NAIROBI, Kenya - Inkampani yezindiza yaseKenya imise ukuhamba kwezindiza phakathi kweNairobi neParis ngoLwesibili ngenxa yokuncipha kwesibalo sabagibeli abandizela kuleli zwe elake lazinza e-Afrika, okuyisimo sakamuva sokuwa komnotho ngenxa yezinkinga zezombusazwe ezinodlame.
Izilwane zasendle kanye namabhishi eKenya kwenze yaba indawo eyodwa ethandwa kakhulu e-Afrika, kodwa kwehle kakhulu izivakashi - kanye nemali abayilethayo - njengoba imiphumela yokhetho lwangoDisemba 27 yadedela amasonto odlame lapho abantu abangaphezu kwe-1,000 bebekhona. ubulewe.
UNobhala Wezwe laseMelika u-Condoleezza Rice ngoMsombuluko unyuse ingcindezi kosopolitiki baseKenya abancintisana nabo ukuthi bahlukaniselane izintambo zombuso, kodwa azikho izimpawu ezikhombisayo zokuthi kuzovunyelwana ngezingxoxo zoxolo eziqale phansi ngoLwesibili.
Njengoba ikusasa lingaqinisekile, imboni yezokuvakasha iqhubekile nokuhlupheka. Isikhulu esiphezulu seKenya Airways uTitus Naikuni uthe ngoLwesibili inkampani yezindiza izomisa izindiza zayo ezintathu ngesonto phakathi kweParis neNairobi kusukela ngoFebhuwari 26 ngenxa yokwehla okukhulu kokubhukha.
"Izakhamizi zaseFrance zisabele esinqumweni sikahulumeni wazo sokukhipha izeluleko zokuhambela eKenya," kuchaza uNaikuni esitatimendeni. Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi inkampani yezindiza inethemba lokuthi izindiza zizoqala kabusha ngesikhathi sesizini yokuvakasha yasehlobo yaseYurophu.
IBrithani ne-United States, nazo eziyimithombo ebalulekile yezivakashi ezivakashela eKenya, zikhiphe izeluleko zokuhamba ezixwayisa izakhamizi zazo ngokuvakashela izingxenye zeKenya. Abathwali baseBrithani baqhubekile nokundizela eKenya, yize zingekho izinkampani zezindiza zaseMelika ezithatha lolu hambo njengamanje.
I-Nairobi isebenza njengendawo yokuhamba emoyeni empumalanga ye-Afrika. Ukumiswa kuzophinde kuphazamise ukuxhumana namazwe ambalwa akhuluma isiFulentshi esifundeni, okuhlanganisa iCongo neRwanda.
Isitatimende sangoLwesibili sibe yizindaba ezimbi kakhulu embonini yezokuvakasha esivele ihlaselwe wudlame. Ogwini, lapho amakamelo amahhotela atholakalayo angu-34,000 evame ukugcwaliswa kusukela ngoDisemba kuya kuNdasa, bekunezivakashi eziyi-1,900 ekuqaleni kukaFebhuwari.
I-Kenya Private Sector Alliance ilinganise ukuthi inkinga yezombusazwe kuleliya lizwe ingase ilahle imisebenzi efinyelela ku-400,000, nokuthi ukulahlekelwa emabhizinisini kungase kufinyelele emalini elingana no-$3.6 billion ngoJuni.
Lokho kwengeze ingcindezi ezimbangini zezombusazwe zaseKenya ezizama ukwenza uhlelo olusebenzayo lokwabelana ngamandla.
Owayeyisikhulu se-UN u-Kofi Annan nguyena olamulela lezi zingxoxo, futhi uhlangane ngoLwesibili noMongameli Mwai Kibaki ukudingida izingxoxo. UKibaki uthe ngemuva kwalokho uzimisele ukusebenzisana namaqembu aphikisayo ukuthola indlela yokuphuma kule nkinga.
U-Annan noRice, abathathe uhambo losuku olulodwa eKenya ngoMsombuluko, baphusha uKibaki nomholi weqembu eliphikisayo uRaila Odinga, othi ukhetho lwebiwe kuye, ukuthi bahlukaniselane amandla.
"Ngikholwa ngokungananazi ukuthi isikhathi sokuxazulula ipolitiki bekuyizolo," kusho uRice ngaphambi kokuthi ahambe.
U-Odinga uzwakalise imizwa efanayo, wathi iqembu lakhe belinethemba lokuthi kuzofinyelelwa esivumelwaneni ngokushesha.
Lo mholi wamaqembu aphikisayo uphinde waveza okokuqala esidlangalaleni iziphakamiso zeqembu lakhe zokuqeda ukungaboni ngaso linye, ezithunyelwe ku-Annan. Kuhlanganisa ukuthi uKibaki ahlukaniselane amandla nondunankulu kanye namaphini amabili ondunankulu.
Lolu khetho, izingqapheli zakwamanye amazwe nezasekhaya ezithi lwakokotela, lubuyisele uKibaki esikhundleni ihlandla lesibili leminyaka emihlanu ngemuva kokuthi ukuhola kuka-Odinga kuhwamuke ngobusuku obubodwa. Lo mbango usuqubule ukukhononda ngomhlaba nobubha obukhungethe iKenya kusukela yathola inkululeko ngo-1963.
Impi eningi ixabanise ezinye izizwe nesizwe samaKikuyu sikaKibaki, osekunesikhathi eside sicasukile ngokubusa kwezombusazwe kanye nomnotho.
U-Annan umemezele ngesonto eledlule ukuthi izimbangi zivumelene ngokuthi ukhetho lubuyekezwe ngokuzimele kanye nokuthi kuqoqwe umthethosisekelo omusha ungakapheli unyaka, okungase kuhlahla indlela esikhundleni sikandunankulu noma enye indlela yokwabelana ngezikhundla.
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