Ni ikirego kivuga ko kompanyi za Apple,Microsoft,Google,Tesla zigura amabuye y’agaciro ava muri Congo kandi ko ayo mabuye yagaciro agira uruhare mu mfu no gukomereka kw’abana bashora muri ibyo binombe.
Ku wa kabiri, Urukiko rw’Ubujurire rwa Leta ya Amerika rwatesheje agaciro initegwa izi kompanyi eshanu z’ikoranabuhanga byo kugira uruhare mu gukorrsha abana mu birombe bya cobalt muri Congo.
Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, Dell Technologies na kompanyi ya Alphabet ifite Google.
Urukiko rwavuze ko kuba zaraguze cobalt ituruka muri Congo bidasobanuye ko zifite uruhare mu gukoresha abana imirimo y’ubucuruzi mu birombe by’ayo mabuye y’agaciro.
Umucamanza Neomi Rao yavuze ko abatanze ikirego bagombaga kugaragaza ko izi kompanyi zifite ijambo ryahagarika ikoreshwa ry’abana muri ibyo birombe.
Terry Collingsworth wunganira abarega yabwiye yabwiye ibiro ntaramakuru Reuters ati:”Ntiturahwema gusaba ko babibazwa”,yongeraho ko bashobora kujuririra iki cyemezo.
Iki kirego cyatanzwe mu 2019 n’ikigo giharanira uburenganzira bwa muntu,International Rights Advocates, cyari cyari gihagarariye abana bakomerekeye mu birombe bya cobalt muri Congo n’imiryango y’abana bapfiriye muri ibyo birombe
Mu 2021 umucamanza yatesheje agaciro icyo kirego,ariko nyuma haza kubaho ubujurire.
DR Congo itanga 60% bya cobalt ikoreshwa ku isi,ubutare bw’agaciro kandi bw’ingenzi mu gukora ibikoresho bitandukanye by’ikoranabuhanga .
Abana bagera ku 25,000 bakora mu birombe muri DR Congo,nk’uko Minisiteri y’Umurimo muri Amerika ibivuga,ko kenshi bakora mu buryo bubi cyane nk’uko bbc ibitangaza.
Florentine Icyitegetse.
Rwandatribune.com
