Mu bihugu byinshi by’Afurika, imyemerere y’abayobozi benshi ikunze gushingira ku ya gikristo, kandi igira uruhare runini mu miyoborere yabo.
Abaperezida barimo ab’ u Rwanda, u Burundi, Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Kongo (DRC), Tanzaniya, Kenya, Uganda, na Sudani y’Amajyepfo ni bo tugiye kugarukaho muri iyi nkuru. (RDC nubwo itari muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba, iri kuri uru rutonde).
1. Rwanda – Paul Kagame
• Idini: Abakristo
• Izina ry’Itorero: Kiliziya Gatolika
• Imyemerere: Perezida Paul Kagame ni Umukristo muri Kiliziya Gatolika. Yakuriye mu muryango wa Kiliziya Gatolika.
2. Burundi – Évariste Ndayishimiye
• Idini: Abakristo
• Izina ry’Itorero: Kiliziya Gatolika
• Imyemerere: Perezida Évariste Ndayishimiye ni Umukristo muri Kiliziya Gatolika, kandi ukwemera kwe kugira ingaruka nziza ku miyoborere ye y’igihugu.
• Ibikorwa by’Idini:
o Ndayishimiye yitabiriye Misa yo gushimira muri Katederali ya Bujumbura, ubwo yinjiraga mu biro by’umukuru w’igihugu mu mwaka wa 2020.
o Yitabira ibirori bya Pasika, akizihiza iminsi mikuru ya Kiliziya Gatolika.
3. Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo (DRC) – Félix Tshisekedi
• Idini: Abakristo
• Izina ry’Itorero: Kiliziya Gatolika
• Imyemerere: Perezida Félix Tshisekedi asengera muri Kiliziya Gatolika. Yitabira amasengesho ya Kiliziya Gatolika mu gihugu no hanze yacyo.
• Ibikorwa by’Idini:
o Tshisekedi yitabiriye Misa yo kwizihiza isabukuru y’ubwigenge bw’igihugu muri Notre-Dame du Congo Cathedral mu murwa mukuru Kinshasa.
o Yagaragaje ko Kiliziya Gatolika igira uruhare rukomeye mu gukemura ibibazo by’amahoro n’umutekano.
4. Tanzaniya – Samia Suluhu Hassan
• Idini: Islam
• Izina ry’Itorero: N/A (Ukwemera kwa Islam)
• Imyemerere: Perezida Samia Suluhu Hassan ni Umwisilamu, akaba ari we mugore wa mbere wabaye perezida wa Tanzaniya. Ukuri ku kwemera kwe kwa Islam ni ikintu kigaragara mu mvugo n’imyitwarire ye, kandi yitabira amasengesho ya Eid al-Fitr na Eid al-Adha.
• Ibikorwa by’Idini:
o Yitabira amasengesho ya Eid akomeye mu gihugu, nko kwizihiza Eid al-Fitr ndetse na Eid al-Adha, yifatanya n’abandi Bayisilamu mu masengesho atandukanye.
5. Kenya – William Ruto
• Idini: Abakristo (Evangelical / Pentekoste)
• Izina ry’Itorero: Itorero ry’Evangelical (Redeemed Gospel Church)
• Imyemerere: Perezida William Ruto ni Umukristo muri Evangelical, rikaba rifitanye isano n’Itorero rya Redeemed Gospel Church ry’Abapentekositi. Ruto asengera muri iri torero kandi yagaragaje kenshi uko ukwemera kwe gukomeye mu miyoborere ye.
• Ibikorwa by’Idini:
o Ruto yitabira kenshi amasengesho n’ibikorwa by’idini muri Redeemed Gospel Church i Nairobi. Yanitabiriye ibirori bya Prayers for the Nation n’ibindi bikorwa by’isengesho ku rwego rw’igihugu.
o Ku itariki ya 13 Kanama 2022, yitabiriye igikorwa cyo gusenga kuri National Prayer Breakfast ubwo yari amaze gutsinda amatora.
6. Uganda – Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
• Idini: Abakristo (Evangelical / Pentekoste)
• Izina ry’Itorero: Itorero rya Pentekoste (Born-Again Christian)
• Imyemerere: Perezida Yoweri Museveni ni Umukristo mu Itorero rya Pentekosti (Born-Again Christian). Museveni avuga ko ukwemera kwe kwabaye intandaro y’iterambere ry’igihugu n’amahoro.
• Ibikorwa by’Idini:
o Yitabira ibikorwa byo gusenga ari kumwe n’abaturage muri Pentekoste ku buryo busanzwe, ndetse yitabira n’ibikorwa bikomeye bya Uganda Martyrs Day cyangwa ibirori by’ukwezi kwa Noheli n’Ibindi bikorwa by’amasengesho.
o Yitabiriye kandi Igikorwa cyo gusenga mu Ngoro ya Kololo mu mwaka wa 2018 ubwo hizihizwaga isabukuru y’imyaka 32 igihugu cyari kimaze kigaruye ubuyobozi bwiza.
7. Sudani y’Amajyepfo – Salva Kiir Mayardit
• Idini: Abakristo
• Izina ry’Itorero: Kiliziya Gatolika
• Imyemerere: Perezida Salva Kiir Mayardit ni uwo muri Kiliziya Gatolika. Akenshi yitabira ibirori n’amasengesho ya Kiliziya Gatolika, yifatanya n’abandi mu gusengera amahoro no kubaho mu gihugu kizira intambara.
• Ibikorwa by’Idini:
o Kiir yitabiriye Misa kuri St. Theresa Cathedral mu murwa mukuru wa Juba, asengera hamwe n’abaturage mu bihe by’ingenzi by’igihugu.
o Yanitabiriye amasengesho yo gusaba amahoro n’ubumwe mu gihe cy’ibibazo bya politiki byari byugarije igihugu.