Uwahoze ari umushingamategeko wa komini n'umuhuzabikorwa wa KC Tenants barahatanira umwanya w'Akarere ka 6 ka Kansas City

Akarere ka 6 ka Kansas City gahera muri Country Club Plaza kakagera ku mupaka wa Cass County. Mu matora y'Inama Njyanama y'Umujyi agiye kuba mu mujyi, Dan Tarwater wahoze ari umushingamategeko wa Jackson County na Johnathan Duncan ukora mu muryango udaharanira inyungu wita ku bahoze mu gisirikare barimo guhatanira uwo mwanya utarimo umuntu.

Irushanwa ry'aya matora rigaragaza ukutumvikana gukomeye kwa politiki muri Kansas City hagati y'abaharanira impinduka banga uko ibintu bimeze ubu kandi bashaka Kansas City ishyira imbere ibikenewe n'abaturage bayo b'intege nke kurusha abandi, n'abavuganira ibisubizo bidakabije.

Duncan na Tarwater ni bo babiri ba mbere babonye amajwi menshi mu matora y'ibanze y'umujyi yo muri Mata. Tarwater yabonye 45% by'amajwi, mu gihe Duncan yabonye 24%.

Tarwater yakoreye mu Nteko Ishingamategeko ya Jackson County kuva mu 1994 kugeza mu 2022. Avuga ko ashaka kuzana uburambe bwe bwo mu nteko ishingamategeko mu Nama Njyanama y'Umujyi.

“Igipimo cy'ibyaha kiri ku rwego rurenze ubu,” ni ko Tarwater yavuze. “Imihanda yacu yo mu turere, inzira z'abanyamaguru, imihanda minini — byose bikeneye gukorwaho.”

Duncan ni umusirikare wahoze ku rugamba mu Ngabo za Amerika (Army) wabaye muri Iraki. Ubu ni Umuyobozi ushinzwe Imikorere n'Ubuyobozi muri Veterans of Foreign Wars, ikigo kidaharanira inyungu gitanga serivisi ku bahoze ari abasirikare. Duncan amaze imyaka itatu akorana n'ihuriro ry'abakodesha ryo mu mujyi wose ryitwa KC Tenants. Avuga ko buri wese utuye muri Kansas City akwiye kuhaguma.

“Iyo turebye ibyo umujyi wacu ukeneye, byinshi muri byo ntibishobora gukemuka udafite aho utaha,” Duncan yavuze. “Hari abantu bavuga ibyo gucumbikira abantu muri gereza kandi ibyo mbona bidakwiye.”

Abashyigikiye Duncan barimo KC Tenants Power, ishami riharanira impinduka za politiki rya KC Tenants; ishami rya Kansas City rya Our Revolution; Pro-Choice Missouri; Sierra Club na Teamsters Local 41.

Tarwater ashyigikiwe na Fraternal Order of Police, Firefighters Local 42 na Northland Strong.

Duncan avuga ko umujyi ukwiye gutanga amafaranga ya Leta yo kubaka amacumbi kandi ukayakodesha ku giciro kiri munsi y'icyo ku isoko, aho guha amafaranga y'umujyi no kugabanyirizwa imisoro abubatsi baca ubukode burenze ubushobozi bw'abaturage benshi.

“Dukeneye gushora imari mu midugudu yacu kugira ngo koko twubake amacumbi abantu bashobora kwigondera,” yavuze.

Tarwater yavuze ko ashyigikiye “gufasha abantu kwifasha.”

“Ubu dukeneye gusubiza abantu mu kazi,” Tarwater yavuze. “Dukeneye gushyira abantu mu kazi ku bibanza bitandukanye by'ubwubatsi, mu mirimo ihemba neza y'amashyirahamwe y'abakozi.”

Duncan na Tarwater kandi ntibumvikanye ku bijyanye n'indishyi z'Abatuye Kansas City b'Abirabura. Umuyobozi w'Umujyi Quinton Lucas aherutse gushyiraho abantu 15 bagize Komisiyo y'Umuyobozi w'Umujyi ishinzwe Indishyi (Mayor’s Commission on Reparations) kugira ngo bige uko indishyi ku batuye Kansas City b'Abirabura zaba zimeze.

“Ntekereza ko iyo urebye uburyo ubukire bwakuwe mu miryango yacu y'Abirabura bukajyanwa ahandi, dukeneye kongera gushora imari muri iyo miryango,” Duncan yavuze. “Ku bw'ibyo, nashyigikira indishyi n'inkunga y'amafaranga ihabwa imiryango yacu y'Abirabura mu buryo butaziguye.”

Tarwater ntiyagaragaje ko ashyigikiye amafaranga ahabwa abaturage b'Abirabura mu buryo butaziguye.

“Ntekereza ko ushobora gufasha umuntu umwigisha kuroba aho kumuha ifi, bityo nahitamo cyane gukora kuri icyo kibazo binyuze mu nguzanyo zihendutse n’ibindi bintu bishobora kubafasha gutangira ubucuruzi bwigenga,” ni ko yavuze.

Duncan yavuze ko umujyi ukwiye gushora imari mu bikorwa byinshi bifasha abaturage aho kuyishora mu magereza. Kansas City irimo kujya impaka ubu niba yakoresha 1.5 million dollars mu gukora igishushanyo cya gereza nshya y’umujyi.

Duncan ntabwo atekereza ko ishami rya polisi rikwiye guha akazi abapolisi benshi kurushaho, kandi yemera ko umujyi ukwiye gutera inkunga gahunda zibanda ku mpamvu z’ibanze zitera ibyaha. Ashyigikiye ko hasubizwaho itegeko risaba abapolisi ba KCPD gutura muri Kansas City; Board of Police Commissioners yemeje politiki mu mwaka ushize yemerera abapolisi ba KCPD gutura muri Kansas.

“Dukeneye imirimo itanga umushahara utuma abantu batera imbere. Dukeneye amacumbi,” ni ko Duncan yavuze. “Ni yo mpamvu nifatanyije na KC Tenants – kuko gutanga amacumbi kandi akaba amacumbi ahendutse by’ukuri ndetse no gutuza uduce dutuyemo ari ukubuza urugomo. Imiryango yacu ikeneye amahirwe menshi kurushaho.”

Tarwater yavuze ko KCPD ikeneye abapolisi benshi kurushaho. Yavuze ko adashyigikiye itegeko ryo gutura mu mujyi kubera ukuntu bigoye kubona abajya mu myanya y’akazi.

“Tugomba kugira abapolisi hariya kuko bagomba kuba bari hanze ku irondo,” ni ko yavuze. “Tugomba gukora irondo ryo ku maguru. Dushobora ndetse no kugarura irondo rikorwa n’abagenda ku mafarasi mu mujyi rwagati tukarushaho gutuma imihanda yacu igira umutekano.”

Umwanya w’uhagarariye akarere ka gatandatu gusa, ndetse n’iyindi myanya yose 11 y’Inama Njyanama y'Umujyi, izatorerwa ku itariki ya 20 Kamena. Abatora bo muri Kansas City batuye muri Jackson County bashobora kugenzura kwiyandikisha ku ilisiti y'itora kwabo no kubona ibiro by'itora byabo ku rubuga rwa komisiyo y'amatora. Niba utuye muri Clay County, jya ku rubuga rwa Board of Election Commissioners. Abatora bo muri Platte County bashobora gusuzuma urubuga rwa Board of Elections.