Minisitiri w’Intebe Dr. Edouard Ngirente yafunguye ku mugaragaro icyicaro gikuru cy’ikigo I&M Bank (Rwanda) Plc, cyamamaye cyane.
Iyi nyubako y'metero kare 3540 yitwa 9 ku Muhanda wa Avenue, ni igice cy'ubwitange Banki yiyemeje mu gushyigikira ubwitange bukomeye Guverinoma y'u Rwanda igaragaza mu guteza imbere no gushyigikira imijyi irambye.
Mu birori byo kuzura kw'iyi nyubako, Minisitiri w'Intebe w'u Rwanda, Dr. Edouard Ngirente, yagize ati:
“Uyu munsi, twizihiza iri ntambwe ikomeye mu rwego rw'imari mu Rwanda, Guverinoma y'u Rwanda ishimira ishoramari rya miliyari 25 z'amafaranga y'u Rwanda I&M Bank yakoreye mu kubaka Icyicaro cyayo gikuru. Twishimiye kumenya ko mu gihe cyo kubaka iyi nyubako, ibice by'ingenzi byose byakoreshejwe byakuwe mu gihugu, bikorwa n'abakandarasi, abakandarasi bato n'abajyanama b'abanyarwanda, kandi ko abakozi b'Abanyarwanda ibihumbi bitatu bakoze kuri iki kibanza mu nshingano zitandukanye. Ibi ni umusanzu ukomeye ku politiki yacu ya Made in Rwanda kandi ni inkingi ikomeye mu kongera imirimo mu Rwanda”.
Banki yashoye amafaranga arenga miliyari 25 y'amafaranga y'u Rwanda mu mushinga wo kubaka inyubako wita ku bidukikije kandi urambye, wamaze hafi imyaka 4 kugira ngo urangire.
Binyuze muri iki gishoro, igisenge cy'inyubako nshya ya Banki gitanga amashanyarazi akomoka ku mirasire y'izuba angana na 210kW, bigabanya gukenera amashanyarazi ava mu muyoboro w'igihugu. Byongeye kandi, amatafari akorerwa mu Rwanda yihariye hamwe n'amadirishya agoramye bifasha gukonjesha imbere mu nyubako, bigabanya gukoresha cyane ibikoresho bikonjesha ikirere. Ikindi kandi, inyubako ya Banki yateguwe ku buryo amazi y'imvura akusanywa akahinduka amazi yo kunywa yujuje ubuziranenge mu nyubako.
Mu gihe yavugiraga mu muhango wo gutaha iyi nyubako, Umuyobozi w'Inama y'Ubutegetsi ya I&M Bank (Rwanda) Plc, Bonaventure Niyibizi, yagize ati:
“Nk'uko ari yo banki y'ubucuruzi ya mbere mu gihugu, dushimira inkunga Guverinoma y'u Rwanda yagiriye I&M Bank mu myaka 60 ishize. Mu gihe dukomeje gufatanya kugira ngo Kigali n'u Rwanda muri rusange bibe bigenda neza mu buryo burambye, I&M Bank yiyemeje gushyigikira iterambere rirambye ry'imijyi, no gushyigikira ubucuruzi bwo mu gihugu kugira ngo butange umusanzu mu bukungu burambye bw'u Rwanda,” nk'uko Niyibizi yabivuze.
Mu muhango kandi hari Umuyobozi Mukuru Wungirije w'Itsinda, Sarit Shah, wemeje ko Itsinda ry'Banki ryiyemeje gushyigikira gahunda y'iterambere rirambye y'u Rwanda n'ubukungu bw'igihugu.
“Nishimiye kubona gutahwa kwa indi nyubako y'icyatsi ya I&M, The Avenue; ikurikira iya Kenya yitwa One Park. Inyubako ya 9 on the Avenue igaragaza ubuyobozi bwa Banki nk'indashyikirwa kandi umufatanyabikorwa w'imari mu iterambere rirambye mu gihugu no mu Burasirazuba bwa Afurika muri rusange. Nanone ndashimira Guverinoma y'u Rwanda yahanze ibidukikije byorohereza ubucuruzi no gushyigikira abashoramari nkatwe. Imbaraga zanyu n'inkunga yanyu byagize uruhare rukomeye mu ntsinzi yacu. Twizeye ko iki gishoro kizadufasha gukomeza gutera imbere no gushyigikira iterambere ry'ubukungu bw'iki gihugu.” nk'uko Bwana Shah yabivuze.
Iyi nyubako izatanga ahantu h'akazi hagezweho kandi harambye ku bakozi n'abakodesha, kandi izakomeza kuba ikimenyetso cy'ubwitange bwa banki mu kugira ingaruka nziza mu baturage bakorera.
