Ingingo zirafatwa, ariko abantu bakaguma bakoresha abana batarakwiza imyaka yo gukora. Aha i Bujumbura ndetse no mu yindi mihingo y’igihugu, abana bafise hagati y’imyaka cenda na cumi n’umwe, usanga bariko bakora ubuzi bwo mu nzu, kudandaza canke ubundi bwose abo bita “aba boss” babatuma. Abo bana babona amakuba menshi; nk’uko Eric* na Aline* babituyagira hano.
Nitwa Eric, mfise imyaka cumi n’umwe. Mvuka mu muryango ukenye cane. Kugira turonke ico dufungura, hari ku gihamana. Ubwo bukene ni bwo bwatumye ntabandanya amashure yanje, n’aho yariko aranyorohera kandi nkiri muto. Nabonye kazoza kanje n’ak’umuryango kataboneka neza, nca mpitamwo kuja kurondera iyo nisumamwo, n’aho nyene bigoye.
Narijijanije imitima, ndaraba kuja i Gitega, ariko nkabona hatomfasha gutera imbere. Niko guhitamwo kuja mu gisagara ca Bujumbura. Sinagira uwunyakira. Nashikiye kurara mw’ibarabara.
Haheze nk’amezi atatu, nahuye n’ umuvyeyi arantora, ambaza igituma ndi mw’ibarabara. Ndamwiganira ivyanshikiye, nawe nyakuntunga anyumvira akagongwe, maze anjana kuba iwe.
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