Umugaba w’Ikirenga w’Ingabo z’u Rwanda, Perezida wa Repubulika y’u Rwanda Paul Kagame, kuri uyu wa 17 Kamena 2026 yagize Brigadier General Patrick Karuretwa Umuvugizi mushya w’Ingabo z’u Rwanda (RDF), asimbuye Brigadier General Ronald Rwivanga uherutse guhabwa inshingano zo kuyobora umutwe w’ingabo z’Umuryango wa Afurika y’Iburasirazuba (EACRF) ushinzwe gutabara aho rukomeye.
Brig Gen Patrick Karuretwa azakomeza no gukora inshingano yari asanzwe afite zo kuba Umuyobozi Mukuru ushinzwe Imikoranire Mpuzamahanga mu Ngabo z’u Rwanda no muri Minisiteri y’Ingabo, umwanya amazeho imyaka myinshi agaragazamo ubunararibonye mu bijyanye n’ububanyi n’amahanga mu rwego rwa gisirikare.
Uyu musirikare mukuru afite amateka akomeye mu Ngabo z’u Rwanda no mu buyobozi bw’Igihugu.
Brig Gen Patrick Karuretwa yavutse ku wa 9 Ugushyingo 1974, yinjira mu rugamba rwo kubohora Igihugu mu mwaka wa 1992. Nyuma yo guhagarika Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi no kubohora Igihugu, yakomeje kuzamuka mu ntera za gisirikare no guhabwa inshingano zitandukanye z’ingenzi kugeza ageze ku rwego rwa Brigadier General.
Mu rwego rw’amashuri, Brig Gen Karuretwa ni umunyamategeko wabigize umwuga. Yarangije icyiciro cya kabiri cya kaminuza mu mategeko muri Kaminuza y’u Rwanda mu mwaka wa 2000, nyuma akomereza amasomo muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika aho yabonye impamyabumenyi y’icyiciro cya gatatu cya kaminuza (Masters) mu Mategeko Mpuzamahanga muri The Fletcher School muri Tufts University. Yanize kandi amasomo ajyanye n’umutekano mpuzamahanga n’umutekano wa muntu.
Mu rugendo rwe rw’akazi, yakoze imyaka irenga 10 mu Biro by’Umukuru w’Igihugu aho yagize inshingano zitandukanye zirimo kuba Umujyanama wa Perezida wa Repubulika mu by’umutekano hagati ya Nyakanga 2011 na Werurwe 2016. Kuva mu Ugushyingo 2013 kugeza muri Nyakanga 2021, yabaye Umujyanama Wihariye w’Umukuru w’Igihugu.
Mu Ugushyingo 2021, Perezida Kagame yamuzamuye mu ntera amuha ipeti rya Brigadier General, ahita anagirwa Umuyobozi Mukuru ushinzwe Imikoranire Mpuzamahanga mu Ngabo z’u Rwanda. Muri uwo mwanya yagize uruhare rukomeye mu guteza imbere ubufatanye bwa RDF n’izindi ngabo zo hirya no hino ku Isi.
Muri Gicurasi 2024, yayoboye intumwa z’Ingabo z’u Rwanda mu nama ya kabiri y’Ihuriro rihuza ingabo z’u Rwanda n’iz’u Bufaransa yabereye i Paris. Iyi nama yasize impande zombi zisinyanye gahunda nshya y’ubufatanye mu bya gisirikare yagombaga kuyobora imikoranire y’ibihugu byombi kugeza mu mwaka wa 2025.
Brig Gen Karuretwa yanabaye Umuyobozi ushinzwe ibikorwa muri Diviziyo ya Kabiri y’Ingabo z’u Rwanda, ndetse mu Ukuboza 2024 agirwa Perezida w’Urukiko Rukuru rwa Gisirikare, inshingano yahawe kubera ubunararibonye bwe mu mategeko no mu buyobozi.
Abamuzi bavuga ko ari umuntu ukunda gusoma ibitabo no gukora siporo. Akunda cyane koga no kwiruka, ndetse ni umwe mu bakinnyi ba Karate bageze ku rwego rwo hejuru kuko afite umukandara w’umukara (Black Belt) kandi yanakiniye Ikipe y’Igihugu ya Karate.
Ishyirwaho rya Brig Gen Patrick Karuretwa ku mwanya w’Umuvugizi w’Ingabo z’u Rwanda rije mu gihe RDF ikomeje kwagura ibikorwa byayo mu kubungabunga amahoro, umutekano no guteza imbere ubufatanye n’ibihugu bitandukanye.
