Lokhu kulandela isinqumo sekhabhinethi esenziwa ngoMsombuluko, Febhuwari 14, 2022. Ukuze kufezwe lokhu, isitatimende sabezindaba esisayinwe nguMqondisi Wezempilo Jikelele, uMnyango Wezempilo, uDkt Henry G. Mwebesa, sifundeka ngengxenye ukuthi i-COVID- Ukuhlolwa kwe-19 kwabo bonke abahambi abangena esikhumulweni sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe sase-Entebbe lapho befika kumisiwe kusukela ngoFebhuwari 16, 2022.
Ukumiswa kokuhlolwa okuyimpoqo kungenxa yokwehla kwamacala amahle ahlonzwe esikhumulweni sezindiza kanye nokuncipha kosongo lomhlaba wonke lokuhlukahluka kokukhathazeka okusha. Ingozi encishisiwe yokungeniswa kwamanye amazwe kwezinhlobonhlobo ezikhathazayo kunciphisa amathuba okudluliselwa komphakathi.
Kodwa-ke, imfuneko yokuhlolwa kwe-COVID-19 amahora angama-72 ngaphambi kokugibela kubo bobabili abahambi abangenayo nabaphumayo isasebenza.
Abasebenzi bezempilo esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Entebbe International Airport bazoqhubeka nokuhlola bonke abahambi lapho befika nalapho besuka futhi baqinisekise izitifiketi zokuhlolwa kwe-COVID-19.
Lokhu kuphinde kwaphindwa oNgqongqoshe ababili okuhlanganisa noNgqongqoshe Wezemisebenzi Nezokuthutha, uJenene Katumba Wamala, kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezempilo, uDkt. Jane Ruth Aceng.
Ngesikhathi ehlangene namalungu eKomidi LePhalamende LamaKhomishini, Iziphathimandla Zomthetho kanye Nezamabhizinisi Ombuso (i-COSASE), uGeneral Katumba uthe: “Uhulumeni unqume ukuthi ngeke kuphinde kuhlolwe esikhumulweni sezindiza; kuzoba ukukhetha. Isibonelo, uma umhambi engenawo umphumela wamahora angu-72 [wokuhlolwa kwe-COVID] futhi enezimpawu, azokhethwa ukuthi ahlolwe, kodwa ukuhlola wonke umgibeli ozayo, ngeke kwenzeke.”
UNgqongqoshe Wezempilo, uDkt. J. Aceng, uthe ukuhlolwa okuyimpoqo kwabahambi kuzophela kuwo wonke amachweba okungena. Nokho, wacacisa: “NjengoMnyango Wezempilo, sihlala siqaphile nganoma isiphi isenzakalo. Nokho, ukuhlolwa kwamahora angu-72 [ukufaneleka kwemiphumela] kubahambi ngaphambi kokugibela noma ukuphuma kuhlala [kusendaweni].”
"Ngakho-ke, ukuhlolwa esikhumulweni sezindiza kwabahambayo nabaphumayo kuzoqhubeka, futhi abasebenzi bethu bezempilo bazoqhubeka nokuhlola izitifiketi zokuhlolwa kwe-COVID-19."
Kulandela ukukhathazeka kwabasebenzi bokuvakasha kokuthi abavakashi asebavele bakhokhele ukuhlolwa ku-inthanethi kufanele babuyiselwe imali, Ibhodi le-Association of Uganda Tour Operators (AUTO) selikwazise i-PostBank Uganda ebilokhu ithola izinkokhelo ze-inthanethi. Ngokusho kwePhini likaSihlalo we-AUTO, uTony Mulinde, abakaphenduli.
NgoJuni 2021, i-Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC) yakhipha umyalelo wokuthi zonke izicelo ze-visa kufanele zenziwe futhi zikhokhelwe ku-inthanethi hhayi lapho zifika ngenxa yokwanda kwamacala e-COVID-19. Ngokumiswa kokuhlola, kunengqondo kuphela ukuthi isiyalelo esifanayo kufanele sikhishwe sihoxisa umyalelo ohambisanayo.
Nokho, iDirectorate ayizange ibuyisele imali yabahambi ababekhokhele ama-visa ekuqaleni kwalolu bhubhane ngo-2020 ngisho nangemva kokuba abavakashi beluphakamisile lolu daba ngesikhathi somhlangano wokubonisana nababambe iqhaza kulandela umyalelo wesicelo se-visa esiku-inthanethi.
Izibuyekezo ze-COVID kusukela ngo-February 14, 2022, zimi emacaleni ayi-162,865 ahlanganisiwe; 99,727 ukutholwa okuhlanganisiwe; 3577 abafa; kanye nemithamo eyi-15,610,547 yemithi yokugomela i-COVID-19 esetshenziswayo.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- In June 2021, the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC) issued a directive that all visa applications must be made and paid for online and not on arrival in response to a spike in COVID-19 cases.
- The suspension of mandatory testing is due to the decline in positive cases identified at the airport and the reduction in the global threat of new variants of concern.
- Nokho, iDirectorate ayizange ibuyisele imali yabahambi ababekhokhele ama-visa ekuqaleni kwalolu bhubhane ngo-2020 ngisho nangemva kokuba abavakashi beluphakamisile lolu daba ngesikhathi somhlangano wokubonisana nababambe iqhaza kulandela umyalelo wesicelo se-visa esiku-inthanethi.
