Guverinoma y’u Rwanda iri mu biganiro n’umushoramari mushya ushaka gushinga uruganda rw’isukari ruzaba rushobora guhaza isoko kugeza kuri 50% by’isukari ikenerwa mu gihugu, nk’uko byatangajwe na Minisitiri w’Ubucuruzi n’Inganda, Prudence Sebahizi.

``Sebahizi yabivuze ku wa Kabiri tariki ya 9 Kamena 2026, ubwo yagezaga ku bagize Inteko Ishinga Amategeko, Umutwe w’Abadepite, Politiki y’Inganda ya 2024–2034. Muri icyo kiganiro, bamwe mu badepite bagaragaje impungenge zishingiye ku kuba igihugu gikomeje gutumiza isukari nyinshi mu mahanga.

Ibi byaturutse ku kibazo cyabajijwe na Depite Jean Claude Ntezimana, washakaga kumenya impamvu umusaruro w’isukari ukorerwa mu gihugu ukiri muto kandi hari uruganda rusanzwe ruhari.

Yagize ati: “Uruganda dufite rutanga hafi 10% gusa by’isukari ikenerwa. Ni iki cyakorwa kugira ngo iki kibazo gikemuke? Ese ikibazo ni ukubura ubutaka bwo guhingaho ibisheke cyangwa hari izindi mbogamizi?”

Mu gusubiza, Minisitiri Sebahizi yavuze ko u Rwanda rufite uruganda rumwe rukora isukari, ari rwo Kabuye Sugar, kandi ko umusaruro warwo wagabanutse ugereranyije n’ibikenewe ku isoko kubera ko ubuso buhingwaho ibisheke butigeze bwaguka ku rugero rukenewe.

Yagize ati: “Uru ruganda rumaze igihe kirekire rukora, ariko umusaruro warwo ndetse n’ubuso bw’imirima y’ibisheke ntibyigeze byiyongera cyane. Hari igihe rwahazaga hafi 45% by’isukari igihugu cyakeneraga, ariko ubu rumaze kugera kuri 10% gusa.”

Yasobanuye ko ikibazo atari ubushobozi bw’uruganda bwagabanutse, ahubwo ko isukari ikenerwa mu gihugu yiyongereye mu gihe nta zindi nganda nini zashowe muri uwo mwuga.

Ati: “Kubera ko nta zindi nganda nshya zagiye zubakwa, byabaye ngombwa ko igihugu gitumiza isukari nyinshi mu mahanga kugira ngo gihaze isoko ry’imbere mu gihugu.”

Minisitiri yavuze ko Guverinoma iri gukorana n’abashoramari batandukanye hagamijwe kongera umusaruro w’isukari no kugabanya amafaranga igihugu gikoresha mu kuyitumiza hanze.

Yagize ati: “Turimo gukorana n’amasosiyete atandukanye kugira ngo tugire nibura inganda ebyiri cyangwa eshatu zikora isukari. Imwe muri zo ni sosiyete yo muri Kenya yitwa Rai.”

Nk’uko yabivuze, iyi sosiyete biteganyijwe ko izasinya amasezerano na Guverinoma y’u Rwanda maze ihabwe ubutaka mu Karere ka Nyagatare bwo guhingaho ibisheke no kubaka uruganda rutunganya isukari.

Ati: “Iyo sosiyete izahabwa ubutaka bwo gukoreraho ibikorwa byayo. Biteganyijwe ko izaba ishobora gutanga isukari ihaza isoko kugeza kuri 50% by’ibikenerwa mu gihugu. Ni ishoramari rinini rizafata nibura imyaka ine kugira ngo ritangire gutanga umusaruro ushimishije.”

Yanavuze ko ubutaka buzahabwa uwo mushoramari butazabangamira ibindi bikorwa by’iterambere bisanzwe bikorwa muri Nyagatare. Uwo mushoramari yasabye ubutaka bungana na hegitari 11,000.

Sebahizi yavuze ko uyu mushinga uzafasha kongera umusaruro w’isukari ikorerwa mu Rwanda, kugabanya isukari itumizwa mu mahanga, guhanga imirimo mishya no guteza imbere ibikomoka ku bisheke nk’inzoga z’inganda (ethanol) ndetse n’ingufu zituruka ku bisigazwa by’uruganda.

Imibare ya Minisiteri y’Ubucuruzi n’Inganda igaragaza ko isukari yatumijwe mu mahanga yagabanutse mu mwaka wa 2025. U Rwanda rwatumije toni 195,610 z’isukari zifite agaciro ka miliyoni 145 z’amadolari ya Amerika (asaga miliyari 212 Frw), mu gihe mu mwaka wa 2024 rwari rwatumije toni 308,000 zifite agaciro ka miliyoni 238 z’amadolari (hafi miliyari 348 Frw).