KAMPALA, Uganda (eTN) – Inkampani ephethe izitimela esenkingeni, eyathatha izitimela zaseKenya nase-Uganda esikhathini eside esidlule, ibukeka inenye inyanga yokukhathazeka.
Njengoba bekumele babhekane nesiteleka sabasebenzi eKenya, labo hulumeni bobabili manje babonakala benike inkampani umnqamulajuqu, okuzokwelula amandla abo kuze kube sekupheleni. I-Rift Valley Railways (RVR), esanda kwamukela abanikazimasheya ababili esifundeni, ophathina abafanayo abagqugquzeli abakhulu ababevale ngaphandle mayelana nobuchwepheshe ngesikhathi kusasayinwa izinkontileka ezisemthethweni, manje sebedinga ukuqoqa imali elinganiselwa ezigidini ezingama-US $40 kungakapheli inyanga futhi okungenani. US$10 million ngaphezulu noma ngaphansi ngokushesha, futhi ubonise ubufakazi balokhu.
Ngaphambilini kutholakale ukuthi i-KFW, i-German Development Bank, ibikumisile ukukhishwa kwezimali ezibolekiwe ngenxa yokukhathazeka okungashiwongo enkampanini, okubangele ukwanda kwekhanda elibuhlungu kubaphathi benkampani.
Ushintsho oluphezulu lwabaphathi nalo lwalusohlwini olufunwa yiziphathimandla zikahulumeni wase-Kenya kanye nohulumeni wase-Uganda, okusobala ukuthi zilahlekelwe umdlandla nokuzethemba abaphathi abaphezulu be-RVR futhi bacela ukuba kumiswe u-CEO omusha kanye nosihlalo weBhodi le-RVR ngokushesha. . Leso sinyathelo senzeke ekuqaleni kwesonto lapho owayeyi-CEO u-Roy Puffet ethunyelwa ukupakisha futhi kwaqokwa umqondisi omusha.
Okunye okusha yisikhundla sikasihlalo ophethe, manje osesiphethwe nguMnuz. Brown Ondego, isakhamuzi saseMombasa esaziwayo owake waguqula izinhlanhla zeKenya Ports Authority wabeka i-KPA emgwaqeni wokuba isiphathimandla sesimanje nesiphethwe kahle. . Eminyakeni yangaphambilini, uBrown ubebuye amelele imigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi futhi aphathe imikhumbi yasolwandle lapho eza eMombasa, phakathi kokunye ukuqokwa okubalulekile.
Ukuthi ukushintshwa kabusha kwabaphathi kuzobathinta kanjani abaphathi abahlanganyelwe be-Uganda kanye neKenya Railways ezinyangeni ezizayo kusazobonakala, kodwa ithimba elisha linikeze ithemba lokuthi i-RVR ihlale “emsebenzini,” kuyilapho ihlela kabusha inkampani, ezezimali futhi inikeze abasebenzi, abaninimasheya kanye nohulumeni ababili umbono omusha.
