Gen. (Rtd) Patrick Nyamvumba ni umwe mu basirikare bakuru b’u Rwanda bafite amateka maremare haba mu rugamba rwo kubohora igihugu ndetse no mu nshingano zinyuranye yagiye akora nyuma yaho.
Dore amateka ye mu ncamake:
1. Amavuko n’amashuri
Patrick Nyamvumba yavutse ku wa 11 Kamena 1967. Amashuri ya gisirikare yayize mu bigo bikomeye, harimo ishuri rya gisirikare rya Nigerian Defence Academy riri i Kaduna muri Nigeria, aho yakuye ubumenyi bw'ibanze bwa gishizira mu gupanga ingamba.
2. Urugamba rwo kubohora igihugu
Yinjiye mu rugamba rwo kubohora igihugu rwatangiye mu 1990 (RPA/APR). Mu gihe cy’urugamba, yagiye ayobora amashami n’imitwe y’ingabo itandukanye, azwiho kuba yari umuyobozi w’umutwe w’ingabo (Battalion Commander) utajenjetse.
3. Inshingano zikomeye mu Ngabo z'u Rwanda (RDF)
Nyuma y’urugamba, Patrick Nyamvumba yazamutse mu ntera mu buryo bwihuse kubera ubushobozi bwe. Zimwe mu nshingano z’ingenzi yashinzwe harimo:
Umuyobozi w’Ishuri rya Gisirikare rya Nyakinama: Yagize uruhare rukomeye mu kubaka ubumenyi bw’abasirikare bakuru b’u Rwanda.
Umugaba Mukuru w’Ingabo z’u Rwanda (Chief of Defence Staff - CDS): Iyi nshingano yayihawe mu mwaka wa 2013 kugeza mu 2019. Ni we wari ukuriye ingabo zose z’u Rwanda muri icyo gihe.
4. Inshingano Mpuzamahanga
Gen. Nyamvumba azwi cyane ku rwego mpuzamahanga kubera kuyobora ubutumwa bw’amahoro:
Yabaye Umugaba w’Ingabo z’Umuryango w’Abibumbye n’iz’Afurika Yunze Ubumwe muri Darfur (UNAMID) kuva mu 2009 kugeza mu 2013. Muri icyo gihe, yayoboye ingabo zisaga 17,000, maze ashimwa cyane n'amahanga kubera gushyira ku murongo umutekano muri ako karere k’uburengerazuba bwa Sudani.
5. Inshingano muri Guverinoma no gusezerera mu gisirikare
Muri Ugushyingo 2019, yagizwe Minisitiri w’Umutekano mu Gihugu (Internal Security).
Muri Mata 2020, yavuye kuri uyu mwanya bitewe n'iperereza ryakorwaga ku bijyanye n'imicungire y'umutungo.
Muri Kamena 2023, ni bwo yasezerewe mu gisirikare cy’u Rwanda ku buryo bw’uburyo bwemewe (Retirement) ari kumwe n’abandi basirikare bakuru barimo Gen. James Kabarebe na Gen. Fred Ibingira.
Gen. (Rtd) Patrick Nyamvumba afatwa nk’umuhanga mu by’ingamba za gisirikare (Military Strategist) kandi yubashywe cyane kubera uruhare rwe mu kubaka RDF nk’ingabo zifite ikinyabupfura n’ubunyamwuga.
