Mu Rwanda, ibigo by’impu z’agateganyo (halfway homes) birimo kuvugururwa no guhindurwa mu buryo bugezweho bigatanga ubumenyi ngiro, inama z’imitekerereze n’imiryango, hagamijwe gufasha abafungwa basohoka mu buhungiro gusubira mu buzima bwabo busanzwe bafite icyizere n’agaciro.
Ikigo cya mbere, giherereye mu Kagari ka Muhazi, Umurenge wa Muhazi, Akarere ka Rwamagana, cyafunguwe ku ya 3 Nzeri n’Umunyamabanga wa Leta muri Minisiteri y’Ubutegetsi bw’Igihugu, Dr Vincent Biruta. Iki ni icya mbere mu bigo byinshi biteganijwe kubakwa mu gihugu hose.
Nk’uko Serivisi z’Abafungwa mu Rwanda (RCS) zibivuga, iki kigo kizuzanya n’uburyo busanzwe bwo gukurikirana abafungwa ariko kikanibanda ku bafungwa bageze ku mpera y’igihe cyabo. Ni kimwe mu bikorwa bigamije gufasha abasohotse mu buhungiro gusubira mu buzima busanzwe nk’abaturage bubahiriza amategeko kandi bashobora gutanga umusanzu mu iterambere ry’igihugu.
“Porogaramu itegura abafungwa n’ubumenyi ngiro n’inkunga z’imibereho mbere yo gusohoka,” nk’uko Komiseri Mukuru wa RCS, Evariste Murenzi abivuga.
“Ibi birimo gukomeza kwigisha ubumenyi ngiro bafashe mu bigo by’impu, amasomo y’ubucuruzi, guhuza abafungwa n’abafatanyabikorwa b’abikorera, uburezi bw’imibanire n’abaturage, ndetse no kubona serivisi za Leta,” yongeyeho.
Murenzi yanavuze ko abafungwa bazahabwa inama z’imitekerereze, bazitabira ibiganiro byo gusabana n’imiryango y’ababazwe, kandi bazitabira ibikorwa byo guhugura urubyiruko ku ngaruka z’icyaha.
“Izi gahunda zigamije kugabanya ubwoba, agahinda n’impungenge abafungwa benshi bahura nabyo bageze ku mpera y’igihe cyabo. Kubaza ibibazo nko ‘Nzajya he?’ cyangwa ‘Abantu nababaje bazambona gute?’ bizafasha kugabanya ibyago byo gusubira mu cyaha,” Komiseri Mukuru Murenzi yongeyeho.
Ubu, iki kigo cyakira abafungwa 250 b’abagore bageze ku mpera y’igihe cyabo. Mu gihe kiri imbere bazahurira n’abandi 250 b’abagore n’abagabo 2,000, kikagera ku bushobozi bwuzuye bwa 2,500. Kubaka iki kigo birakorwa mu byiciro bitatu:
Icyiciro cya mbere: gutanga ibyangombwa by’abagore n’aho abakozi ba RCS bazaba batuye.
Icyiciro cya kabiri: ibikorwa by’abagabo n’ibyiciro bihuriweho.
Icyiciro cya gatatu: ahantu ho kwidagadura n’imyidagaduro.
Abafungwa benshi bamaze kubona icyizere muri uyu mushinga.
Christine Tuyiringire, ufite amezi arindwi asigaje ngo asohoze, yavuze ati:
“Iyo uri muri gereza, ubwonko bwawe burafungwa. Hano numva nk’uri hanze. Turashobora gusura imiryango yacu. Nabonye imashini zo kudoda, nzakomeza kwiga kudoda no gukora imyenda myiza rimwe n’igihe nzaba nsohoka.”
Undi mufungwa, Jeannette Mukaniyonshuti, yavuze ko iki kigo gifasha kugabanya isoni abafungwa bahura nazo.
“Bituma dushobora gusura amazu yacu, kwitegura ibizaduhura, gusabana n’ababazwe no gusaba imbabazi, tukagaruka mu miryango yacu dufite icyizere n’ubumenyi bushya,” yavuze.
Mu muhango wo gufungura ikigo, Dr Vincent Biruta, Umunyamabanga wa Leta muri Minisiteri y’Ubutegetsi bw’Igihugu, yavuze ko guverinoma izasesengura imikorere y’iki kigo mbere yo gukwirakwiza ibindi nk’ibi mu gihugu hose n’ubufasha bw’abafatanyabikorwa.
Yasabye abafungwa kuba intangarugero mu kubaka umudugudu udafite ibyaha bageze ku mpera y’igihe cyabo, kubana neza n’abaturage, no kuba intwari mu iterambere ry’imiryango yabo.
Umunyamabanga wa Leta yavuze ati:
“Imyitwarire yanyu igomba kuba intangarugero. Nta nkuta nk’izariho mbere. Ibi bishimbolora ubwisanzure bwinshi, ariko ntibigomba kuba impamvu yo kurenga amategeko. Intangarugero muzaba mutanze ni yo izagena uko iyi porogaramu izagenda.”
Yashimiye RCS ku rugendo rwo guteza imbere gahunda yo gusubiza abafungwa mu buzima busanzwe, anashimira abafatanyabikorwa b’uyu mushinga: Itorero rya Yesu Kristo ry’Aba Latter-day Saints na Sterling Foundation ku bufasha mu kubaka iki kigo.
