Kuri iki cyumweru tariki ya 30 Ugushingo 2025 mu karere ka Huye habereye irushanwa rya ‘Huye Half Marathon’ ku nshuro yaryo ya gatatu irushanwa ryakinwe mu byiciro by’abagabo n’abagore, harimo abakinnyi bakinnye babigize umwuga ndetse n’abandi babikoze mu rwego rwa siporo busanzwe.

Ni igikorwa cyahurije hamwe abaturage bo mu turere dutandukanye bo mu Ntara y’Amajyepfo, harimo abo mu karere ka Huye, Gisagara, Nyamagabe, ndetse n’abaturage baturutse mu mujyi wa Kigali. Uretse abaturage kandi iri rushanwa ryitabiriwe n’abayobozi bo mu nzego zitandukanye zirimo iza karere n’izo ku rwego rw’igihugu barimo Minisitiri w’Uburezi, Perezida w’Inama Njyanama y’Akarere, Umuyobozi w’Akarere ka Huye n’uw’Akarere ka Gisagara, abayobozi b’inzego z’umutekano mu Ntara y’Amajyepfo n’abandi bafatanyabikorwa batandukanye.

Abasiganwa ku rwego rw’itiriwe irushanwa Huye Half Marathon mu kiciro cy’abakobwa n’abasore basiganwe mu birometero 21. Hanakozwe kandi amasiganwa ku magare, isiganwa ku magare y’abafite ubumuga ndetse n’abiruka bitagamije kuruhanwa (Run for fun).

Abasiganwa mu babigize umwuga, mu kiciro cy’abakobwa n’abahungu, buri wa mbere yahembwe  ishimwe ry’amafaranga ibihumbi 400,000 Frw.

Mu kiciro cy’abasore uwatsinze yabaye Ndayisenga Ipimake usanzwe ukinira ikipe ya Polisi y’u Rwanda, na we ahabwa ishimwe ry’amafaranga angana na 400,000 Frw.

Umuyobozi w’Akarere ka Huye Ange Sebutege yavuze ko nubwo iri siganwa rya Huye Half Marathon ryari rimaze imyaka 3 ritaba, byose byari byatewe nuko ryari ryahuriranye n’icyorezo cya COVID-19 bituma rihagara, agatanga ikizere cy’uko ubu rigiye kuba isiganwa rya buri mwaka ndetse rikanongezwamo imbaraga.

Yagize ati “Ibi byose tubikora tugamije guteza imbere impano za bato ndetse no guteza imbere imibereho myiza y’abaturage kubera ko sport ari ubuzima. Iri siganwa ryari ryarahagaze, urebye ryari rimaze imyaka 3 ritaba kubera ibibazo by’intwara z’ibyorezo byari byugarije igihugu, ariko icyo twishimira ni uko ubu icyo kibazo cyakemutse. Bityo rero iri siganwa rigiye guhora riba buri mwaka ndetse turimo dutekereza n’uko ryajya rihuzwa n’indi mikino kugira ngo rirusheho kuba ryiza cyane.”

Minisitiri w’Uburezi Joseph Nsengimana yashimiye byimazeyo abitabiriye irushanwa ndetse anatanga ikizere cy’uko rishobora kongerwamo imbaraga bityo rikajya ritangirizwa mu mashuri abanza mu rwego rwo gutegura abakinnyi beza bashobora no guserukira igihugu.

Yagize ati “Iri siganwa ahanini rigamije guteza imbere imibereho myiza y’abaturage ariko nanone rigafasha abakiri bato kwiteza imbere bifashishije impano zabo. Mwa bibonye ko benshi mu bakinnye ari abanyeshuri, ni byiza ko rero isiganwa nk’iri rishyirwamo imbaraga kandi nk’ubuyobozi turimo tureba uko ryajya ritangirizwa no mu mashuri abanza kugira ngo bakurane uwo muco, ndetse no mu bihe biri imbere wenda tuzabonamo abakinnyi beza bashobora no kuduserukira nk’igihugu.”

Iri siganwa rya Huye Half Marathon ribaye ku nshuro yaryo ya gatatu, bikaba biteganyijwe ko rigiye kujya riba buri mwaka nk’uko byari bisanzwe mbere y’uko muri 2020 ryari ryahagarikishijwe n’icyorezo cya COVID-19 cyari cyugarije u Rwanda.