Gregg Schoof, umushumba w’ivugabutumwa utavugwaho rumwe yirukanywe mu Rwanda umwaka ushize, ubu atuye kandi akorera muri Uganda.
Gregg Schoof ni umushumba cyangwa Pasiteri ukomoka muri Leta Zunze Umbwe za Amerika, akaba yaranafite radiyo ya gikiristo yitwaga “Amazing Grace Christian Radio) cyangwa se Radiyo Ubuntu butangaje.
Iyi radiyo ikaba yarahagaritswe mu Rwanda ndetse na Gregg Schoof yirukanwa ku butaka bw’u Rwanda kubera ko yari yanze kumva ibyo urukiko rwamusabaga, kuko hari amande radiyo yagombaga gutanga kubera ikiganiro cyari cyaciyeho cyakozwe na Pasiteri Niyibikora Nicholas kibasigara igitsinagore.
Uyu muvugabutuumwa kuva yakirukanwa mu Rwanda ntihigeze hamenyekana ibye cyane ko atari azwi mu buryo bw’itangazamakuru ryo mu gihugu usibye ibyo byabaye byatumye yumvikana cyane mu itangazamakuru.
Gregg Schoof kuri ubu akaba ari mu gihugu cya Uganada nkuko aherutse kubitangaza ko ariho yimuriye ibikorwa bye kandi anafite gahunda yo gutangiza imirongo itandukanye ya radiyo muri Uganda no mu Burundi.
Schoof watangije umuryango utegamiye kuri Leta witwa Mount Gerizim Baptist Ministries muri Uganda muri iyi mpeshyi yaranditse ati: “Mu Rwanda, twari twenyine rwose, ariko muri Uganda, hariho amatorero meza menshi dushobora gukorana.” “Kuva kuri radiyo twari dufite mu Rwanda, ndacyafite urukundo rwo kuzana radiyo yivugabutumwa… Ndareba imijyi irindwi itandukanye aho dushobora gutangiza amaradiyo n’abapasitori baho. Dufite kandi umuryango ufunguye wo gutangiza radiyo eshatu mu Burundi. ”
Mu Rwanda, radiyo ya Schoof, Radiyo ya Amazing Grace Christian Radio, yahagaritswe muri 2018 nyuma yuko umwe mu batanze ikiganiro kuri radiyo, Niyibikora Nicolas, yavuze ko abagore ari “babi” mu biganiro byinshi. Ibi byatumye ikigo gishinzwe kugenzura ibikorwa by’u Rwanda kiyambura uruhushya rwa radiyo.
Radiyo ye imaze gufungwa mu Rwanda, Schoof yagerageje kwakira ikiganiro n’abanyamakuru mu 2019 kugira ngo baganire ku kibazo cye. Inama ntiyabaye, kubera ko itari yemerewe na leta. Mu magambo ye yagize ati: “Ntabwo naje hano kurwanya guverinoma.” Ati: “Ariko iyi guverinoma yahagurukiye kurwanya Imana n’imigenzo yayo y’abanyamahanga.” Nk’uko ibiro ntaramakuru Reuters bibitangaza ngo Schoof yaje gufatwa azira “guhungabanya umutekano rusange,” mbere yo koherezwa.
Uganda, aho Schoof n’umuryango we bahabaye kuva mu Gushyingo 2019, Mu ibaruwa ye, Schoof yagize ati: “Mu byukuri, Imana yaduhaye umuryango mugari muri Uganda. Nongeye kubashimira ko mushishikajwe n’umurimo dukora, n’amasengesho n’inkunga byanyu. ”