Iki cyemezo cyafashwe nyuma y’ikirego cyatanzwe n’umuryango utegamiye kuri leta muri Uganda uvuga ko aya masezerano azateza ingaruka ku bidukikije kandi ko arenga ku ngingo nyinshi z’amasezerano y’akarere, cyateje inzika nyinshi i Nairobi.
Mu gihe yemerera ibicuruzwa bya Kenya kwinjira ku isoko ry’ibihugu by’i Burayi nta musoro, ayo masezerano yari agamije, kugabanya buhoro buhoro imisoro ya gasutamo yakwa ku bicuruzwa by’i Burayi byinjira muri Kenya. Icyakora, ku wa Mbere, itariki ya 24 Ugushyingo, Urukiko rw’Ubutabera rwa Afurika y’Iburasirazuba (EACJ) rwafashe icyemezo cyo guhagarika amasezerano y’ubucuruzi yasinywe hagati ya Kenya n’Umuryango w’Ubumwe bw’ibihugu by’u Burayi mu 2023.
Impamvu? Ikirego cyatanzwe umwaka ushize n’Umuryango utegamiye kuri leta muri Uganda, Centre For Law, Economics and Policy On East African Integration, wamaganaga ingaruka ku bidukikije zizaterwa n’ayo masezerano. Uyu muryango ukomeza uvuga ko ayo masezerano kandi anyuranyije n’ingingo nyinshi z’amasezerano y’akarere, kubera ko ibihugu bimwe na bimwe bitigeze bigishwa inama mbere yo gushyirwaho umukono no kwemezwa na Nairobi.
Icyemezo cy’Urukiko rw’Ubutabera rwa Afurika y’Iburasirazuba, byumvikana, nticyakiriwe neza n’abayobozi ba Kenya. Minisiteri y’ubucuruzi mu itangazo ryayo yongeye gushimangira ko amasezerano yagiranye na Bruxelles ari “moteri y’iterambere ry’ibicuruzwa byoherezwa mu mahanga,” inagaragaza uruhare “nyamukuru” igihugu cyagize mu guteza imbere ubufatanye mu by’ubukungu hagati ya Afurika y’Iburasirazuba n’Umuryango w’Ubumwe bw’ibihugu by’u Burayi. Nairobi yamaganye kandi ihagarikwa ry’aya masezerano, avuga ko bitera “gushidikanya” mu bucuruzi, nyuma yo kugaragaza imirimo yagezweho bitewe n’amasezerano, haba mu kugera ku masoko y’i Burayi ndetse n’ibicuruzwa bitandukanye byoherezwa mu mahanga.
Amasezerano afite akamaro gakomeye mu bucuruzi muri Kenya
Minisiteri isobanura ko iki gihugu cyubatse politiki zacyo za leta gishingiye kuri aya masezerano y’ubucuruzi, kandi ko yamaze gusaba ko icyemezo cyahagarikwa. Ni ngombwa kuvuga ko, kuri Kenya, Umuryango w’Ubumwe bw’ibihugu by’u Burayi ari rimwe mu masoko y’ibanze y’ibyoherezwa mu Burayi: umwaka ushize, ibicuruzwa byavuye mu gihugu cya Kenya byoherezwa mu Burayi byanditse amateka mashya hamwe n’ibicuruzwa bifite agaciro k’asaga miliyari 1.5 by’amadolari byoherejwe, cyane cyane ibikomoka ku buhinzi n’imboga.
Mu gihe Nairobi yagaragaje ko yifuza gukomeza uyu muvuduko mu bucuruzi n’umugabane w’u Burayi, inama itaha y’Umuryango w’ibihugu bya Afurika y’Iburasirazuba (EAC), iki gihugu kizakira mu ntangiriro z’Ukuboza, bigaragara ko izaba ari umwanya mwiza wo kuganira kuri iki kibazo.
