Ni umugore uhagarara ku cyo yemera, wakuranye inzozi zo kuzagera ikirenge mu cy’umubyeyi we wakundaga guconga ruhago ariko akazitirwa n’izabukuru. Uyu munsi uvuze umupira w’amaguru cyangwa siporo mu Banyarwandakazi, izina rihita riza mu ntekerezo za benshi ni Rwemalika Félicité.
Ni we Munyarwanda rukumbi watorewe kujya muri Komite Olempike ku Isi, afite amateka ahambaye muri Siporo Nyafurika ndetse no ku rwego rw’Isi muri rusange, dore ko yahawe imidali n’ibikombe bigera ku 10.
Rwemalika yashinze Ishyirahamwe ry’Imikino y’Abagore (AKWOS) mu 2007. Yabaye umunyamuryango w’Inama y’Ubuyobozi bwa FERWAFA kuva mu 2007 kugera mu 2017. Afite Impamyabumenyi z’ubuyobozi mu mikino zitangwa na FIFA ndetse ni umwe mu bagize Komisiyo y’Abagore muri CECAFA kuva mu 2011.
Uyu mugore kandi yagiye ahabwa ibihembo bitandukanye kubera ibikorwa by’indashyikirwa nk’icyo yahawe mu 2015 na Komite Mpuzamahanga y’Imikino Olempike gihabwa abagore bitangira siporo.
IGIHE yaganiriye na Rwemalika agaruka ku rugendo rw’ubuzima bwe bwite nk’umuntu wakuze akunda siporo kugeza inzozi zibaye impamo, inzira y’inzitane yanyuzemo kugira ngo abigereho ndetse n’icyo bivuze kuba ahagarariye u Rwanda muri Komite Olempike ku Isi n’inyungu zabyo ku Rwanda.
Rwemalika yihebeye siporo ubuzima bwe bwose
Yemeye guhara ibyo yari atunze byose yitangira siporo…
N’ubwo Rwemalika ari umwe mu Banyarwanda bamaze guhamya ibigwi muri siporo, si ibintu byizanye kuko byamusabye ibitambo no kwiyuha icyuha.
Rwemalika yavukiye mu Burundi mu 1958, [icyo gihe Papa we yari yaragiyeyo mu kazi]. Nyuma y’umwaka umwe gusa ni bwo ababyeyi be bagarutse mu Rwanda ariko bidateye kabiri bahita bahungira muri Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo ari naho baje kuva berekeza muri Uganda.
Yize amashuri abanza n’ayisumbuye muri Uganda ndetse yize ibijyanye n’Ubuforomokazi ahita ajya mu kazi akora imyaka 10. Yashakanye n’umugabo wari umuganga w’amenyo muri icyo gihugu.
Avuga ko ubwo yabaga mu buhungiro yakundaga umupira ku rwego rwo hejuru ariko ngo akabikomora kuri se wawukinaga muri Astrida [i Butare] aho yigaga akiri umusore.
Ati “Tumaze kuvuka rero twakundaga kumuherekeza yagiye gukina umupira w’abasheshe akanguhe, naramurebaga yambaye ikabutura n’amasogisi nkumva ndabikunze. Ariko noneho Mama wanjye akambwira ati uramenye wowe ujye ureba ntuzigere ukandagiza ikirenge cyawe ku mupira ujye wicara neza niko abakobwa bigenda ntawe ukina umupira ibyo kirazira.”
Yakomeje agira ati “Noneho musaza wanjye we bakamuha umupira ku ruhande agakomeza akawukina, nkamureba akina yishimye n’abandi bana nkavuga ngo iyo nanjye mba naravutse ndi umuhungu, nanjye mba mfite uburenganzira bwo gukina. Byarambabazaga cyane ariko nabonaga ariko umuco wari umeze.”
Uyu mubyeyi avuga ko yakuze akageza aho ashaka umugabo atarakina umupira ariko akunda kureba Abanya-Ugandakazi uburyo bakina akumva na we yakinana nabo ariko bikanga kubera ko umuco yatozwaga na nyina utabimwemereraga.
