Amathani ezimbali ezibiza izigidi zamasheleni okumele zithunyelwe kwamanye amazwe alele esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Eldoret ngenxa yokuntuleka kwezindiza ezithwala impahla ezizoziyisa ezimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe.
Le nkinga ilandela ukumiswa kwezindiza ezithwala impahla eziya edolobheni ngenxa yodlame lwangemva kokhetho olwanyakazisa lesi sifunda.
UNobhala Unomphela wezokuThutha, uGerrishon Ikiara, uthe isikhumulo sezindiza, esiqophe ukwanda kwenani lezindiza ngaphambi kokhetho lukazwelonke lwangonyaka odlule, sibe nezinkinga ngenxa yale nkinga.
Uthe yize kunesidingo esikhulu sezimbali ezivela e-Eldoret kodwa izinkampani zezindiza eziningi ziwubambile lo mzila ngenxa yokungaphephi. Uqhube wathi abathenga kwamanye amazwe sebethembele ezimbalini zaseNaivasha.
“Izinkampani zezindiza ezithwala impahla eziya e-Eldoret ziyathinteka ngemuva kokuthi izinkampani ezinkulu zamazwe ngamazwe ziyekile ukusebenza lapho. Nokho siyazama ukubancenga ukuthi babuye,” kusho u-Ikiara.
“Basabela ukuthi impahla yabo ngeke iphephe. Noma beze nemithwalo abanaso isiqiniseko sokuthi bazofika yini lapho beya khona ngenxa yesiphithiphithi,” engeza.
“Ngemuva kokuthi izindiza ezinkulu eziqashiwe eziya esikhumulweni sezindiza ziyekile ukusebenza, ezinye nazo zalandela. Okokuqala, kwaba yizinkampani zezindiza ezihleliwe kwase kuthi izindiza eziqashiwe nazo zamiswa,” wengeza.
Uthe ezinye izindiza zabagibeli ezindiza kweminye imizila zibhekene nezinselelo ezifanayo.
Zihlanganisa iKisumu, iMombasa, iMalindi, iLamu neMasai Mara.
“Izinkampani eziningi zezindiza azikwazi ukusebenza kahle, ikakhulukazi lezo ezithembele kubavakashi.
Khonamanjalo, iKenya Ports Authority (KPA) kanye neRift Valley Railways seziqale insizakalo yesitimela esihamba phakathi kweMombasa neNairobi ukuze kunqandwe ukuminyana kwechweba.
Le nkonzo, eqala ngoMgqibelo, kuhloswe ngayo ukuhambisa amanye amakhonteyina aqondiswe eNairobi, entshonalanga yeKenya nangale kwawo ayiswe endaweni ebanzi kakhulu ese-KPA eNairobi ezinze ezweni.
Umphathi wechweba le-KPA kanye nomphathi omkhulu wemisebenzi, uKapteni Twalib Khamis uthe itheku linenani eliphelele lama-TEU angu-17,000 -amamitha angamashumi amabili alingana namamitha angamashumi amabili - inombolo ebivimbela ukusebenza kahle.
Ukusebenza kwamachweba kuthinteke kabi ngenxa yesiphithiphithi sangemva kokhetho esaphazamisa uhlelo lwezokuthutha okuhlanganisa nokusebenza kukaloliwe oya entshonalanga yeKenya nase-Uganda.
“Ngokubambisana kwazo zonke izinhlaka ezithintekayo, ichweba liletha amakhonteyna angu-800 ngosuku ngamahora angu-24,” kusho uKhamis esitatimendeni. "Lokhu kukhuphuka kusuka kumakhonteyina angama-30 ngosuku ngemuva kokhetho." Uthe imikhumbi engu-16 imise ethekwini kanti emihlanu ilindile.
Uveze ukuthi ukuhoxiswa kwezinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili okwanikezwa i-KPA ukuze kunxeshezelwe izinsuku zokusebenza ezilahlekile ngamaholidi amade okhetho, kubangele ukusabela okuhle futhi sekuqoqwe nempahla eminingi.
UKhamis ukuqinisekisile ukuthi ichweba limile okwesikhashana ukuphatha izimpahla eziya eTanzania futhi esikhundleni salokho wacela abathumeli ukuthi bathathe umthwalo ngqo.
