Muri Kenya, ni bake batekereza kubona umubikira uhagaze imbere y’Urukiko Rukuru, yambaye imyambaro y’ububikira, asobanura imanza n’inyandiko z’amategeko ku buryo bw’umwuga. Ariko, Umubikira Immaculate Muthoni abigaragaza buri munsi.
Ni umunyamuryango w’itsinda Little Sisters of Saint Francis (LOSSF), ariko si umubikira gusa; ni n’umunyamategeko, umwarimu muri Kaminuza Gatolika yo muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba, ndetse akaba n’umutoza wemewe n’Ikigo cy’Igihugu cy’Amahugurwa mu by’Amategeko cya Kenya.
Uburyo akora ubuzima bw’idini n’ubutegetsi bw’amategeko ni bwo butangaje. Ati: “Kuba umubikira no kuba umunyamategeko ni impande ebyiri z’umuhamagaro umwe. Ubuzima bw’ububikira bungira kwihangana, imbabazi no gusenga; amategeko ampa uburyo bwo gushyira ibyo mu bikorwa, no guha abantu ubutabera nyabwo.”
Umuhamagaro Uturuka mu Ishuri no mu Muryango
Yavukiye mu muryango w’abaprotestanti, ariko yakuze akunda Imana cyane. Nubwo nyina yari umu-protestanti, yamwemereye kujya kwiga ku ishuri rya Kiliziya Gatolika rya Little Sisters of Saint Francis (LOSSF), aho yakundaga idini kubera urugero rwiza yabonaga ku babikira bayoboye iryo shuri.
Ati: “Nabwiye Mama ko nshaka kubatizwa, arabyemera. Naje kuba Umukatolika, ndakomezwa, uko niko nabaye umugaturika.”
Nubwo yabonye umuhamagaro wo kuba umubikira akiri mu mashuri yisumbuye, nyina ntiyabishimye ariko inshuti ya nyina yamugiriye inama yo gukurikira uwo muhanga, maze nyina amwemerera n’umugisha.
Kuva mu Siyansi ya Politiki Kugera mu Mategeko
Nk’umwana w’inkumi, Muthoni yari yifuza kwiga siyansi ya politiki, ariko amategeko y’idini Gatolika yamubuza kwiga ayo masomo. Yasanze kwiga amategeko bizamufasha guha abantu ubutabera.
Ati: “Nahise mbona ko amategeko ari uburyo bwo gufasha abantu bakeneye ubutabera, bitabangamiye umuhamagaro wanjye.”
Yagize uruhare rwa mbere mu rukiko arwanira umujura ufatiwe ku kigo cy’amashuri. Yatsinze urubanza maze ahitamo gukomeza inzira y’amategeko.
Umubikira mu Rukiko
Immaculate avuga ko kuba umubikira atavangura ubuzima bwe n’akazi k’ubutegetsi. “N’ubwo ndi umubikira, mu rukiko nshyira mu bikorwa amategeko kandi nongeramo impuhwe n’ituze aho abandi babona amakimbirane.”
Hari imanza atemera gukora kubera imyemerere ye, zirimo izirebana n’inda, ubwicanyi cyangwa ruswa. Ati: “Umurongo ngenderaho ni imyizerere yanjye.” Abayobozi b’urukiko bavuga ko umubikira mu rukiko atanga umwuka mwiza kandi bikagabanya amakimbirane.
Imishahara n’Umurimo w’Ubutabera
Amafaranga yose Muthoni akorera ajya mu kigega cy’umuryango we, afasha abarimu, abaganga n’abajyanama b’ubuzima. Ati: “Nta faranga na rimwe nkiriye ku giti cyanjye. Ni indahiro y’ubukene n’umuhamagaro wanjye.”
Ingaruka n’Ubuhamya
Uretse akazi k’ububikira no mu rukiko, atanga amahugurwa ku mategeko no ku gucunga imishinga. Yarangije Masters mu mategeko muri Kaminuza Gatolika yo muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba mu 2019, kandi yakoranye n’ibigo bikomeye harimo Amazon.
Ati: “Ubuzima bwanjye bwerekana ko kwizera no gukora mu mategeko bishobora guhura. Buri rubanza n’urwego rwo gushyira mu bikorwa indangagaciro n’impuhwe.”
Immaculate Muthoni ni isomo ry’ukuntu umuntu ashobora guhuza umwuga n’umuhamagaro, agaragaza ko ububikira n’ubutabera bihurira mu murimo umwe w’ubuzima.