Mu 1990, ni bwo umugabo we [kuri ubu bafitanye abana bane n’abuzukuru batandatu], yagiye gufatanya n’abandi ku rugamba rwo kubohora u Rwanda, bituma Rwemalika asigarana n’abana, abarera wenyine, ibintu avuga ko bitari bimworoheye.
Rwemalika avuga ko ubwo bagarukaga mu Rwanda mu 1994, yahise ajya mu bucuruzi atangira akora ibijyanye no gutunganya imisatsi y’abagore n’abagabo. Ndetse ngo ni we wa mbere wazanye ‘Salon de Coiffure’ i Remera mu Giporoso.
Avuga ko muri icyo gihe mu 1994, aribwo yumvise ko hari amarushanwa y’imikino y’abagore ndetse ngo icyo gihe ni bwo hariho Igikombe cy’Isi cy’abagore mu mupira w’amaguru bityo na we atangira gutekereza no kwibaza impamvu Abanyarwandakazi badashobora kuyitabira.
Ati “Nakomezaga mbikurikirana ariko nkabura icyo nabikoraho, ngeze aho ndavuga nti rero singishoboye gukina ariko aya mahirwe navukijwe reka mfashe abandi. Ni uko natangiye gushakisha amakipe y’abakobwa birangora pe. Aho byari bigeze mu 1997.”
Rwemalika avuga ko muri icyo gihe umukobwa yegeraga wese yabanzaga kumubwira ngo abaze ababyeyi be, ariko ngo yababaza bakamutera utwatsi, bamubwira ko siporo y’abakobwa ari ukubyina no kuririmba ariko ibyo gukina umupira by’umwihariko uw’amaguru ari kirazira.
Uyu mubyeyi avuga ko iyo ntambara yo gushakisha abakobwa bajya muri siporo yayirwanye kugeza mu 1999, kuko aribwo yaje kugira amahirwe abona abamwemerera kujya mu mikino, icyo gihe ngo yabonye 30 atangirana na bo.
Ku rundi ruhande ariko ngo amafaranga yakoreshaga mu kubashaka, kubagurira imipira yo gukina n’ibindi byangombwa yayakuraga muri ya Salon de Coiffure ye nayo yaje guhomba kubera iyo mpamvu.
Ati “Urumva rero iyo kipe kugira ngo ibeho, [abakinnyi] babone amafaranga y’ingendo n’ibiki byose nabivanaga muri iyo Salon de Coiffure, nyuma y’umwaka n’igice mba ndahombye ariko numva ngomba gukomeza uwo murongo. Icyo gihe umugabo wanjye yari yaragiye kwiga mu Bwongereza, yumva salon yarahombye nabijyanye mu mupira arambaza ati ‘ese abagore barakina?’ […] Nyuma yaraje asanga nateye imbere.”
Urukundo yakunze siporo rwatumye yitangira guharanira ko abagore n’abakobwa bo mu Rwanda bagira uburenganzira bwo gukora siporo kandi yabigezeho
Yaciriwe mu maso kenshi
Icyo gihe ngo ibibuga by’umupira nabyo byari ikibazo kuko rimwe na rimwe ku Ba-Serisienne, Camp Kigali n’ahandi bamutizaga ikibuga rimwe na rimwe, ubundi bakakimwima. Ibi kandi byanajyanaga no kuba aho yakomangaga hose baramuteraga utwatsi bamubwira ko nta mugore wakinnye umupira.
Nyuma uyu mubyeyi yaje gushinga Ishyirahamwe ry’Abagore rifite intego yo guharanira Iterambere ryabo binyuze muri siporo, AKWOS, Association of Kigali Women in Sports.
Iri shyirahamwe ngo ni ryo yifashishaga ajya gusaba ubufasha n’inkunga mu bigo bya leta n’ibyigenga agaragaza ko abakobwa nabo bagomba kugira uburenganzira bwo gukina. Icyo gihe yakoranaga bya hafi na Minisiteri y’Uburinganire n’Iterambere ry’Umuryango ndetse n’ifite Siporo mu nshingano ariko hakiyongeraho n’izindi nzego zitandukanye.
