cyatangiye mu gitondo saa mbili, aho ibihumbi by’abasiganwa byanyuze mu mihanda itandukanye ya Kigali. Uretse abanyamwuga, iri siganwa ryitabiriwe n’imiryango, urubyiruko, abanyeshuri, abayobozi mu nzego zitandukanye ndetse n’abakunzi ba siporo bifuza kugira uruhare mu butumwa bw’amahoro. Abategura iri siganwa bavuga ko ari cyo cyiciro gisanzwe gikurura umubare munini w’abitabira kubera ko cyorohereza buri wese kwifatanya n’abandi muri uru rugendo rw’amahoro.
Kigali International Peace Marathon imaze imyaka irenga makumyabiri iba imwe mu marushanwa azwi cyane ku mugabane wa Afurika. Yemewe n’imiryango mpuzamahanga y’imikino yo kwiruka irimo World Athletics na AIMS, ndetse buri mwaka ikurura abasiganwa baturutse mu bihugu byinshi byo ku isi. Abategura iri siganwa bavuga ko rikomeje kugira uruhare runini mu guteza imbere ubukerarugendo bwa siporo no kumenyekanisha isura y’u Rwanda ku rwego mpuzamahanga.
Mu gihe ibikorwa byo kuri uyu wa Gatandatu byaranzwe n’umwuka mwiza n’ubwitabire bwinshi, amaso yose ubu ahanzwe ku masiganwa ya Half Marathon na Full Marathon ateganyijwe kuri iki Cyumweru. Abakunzi b’imikino ngororamubiri bategerezanyije amatsiko kureba abazegukana imyanya ya mbere muri ayo masiganwa, mu gihe abategura irushanwa bakomeje gushimangira ko intego nyamukuru ikomeza kuba iyo guhuza abantu no kwimakaza amahoro binyuze muri siporo.
Kuva ryatangira mu 2005 kugeza uyu munsi, Kigali International Peace Marathon yakomeje kuba ikimenyetso cy’ubutumwa bw’amahoro bw’u Rwanda, aho buri mwaka ihuza abantu b’ingeri zitandukanye bafite intego imwe yo kwiruka basangira indangagaciro z’ubumwe, ubwiyunge n’amahoro.
