U Rwanda
rwahawe kwakira irushanwa ryo gusiganwa mu modoka rizwi nka Formula 1 African
Grand Prix , mu gihe cy’imyaka 10 kuva mu 2030.
Byatangajwe
kuri uyu wa Kabiri tariki 13 Ukwakira 2026, mu muhango wabereye muri BK Arena
wahurije hamwe abayobozi n’abafatanyabikorwa batandukanye, wasinyiwemo ayo
masezerano yemerera u Rwanda kuzakira iri rushanwa.
Uyu muhango
witabiriwe na Perezida wa Repubulika y’u Rwanda, Paul Kagame na Madamu
Jeannette Kagame, Umuyobozi Mukuru wa Formula 1, Stephano Domenocali ndetse
n’umuyobozi w’Ishyirahamwe Mpuzamahanga ry’Umukino wo Gusiganwa mu Modoka ku
Isi (FIA), Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
Iri rushanwa
ryari rimaze imyaka 33 ritabera ku mugabane wa Afurika, dore ko ryaherukaga mu
1993 ribera muri Afurika y’Epfo.
Perezida
Kagame yavuze ko ari ibyishimo n’ishema ku Rwanda kuba rwaratoranyijwe kwakira
iri rushanwa, ashimira ubuyobozi bwa Formula 1 n’Ishyirahamwe Mpuzamahanga
ry’Umukino wo Gusiganwa mu Modoka (FIA) icyizere n’ubufatanye byagaragaje muri
uyu mushinga.
Yagize ati:
“Ni icyubahiro n’ishema ku Rwanda kuba rwaratoranyijwe nk’igihugu kizakira
isiganwa rya Formula 1 muri gahunda y’amasiganwa ategurwa buri mwaka.”
Perezida
Kagame yakomeje avuga ko uyu mushinga utagamije kubaka gusa ibikorwa remezo
bizifashishwa muri iri rushanwa, ahubwo ugamije no gushyiraho uburyo burambye
bw’ubukungu, butuma haboneka uburyo bwinshi bwinjiza amafaranga kandi inyungu
zikagera no mu baturage bo mu bice bitandukanye by’igihugu.
Umukuru
w’Igihugu yavuze ko Umugabane wa Afurika ufite ubushobozi bwo kuzamura ireme
rya siporo yo gusiganwa mu modoka.
Ati “Ubu
bufatanye bwari butegerejwe igihe kirekire kandi ni intsinzi ku Mugabane wose
wa Afurika. Icyo dukeneye ni uko ‘African Grand Prix’ iharurira inzira andi
marushanwa akabera kuri uyu Mugabane.”
Umuyobozi wa
FIA, Mohammed Ben Sulayem yashimye iyi ntambwe nziza u Rwanda ruteye
Ashima abagize uruhare mu kubigeraho barangajwe imbere na Perezida w’u Rwanda.
Yagize ati
“Ndashimira Perezida Paul Kagame kuri iyi ntambwe ikomeye igihugu cye giteye,
ndetse ngashimira Stefano Domenicali n’abandi bose bagize uruhare mu bufatanye
bwatumye ibi bishoboka.”
Mohammed Ben
yavuze ko aya masezerano agamije gusiga umurage urambye, gutera imbaraga
abakiri bato b’ubu n’ab’igihe kizaza, guteza imbere impano no gufungura
amahirwe mashya mu mukino wo gusiganwa mu modoka muri Afurika no hanze yayo.
Ati “Kongera
ubushobozi bw’abantu bwo kugera kuri uyu mukino biri mu ntego z’ibanze za FIA,
kandi dufite inshingano zo kwita ku buryo uyu mukino ukomeza gutera imbere mu
nzego zose, ukagera ku baturage bashya kandi ugaha amahirwe abantu bo mu mpande
zose z’isi.”
Isiganwa rya
mbere rya Formula 1 rizabera mu Rwanda nyuma y’uko ikibuga cyihariye cyo
gusiganwa mu imodoka kizubakwa mu Karere ka Bugesera cyuzuye. Biteganyijwe ko
iki kibuga kizaba cyuzuye mu ntangiriro za 2030.
Iki kibuga
kizubakwa mu buryo bwujuje ibisabwa n’Ishyirahamwe Mpuzamahanga ry’Umukino wo
Gusiganwa mu Modoka (FIA) kugira ngo cyemererwe kwakira isiganwa rya Formula 1.
Ni igice cy’umushinga mugari ugamije guteza imbere siporo, ubukerarugendo,
ibikorwa remezo n’ubucuruzi, uzayoborwa n’Urwego rw’Igihugu rushinzwe
Iterambere (RDB).
Iki kibuga
kizaba giherereye mu bilometero 40 mu majyepfo y’Umujyi wa Kigali, hafi
y’Ikibuga cy’Indege Mpuzamahanga cya Bugesera. Mu kucyubaka, hazitabwa ku
miterere y’ahantu, harimo n’ahazamuka n’ahamanuka, kugira ngo haboneke inzira
izatuma isiganwa rirushaho gushimisha abaryitabira n’abarireba.
Uretse mu
gihe iri siganwa rizaba riri kuba, ikibuga kizubakwa mu Bugesera kizajya
kinakoreshwa mu bindi bikorwa, birimo andi masiganwa mpuzamahanga y’imodoka,
ibirori bikomeye, inama n’imyidagaduro. Ibi biteganyijwe ko bizafasha guteza
imbere ubukungu bw’igihe kirekire no gukurura ishoramari mu karere
giherereyemo.
Icyemezo cyo
kugeza Formula 1 mu Rwanda kije mu gihe iri rushanwa rikomeje kwagura ibikorwa
byaryo ku isi no gushaka uburyo bwo kugera ku bakunzi bashya b’uyu mukino.
Amakuru
agaragaza ko Formula 1 ikurikirwa n’abafana barenga miliyoni 100 muri Afurika,
aho hafi 60% by’abayikunda mu bihugu byo muri Afurika yo munsi y’Ubutayu bwa Sahara
bafite imyaka iri munsi ya 35.