Avuga ko nyuma y’igihe gito yahawe inkunga n’umuryango wo mu mahanga, yo guhugura abagore bari mu nzego z’igihugu ku burenganzira bw’abakobwa n’abagore bwo gukora siporo. Mu mahugurwa yamaze icyumweru, abahuguwe bari bamaze guhindura imyumvire ku buryo bagiye hirya no hino mu ntara batangiza amakipe y’abagore.
Mu 2007, ubwo Ishyirahamwe ry’Umupira w’Amaguru mu Rwanda, FERWAFA, ryayoborwaga na Gen Kazura Jean Bosco, ni bwo Rwemalika yamusabye ko abagore nabo bashyirirwaho shampiyona yabo ndetse arabimwemerera kuva ubwo shampiyona y’umupira w’amaguru mu bagore iba iratangiye.
Ati “Noneho nsaba FERWAFA ko n’abakobwa bagomba kwinjira muri shampiyona, icyo gihe bahise bashyiraho Komisiyo ishinzwe umupira w’amaguru w’abagore muri FERWAFA bahita banangira umuyobozi wayo icyo gihe duhita dushyiraho amakipe y’abagore atangira gukina shampiyona gutyo.”
Icyo gihe hatangiye amakipe atandatu, umwaka wakurikiyeho haboneka amakipe 14, gusa imbogamizi zigenda ziba nyinshi ariko kugeza ubu hari icyiciro cya mbere n’icya kabiri cya shampiyona y’umupira w’abagore, ndetse u Rwanda rumaze kugira abasifuzi mpuzamahanga b’abagore bagera ku munani harimo na Mukansanga Salma Rhadia uherutse gusifura mu Gikombe cy’Isi.
Ku rundi ruhande ariko n’ubwo hari ibyo kwishimira uyu munsi, Rwemalika avuga ko ari urugendo rutigeze rumworohera kuko mu bihe yatangiraga hari aho yageraga bakamwita umusazi bamwumvisha ko kuvuga ko abagore bashobora gukina umupira ari ‘ubusazi’.
Yakomeje agira ati “N’ubwo ndi kuvuga gutyo ariko ntabwo ari ibintu byanyoroheye muri urwo rugendo rwose, hari aho nakomangaga bakanga kunkingurira, aho nageraga bati dore wa mugore w’umusazi araje mufunge, aho nageraga bakancira mu maso, ariko nanjye narakomezaga sincike intege, nkagenda ejo nkagaruka kugeza ubwo nageze ku ntsinzi.”
Uko yisanze muri Komite Olimpike ku Isi
Mu 2006, ni bwo muri Marroc habereye Inama Mpuzamahanga y’Abagore bari mu rwego rwo guteza imbere siporo kubera imibereho myiza, icyo gihe yari yateguwe n’Uruganda rwa Nike, Inc.
Ni inama yabaye mu bihe u Rwanda rwari rurimo kwiyubaka bundi bushya nyuma y’amahano ya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994. Icyo gihe amahanga yari azi Abanyarwanda nk’abicanyi ku buryo uwajyaga mu bindi bihugu bamwishishaga.
Rwemalika wari watumiwe muri iyo nama ngo yagezeyo bakajya bamubona bakamuhunga gusa ngo yabonye bimeze gutyo asaba umwanya abagezaho ijambo ryagarutse ku Rwanda rw’ukuri, uko rwamaze kurenga ubwicanyi ubu ari igihugu kiri mu murongo w’ubumwe n’ubwiyunge no kongera kwiyubaka.
Ati “Ndagiye muri iyo nama mpageze, uje kunyicara iruhande yabona ari Rwanda agahunda ngo ni ba bicanyi […] nabonye bigenze gutyo nsaba ijambo mbabwira urugendo rw’u Rwanda n’ibyo tumaze kugeraho, bambaza niba tutakicana mbakurira inzira ku murima mbabwira ko ibyo ari ibyahise.”
Yakomeje agira ati “Bati ese ubu umuntu yaza iwanyu ntapfe? Nti oya! Nahise mbasaba ko iyo nama bayizana mu Rwanda ku buryo umwaka wakurikiyeho ariho yabereye.”
