(eTN) – Ulwazi olumayelana nokuvuselelwa okukhulu okuzayo kanye nokwenza isimanje kwesikhumulo sezindiza i-Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) kuqinisekisiwe. Le phrojekthi kulindeleke ukuthi iqale ngoJanuwari 2013.
Manje isingaphezudlwana nje kweminyaka engama-40, isikhumulo sezindiza savulwa ngo-1971, futhi besingakaze sithuthukiswe kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Ekugcineni, ngakho-ke, lesi sikhungo sezindiza esibalulekile sihamba nezikhathi, kubonakala sengathi, futhi silandela isibonelo sezinye izikhumulo zezindiza zesifunda ezinoxhumano oluvamile lwamazwe ngamazwe ukuze zinikeze ingqalasizinda engcono, kokubili indawo yomoya kanye nezwe.
Ngemva kokuba izimali sezibonakala zingena esikhwameni, isigaba sokuhlela nokuklama sizoqala, ngaphambi kokuthi izinhlelo zikhangiswe ukuze kukhishwe amathenda. Ngemuva kokukhetha usonkontileka oyinhloko, umsebenzi usungaqala ekuqaleni kuka-2013. Kuyaqondakala ukuthi uhulumeni wase-Dutch uzonikeza ingxenye yemali yephrojekthi.
Ukuhamba kwezimoto ezidlula e-JRO kulindeleke ukuthi kudlulele kubagibeli abangu-650,000 kulo nyaka, kunwebe umthamo wesikhumulo sezindiza ngesikhathi sokuphuthuma kuze kube umkhawulo, kuyilapho izinkampani zezindiza bezilokhu zikhala ngesimo semigwaqo yezindiza, umgwaqo wamatekisi, namaphinifa, konke okumele kuvuselelwe ngokuphelele, kwakhiwa omunye umzila wamatekisi ukuze kwenyuswe umthamo.
Isikhumulo sezindiza i-Kilimanjaro International sitholakala phakathi komasipala baseMoshi nase-Arusha, futhi kulapha lapho izivakashi eziningi ezivakashela eTanzania ziqala khona uhambo lokuya eziqiwini zaseNyakatho zaseTarangire, eLake Manyara, eNgorongoro naseSerengeti, kodwa futhi, kunjalo, ukuqwala iNtaba iKilimanjaro, edonsa kude esikhumulweni sezindiza ngezinsuku ezicacile ukuze wonke umuntu ayibone.
