Abasebenzi abahlomile base-DR Congo ngempelasonto edlule baphinde bagasela emanzini ase-Uganda eLake Albert, bephula izivumelwano zangaphambili mayelana nobunikazi besiqhingi saseRukwanzi.
Ngokwemibiko, bathumba abantu abaningi base-Uganda, bababamba bebasola ngokuthi “baye badoba emanzini ethu [eCongo].”
Imithombo ethembekile, nokho, ikuphikile lokhu yathi umngcele wangempela manje uvamise ukuklanywa ngezimpawu ezintantayo futhi amabutho ezokuphepha ase-Uganda nawo aqaphe indawo ukuze avimbele abadobi nabahwebi base-Uganda ukuba baphambuke emingceleni engabonakali echibini.
Le ndawo isinentshisekelo enkulu kuhulumeni waseKinshasa njengoba sekutholwe uwoyela ngasohlangothini lwase-Uganda eLake Albert.
Kwaphinde kwafakwa imibiko emithonjeni yezindaba yase-Uganda yokuthi abathumbi bafuna izigidi ezimbalwa zamasheleni e-Uganda ukuze bahlengwe, okubonisa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi abakaze bakhokhelwe osopolitiki baseKinshasa isikhathi eside futhi sekufanele baphinde baphendukele ekungabi-namthetho ukuze baziphilise. .
Kwakungonyaka wezi-2007 lapho izisebenzi zaseCongo ezihlomile zabulala umuntu waseBrithani owayevela kwelinye izwe owayesebenza endaweni yokuhlola uwoyela, okwathi kamuva kwatholakala ukuthi yenzeka emanzini ase-Uganda ngokufundwa kwe-GPS okuthathwe emishinini eyayisetshenziswa lowo wangaphandle kanye nethimba lakhe. Ngeke kwatholakala ukuthi ngabe labo abathintekayo bake bayiswa ezinkantolo eCongo, noma ngabe kulandelwa irekhodi lombuso eminyakeni yakamuva.
Naphezu kwalesi simo esidabukisayo ubudlelwano obugcwele bezokusebenzela bubuyiselwe ngokusemthethweni kuleli sonto phakathi kwe-Uganda ne-DR Congo ngemuva kwekhefu leminyaka engu-15 ngenxa yokuziphatha okunenzondo komakhelwane bethu kanye nokufukamela abaphikisa, amasosha kanye namaqembu amaphekula asebenza ngokumelene nezimfuno zase-Uganda.
