Mu gihe ibikorwa byo gushimuta abana bikomeje kugaragara mu duce dutandukanye tw’intara ya Bujumbura, ababyeyi barasaba inzego z’umutekano gufata ingamba zikomeye zo gukurikirana abinjira n’abasohoka mu duce dutuwe. Amashyirahamwe aharanira uburenganzira bwa muntu na yo aramagana ibi bikorwa, asaba ko abakora ibi byaha bahanwa bikomeye.
Natalie Kamikazi, utuye mu Gatunguru muri komine Ntahangwa yabwiye ikinyamakuru Iwacu ko abana be babiri bashimuswe n’umukozi wo mu rugo ariko baza gutabarwa ku gihe. “Kuva baboneka ku rusengero rwa Regina Mundi, abana banjye ntibashaka ko umuntu aza mu rugo. Baracyafite ubwoba bwinshi.”
Kamikazi yongeraho ko nyuma y’ibyo byabaye, abana be bamaze iminsi batinya gusohoka no gukina. “Bambwiraga bati ‘Papa aratuzana.’
Martin Nimbona, uwo muvandimwe wabakijije, yasobanuye uko yababonye bari hafi gufata imodoka ijya mu ntara. “Nari mu misa ya Regina Mundi, mbona abana bari hafi kwinjira mu modoka. Nahise mpamagara mushiki wanjye ambwira ko ari mu rugo rwe, mpita nihutira kubatabara.”
Nimbona yasabye ababyeyi kwita ku burere bw’abana babo no kumenya neza abo baha inshingano zo kubarera. “Ababyeyi bagomba kumenya amakuru y’abayaya babo. Hari bamwe bagira imyitwarire mibi ishobora kugira ingaruka ku bana.”
Mu gace ka Kamenge, ababyeyi bamwe bavuga ko abana babo batakijya ku ishuri bonyine kubera ubwoba bwo gushimutwa. Umubyeyi umwe utuye mu Gahahe ati: “Abana banjye babiri ntibashaka kujya ku ishuri bonyine. Batinya gushimutwa. Nta kundi, buri munsi ni njye ubajyana.”
Anitha Ndayikeza, nawe utuye muri ako gace, asaba ababyeyi kudatererana inshingano zabo. “Ababyeyi benshi bata abana babo ku bakozi. Ni ingeso mbi. Jye mba ndwana no gufata umwanya nkaganira n’abana banjye buri munsi kugira ngo menye uko babanye n’umukozi. Uko kutita ku bana bishobora gutuma bahohoterwa.”
Abayobozi ba komine Ntahangwa na Mukaza bavuze ko batarabona raporo zigaragaza ibi bikorwa byo gushimuta abana, ariko bemeye ko bagiye gukurikirana iby’aya makuru. “Tugiye kugenzura neza niba ibi bikorwa bihari koko,” batangaje mu itangazo rigufi.
Fulgence Manirahinyuza, uhagarariye ishyirahamwe ACPDH (Community Association for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights), yavuze ko ikibazo cy’uburenganzira bw’abana gikomeje gufata indi ntera mu Burundi.
Ati: “Abana bamwe bahohoterwa n’abagombaga kubarinda: ababyeyi, abayaya cyangwa abantu bo mu muryango. Gushimuta, gukubita, gusambanya, no kwica abana ni ibyaha bikomeye bigomba guhanwa.”
Manirahinyuza yongeyeho ko hari n’abo bakozi bo mu ngo bahohotera abana bashaka kwihorera ku babyeyi babatoteza. “Hari ababyeyi bafata nabi abakozi babo, ntibabishyure cyangwa bakabakorera ihohoterwa. Benshi rero bagahindukirira abana bakabakorera nabi. Ni ikibazo gikomeye gikeneye gukemurwa n’amategeko.”
