Amazwe aseMpumalanga Afrika agubha iminyaka eyishumi yokuhlasela kwamaphekula kuqaphe kakhulu

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (eTN) – Izifundazwe zaseMpumalanga Afrika zihlale ziqaphile kuleli sonto ngemuva kokuba umsolwa oyedwa wamaphekula owayengungqondongqondo ekuqhunyisweni kwamahhovisi enxusa laseMelika eTanzania naseKenya, uFazul Abdullah Mohammed ebike ukuthi weqe inetha lamaphoyisa eKenya ngempelasonto edlule.

Uhlonzwe njengomunye wabasolwa nozakwabo oshisekayo we-al-Qaeda, uFazul ungumsolwa oqavile owahlela ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ngesikhathi esisodwa kwamahhovisi enxusa laseMelika eDar es Salaam naseNairobi ngo-Agasti 7, 1998, kwashona abantu abangu-225.

Ngesikhathi sokuqhuma okuhlasele amahhovisi enxusa laseMelika ebelisendaweni eyakhiwe kwa-Israel okungeyeTanzania Tourist Board (TTB) eDar es Salaam, kwashona abantu abangu-11 kwathi abanye abangu-85 balimala kanzima.

Ukuqhuma kweNairobi kubulale abantu abangu-206 kwashiya abangaphezu kuka-5,000 belimele. Esigamekweni sangempelasonto edlule, amaphoyisa aseKenya abe nomkhankaso omkhulu wokuthungatha abasolwa, avala yonke imizila esuka edolobheni laseMalindi nelabavakashi, enyakatho nechweba laseMombasa, ukuze avimbe umsolwa kanye nabanye abezamaphekula ukuba baphume eKenya.

Enhlokodolobha yaseTanzania, iDar es Salaam, amaphoyisa kanye nabanye abezokuphepha bebeqaphe ngokugcwele ngasekuqaleni kwaleli sonto ngemuva kokuzwa ngokuphunyuka kukaFazul ogibeni lwamaphoyisa aseKenya.

“Sisebenzisana nezinhlaka zezokuphepha zaseKenya mayelana nemibiko evela eKenya. Izinhlaka zethu ezilwa namaphekula nezinye izinhlaka zezokuphepha ziqaphile futhi zikulungele ukuthatha izinyathelo ezifanele,” kusho umkhuzi wamaphoyisa waseTanzania uPaul Chagonja.

Amaphoyisa aseTanzania esaba ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi uFazul weqe imingcele yaseKenya engena eTanzania. Ukweqa komsolwa wamaphekula kubikwe ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuthi uMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika ukhiphe isixwayiso kuzo zonke izakhamizi zaseMelika uzixwayisa ngokuthi zingayi eMpumalanga Afrika ngenxa yokugubha iminyaka engu-10 kwaqhunyiswa amabhomu eDar es Salaam naseNairobi.

Ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, amalungu amathathu omndeni okuthiwa abehambisana noFazul babekwe icala enkantolo yaseKenya eMombasa ngezizathu zokusiza amaphekula ukuthi agweme ukuboshwa mayelana nokuhlasela kwebhomu endaweni yezivakashi eMalindi ngoNovemba 28, 2002. okungenani abantu abayi-12 ehhotela.

UMahfudh Ashur Hemed, unkosikazi wakhe uLuftiya Abubakar Bashrahil kanye nendodana yabo u-Ibrahim Mahfudh Ashur bayiswe enkantolo ngokuba yizingcweti ekugcineni nasekusizeni uFazul ngemuva kokuhlasela kweParadise Beach Resort eKikambala.

UFazul Abdullah uphunyuke inetha lamaphoyisa ngempelasonto edlule, ngemuva kwamahora amathathu kuphela abehamba nabo beboshiwe baphenywa ngemibuzo ngamaphoyisa alwa nobushokobezi eMalindi.

Ngesikhathi somkhankaso wangempelasonto edlule, ithimba lamaphoyisa aseKenya lamaphoyisa angu-25 ligasele emzini ose-Indian Ocean edolobheni laseMalindi lapho kukholakala ukuthi uFazul ubecashe khona.

Bebesebenza ngolwazi abalutholile ngemuva kokuphenya abanye abasolwa ngo-Ibrahim Mahfoudh noyise, uMahfoudh Ashour.

Amaphoyisa amgeje ngokulambisa uFazul, kodwa athola amapasi amabili kanye nekhompyutha ephathekayo amaphoyisa akholelwa ukuthi bezishiywe ngesikhathi umsolwa wamaphekula ebalekela inetha lamaphoyisa.

Amapasi angaphandle abe nezithombe zikaFazul kuyilapho ikhompuyutha ingavaliwe.

Amaphoyisa athi kungenzeka ukuthi uFazul weqe umngcele waseSomalia waya eKenya ebalekela amaphoyisa e-US abelokhu egxile ekusesheni kwawo eMogadishu, inhloko-dolobha yaseSomalia.

Selokhu kwahlasela eDar es Salaam naseNairobi, iziphathimandla zikholelwa ukuthi uFazul ubecashe eSomalia kodwa kunezinkomba zokuthi ubenganyonyobela abuyele eKenya.

Abezokuphepha bakholelwa ukuthi kube nokunye ukuhlasela kwamaphekula emoyeni eMpumalanga Afrika okuhlelwe ukunyakazisa izindawo ezahlukahlukene. .

UFazul Abdullah Mohammed unemali engu-$5 million ekhanda lakhe ngezinsolo zokuhlela ukuhlasela kwamaphekula ngo-1998. Kuthiwa ubeseKenya ukuyofuna usizo lwezinso, kusho iphoyisa laseKenya.

Okhulumela amaphoyisa aseKenya u-Eric Kiraithe uthe uphiko olulwa namaphekula luqhuba umkhankaso ogwini lwaseKenya.

Umsolwa oneminyaka engu-32 ubudala okusolwa ukuthi uyilungu le-al-Qaeda ungowaseComoros Islands, olwandle i-Indian Ocean, ngasogwini lwase-Afrika.

UFazul wajoyina i-al-Qaeda e-Afghanistan futhi waqeqeshwa lapho no-Osama bin Laden ngaphambi kokuba nguthisha esikoleni sezenkolo enyakatho yeKenya maphakathi nawo-1990. Waboshwa ngamaphoyisa aseKenya ngo-2002 ngecala lokukhwabanisa amakhadi okuthenga ngesikweletu, kodwa wabaleka ngemuva kosuku wabalekela eSomalia eyayicekelwe phansi yimpi lapho iziphathimandla zikholelwa ukuthi ubelokhu ecashe kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.