Rwemalika avuga ko mu 2007, iyo nama yabereye mu Rwanda ndetse bahageze bashima uburyo bakiriwe ku buryo bahise basaba ko indi myaka ibiri yakurikiyeho yose inama zajya zibera mu Rwanda ndetse biza kugenda gutyo.
Ati “Baraje rwose bagirira ibihe byiza mu Rwanda, bahita basaba ko n’imyaka itatu ikurikiraho inama ibera mu Rwanda, nyuma mpita ngirana amasezerano na Nike buri mwaka bakajya bohereza contineur y’ibikoresho bya siporo, nkabiha abagore n’abakobwa.”
Rwemalika Félicité yashinze Umuryango AKWOS uharanira Iterambere ry’Abagore muri siporo yo mu Rwanda
Icyuya yabize binyuze mu rugamba yarwanye aharanira ko umugore yagira uburenganzira bwo gukora siporo cyaje kumuviramo umugisha kuko nko mu 2016, yahawe igihembo gitangwa na Komite Olempike ku Isi nk’Umunyafurika w’umugore wagize icyo akora mu iterambere rya siporo.
Mu 2012 hari ikindi gihembo yahawe cyitwa Ashoka Fellowship nk’umuntu wazanye igitekerezo gishya akakigenderaho kikazana impinduka ndetse no mu 2018 nabwo yabonye igihembo cyitwa ‘Le prix de la Femme Francophone de 2018’.
Uyu mugore kandi kuva mu 2013 kugeza 2017 yari Umujyanama wa Komite Olempike y’u Rwanda ndetse ahita aza no kuba Visi wa Mbere Perezida wayo ari nabwo nyuma y’umwaka umwe [mu 2018] yahise atorerwa kujya muri Komite Olempike ku Isi.
Yakomeje ati “Ni ishema rikomeye ku gihugu kuko kuba urimo hariya ni nk’aho igihugu kiba gifite Umudepite ugihagarariye muri Komite Olempike. Ni ijwi rikomeye rero kuko hari ubuvugizi bukomeye mba ngomba gukorera igihugu cyanjye mu bijyanye na siporo.”
Kuri we avuga ko ibyo yishimira ari byinshi, kuko uretse kuba azwi ku rwego mpuzamahanga ndetse yanabihembewe, igikomeye ngo ni uko uyu munsi umugore yahawe uburenganzira bwo gukora siporo ndetse hakaba hari abakomeje gutera intambwe muri uru rwego.
Ati “Ikintu nishimira ni uko gahunda ya leta yo gushyigikira umugore mu nzego zose ni ikintu cyanteye imbaraga cyane, niba leta ishyizeho umurongo ntituvuga ngo abagomba kubikora ni abo mu nzego zo hejuru, n’umuturage na we hari icyo yatanga mu iterambere ry’igihugu. Byatumye numva ko leta inshyigikiye, ntari umusazi nk’uko babimbwiraga.”
Yakomeje agira ati “Ikindi kintu gikomeye nishimira ni uko iyo uvuze ‘Football féminin’ mu Rwanda, abantu bose bavuga Rwemalika. Iyo ndebye abana natangiranye nabo muri za 1999, nibo batoza bakomeye ku rwego rw’igihugu, reba nka Nyinawumuntu Marie Grace natangiranye nawe none reba urwego agezeho. Yabaye umusifuzi wa mbere w’umugore muri siporo, ubu ni umutoza kandi ukomeye.”
Rwemalika avuga ko isomo rikomeye yize ari uko umuntu wese ushaka kuzana impinduka yumva agomba kugendana n’abandi bakamushyigikira ariko iyo bidakunze ugahura n’ibicantege byinshi = kugira ngo ugere ku ntego bisaba kwihangana no kudacika intege.
Aha Rwemalika Félicité yari kumwe na Perezida wa Komite Olempike ku Isi (IOC), Thomas Bach
Uyu mugore yahawe ibihembo bitandukanye mu ruhando rwa Siporo Mpuzamahanga abikesha by’umwihariko guteza imbere siporo mu bagore
Rwemalika Félicité (uwa kabiri uturutse ibumoso) yahawe ibihembo bitandukanye mu ruhando mpuzamahanga
Amafoto na Video: Mucyo Serge
