Abanyamakuru bakunze kuba imbere mu gutara inkuru zinyuranye ariko ntibakunze kwitondera niba bafite ibibazo by’ubuzima bwo mu mutwe nk’indwara y’agahinda gakabije nyuma y’ibyago (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – PTSD). Bakurikirana ibintu bitandukanye nko kuhashya impanuka, ibitambo by’abapfuye, imirwano, cyangwa kwitabira ibikorwa bya politiki aho akenshi bahura n’abanyepolitiki babatuka cyangwa ibindi bibazo bikomeye.
Mu bihe bisanzwe, abanyamakuru benshi bata inkuru ziteye ubwoba ntibashakisha inama cyangwa ubufasha ngo babashe kubaho neza. Ibibazo by’ubuzima bwo mu mutwe ni ukuri kandi bishobora kugera kuri buri muntu, harimo n’abanyamakuru.
Ishami ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye ryita ku Buzima (OMS) ryumvikanisha ubuzima bwo mu mutwe nk’ “imimerere myiza y’ubuzima aho umuntu amenya ubushobozi bwe, akaba ashobora guhangana n’imbogamizi zisanzwe z’ubuzima, gukora neza kandi akagira icyo amarira umuryango.” OMS inasobanura indwara y’ubuzima bwo mu mutwe nk’ “ihungabana rikomeye rifatika mu mitekerereze y’umuntu, mu mitego y’amarangamutima, cyangwa mu myitwarire.”
Mu gihe turimo kwizihiza umunsi w’ubuzima bwo mu mutwe ejo (ku wa 10 Ukwakira 2024), natekereje gusangiza iyi nkuru no kugaragaza bimwe mu bibazo bikomeye abanyamakuru b’iki gihe bahura nabyo.
Nk’uko Umuyobozi Mukuru wa Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture (MESHA) Aghan Daniel abivuga, abanyamakuru bakunze gukora cyane kandi ntibatekerezweho ku bijyanye n’ubufasha bw’inyunganiramagambo no ku ruhande rw’ubuzima bwo mu mutwe.
Bwana Daniel yavuze ko abanyamakuru babona ibintu bikomeye batari biteze kandi bafite igitutu cyo gutanga inkuru mu gihe gito, rimwe na rimwe bakora ahantu batishyurwa neza ariko hagakenerwa byinshi kuri bo.
Aganira, yagize ati: “Aba ni abanyamakuru bata inkuru zifite amashusho mabi cyane, umuriro uraka, abantu batwitswe bikabije, bakajya gutara inkuru z’abafite ubuzima bubi cyane. Batahira ibikorwa bituma rimwe na rimwe barira. Abanyamakuru bakunze kugira igitutu gitangwa n’abayobozi babo. Bamwe mu bayobozi basaba ruswa cyangwa babuza abanyamakuru uburenganzira bwabo.’’
Bwana Daniel yavuze ko abayobozi b’ibi bigo by’itangazamakuru nabo baba bafite ibyago byo kugira ibibazo by’ubuzima bwo mu mutwe kubera igitutu bafite mu gukosora inkuru zitandukanye, gushakisha inkuru zikuru, no gusaba abanyamakuru gukora cyane.
Yavuze ko abanyamakuru nabo ari abantu nk’abandi, bafite ubuzima busanzwe, bashobora kubura abo bakundana cyangwa guhura n’ibindi bibazo bikomeye mu buzima bwabo bwite. Ibi byose bishobora kubagiraho ingaruka mu mutwe.
Bwana Daniel yavuze ko ikindi kibazo gihangayikishije abanyamakuru benshi ni irari ry’ubwamamare. “Abandi bashaka kumenyekana bagakora ibintu byose ngo babigereho. Ikindi kintu gitera ibibazo by’ubuzima bwo mu mutwe mu banyamakuru benshi b’Abanyafurika ni ikibazo cyo kutishyura amafaranga yo kwishyura inzu. Hari n’abarangiza mu mibanire y’itotezwa kubera ko bakeneye amafaranga yo kubatunga,” Bwana Daniel yavuze.
Yakomeje avuga ko MESHA iri mu biganiro n’abafatanyabikorwa bayo ngo hatangwe gahunda yihariye yo gutanga ubufasha bwo mu mutwe ku banyamakuru bashaka ubufasha bw’inyunganiramagambo. Banateganya gutangiza umurongo wa telefone utishyurwa aho abanyamakuru bashobora kubona ubufasha bw’ihungabana.
Umusesenguzi w’imitekerereze yo mu mutwe ukorera muri Klinik 6 mu Bitaro Bikuru bya Kaminuza (UTH) Monica Chirwa, nawe akaba umwarimu w’igihe gito, yavuze ko yihaye intego yo gukora ubushakashatsi ku kwiyahura ndetse amaze gufasha abantu benshi bafite ibibazo byo mu mutwe.
Madamu Chirwa yavuze ko ibibazo byo mu mutwe akenshi biterwa n’agahinda gakabije gashobora guterwa no kubura akazi, kubura ikiruhuko gihagije, ibibazo by’amafaranga, kutagira umuryango uhamye, cyangwa gutakaza ibyiringiro mu kugera ku ntego z’ubuzima cyangwa ku kazi.
Yasobanuye ko ibimenyetso by’agahinda gakabije ari ukwiyongera kw’amarangamutima atandukanye, guhorana ibibazo byo gusinzira, cyangwa gukoresha nabi igihe. Yavuze ko agahinda gakabije gashobora gutera ibitekerezo byo kwiyahura cyangwa ibindi bibazo by’ubuzima bwo mu mutwe, kandi ko igisubizo ari ugushaka ubufasha cyangwa inama.
Madamu Chirwa yavuze ko abanyamakuru nk’abandi bantu bose bakwiye gushaka ubufasha kugira ngo birinde ibibazo byo mu mutwe. Yavuze ko benshi mu barwayi bafite ibibazo byo mu mutwe babashije gushaka ubufasha kare baba batarwaye cyane.
Yasoje asaba abantu kugerageza kugira ubuzima bworoheje no kwihangana mu bihe bikomeye.
