Arusha, Tanzania ((eTN) - UMengameli wase-Uganda u-Yoweri Museveni uphokophela ukuthi isifunda saseMpumalanga Afrika samukele uguquko lwezimboni ukuze i-bloc isuse abantu bayo ebuphofini obudlulele, ibayise ezweni lesethembiso “elinothile nokuchuma.”
NgokukaMuseveni, ukwamukela “uguquko lwezimboni” kuyisixazululo saphakade sokuchuma komnotho wenhlangano ye-EAC ezinsukwini zanamuhla.
Ethula inkulumo emhlanganweni wesihlanu weSishayamthetho sesibili sase-East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) e-Arusha ngoLwesithathu, uMuseveni, ophinde abe ngusihlalo we-EAC Summit, uthe, “Ukulima kuphela, ngaphezu kwalokho ukulima okuziphilisa ngakho ngeke kukwazi ukubhekelela izidingo zokuqashwa kwabantu abangu-120 million. Abantu baseMpumalanga Afrika, abakwazi ukuthola imali eyanele yangaphandle futhi abakwazi ukukhiqiza intela eyanele.”
Uqhube wathi njengoba isifunda sibheke kumfelandawonye, wonke amazwe angamalungu, ezingeni, asebenzela ukuletha nokwenza lula abatshalizimali abaningi.
"Kumele silwe nazo zonke izimo zengqondo nemikhuba emibi emelene nabatshalizimali: inkohlakalo, ukungabi nandaba nezidingo zabo, ukubambezeleka, njll. Njengoba umnotho wethu ngamunye ukhula, iMpumalanga Afrika izoba namandla," kuphawula uMuseveni.
Umphathi wengqungquthela ye-EAC, ekhaya e-Uganda owaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi “Mnu. Umbono,” ubenethemba lokuthi i-EAC ijulisa inqubo yayo yokuhlanganisa.
UMongameli uMuseveni ubalule inqubo eqhubekayo mayelana nokusungulwa kwe-Common Market kanye nokwandiswa komphakathi, nokwamukelwa kweRwanda neBurundi kwakamuva njengobufakazi obucacile. "Namuhla, i-bloc yokuhweba ihlanganisa imakethe eqinile futhi enkulu yabantu abahlangene abantu abayizigidi ezingu-120, inendawo ye-1.8 million sq. kilometers ne-GDP ehlangene ye-US $ 41 billion," echaza.
UMuseveni, nokho, uphawule ukuthi nakuba usayizi womnotho we-EAC usemncane ngendlela ehlazisayo, uma uqhathaniswa neminye iminotho yamazwe omhlaba enabantu abaqhathanisekayo, amandla amakhulu.
Uthe ukholelwa ukuthi ukuhlanganiswa kwezepolitiki kwe-EAC, okuzoba umfelandawonye, kuzosheshisa inqubo yokuthuthukiswa kwezimboni kanye nesimanje ngenxa yokuthi imakethe enkulu iyindawo ekhangayo yokutshalwa kwezimali futhi inamandla kakhulu ezingxoxweni zokuhwebelana namanye amazwe aqinile noma izinhlangano ezinjalo. njenge-USA, China, India, Russia kanye ne-European Union.
"Yisici sobukhulu esisize i-India ne-China ukuthi igxume ngokwentuthuko kanye noguquko kwezenhlalo," kusho uMuseveni, egcizelela ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthi uhlaka lwezepolitiki kanye nezinye izinhlaka zezikhulu zivukele isidingo somnotho. kanye noguquko emphakathini ukuze abasebenzi basuke kwezolimo baye embonini nasezinkonzweni.
Nokho, kwaba khona ukwehlukana kwemibono ngesikhathi seNhlangano enjalo. Amasampula akhombise ukuthi abantu baseKenya nase-Uganda, kakhulu, basekela i-Federation kanye nokusheshisa njengoba kunconywe yiKomidi lika-Amos Wako.
Isibalo sabantu abasampula eTanzania, ngakolunye uhlangothi, sawuthenga kakhulu umbono weNhlangano Yezombangazwe ye-EAC, kodwa ayizange isekele uhlelo lwezikhathi lokuhlanganisa njengoba kunconywe iKomidi lika-Wako.
Kuphinde kwaba nokukhathazeka okuvezwe mayelana nezindaba ezifana nomhlaba kanye nezinsiza zemvelo mayelana nalokhu kuhlanganiswa kwezepolitiki.
I-EAC Authority yanquma ukugcina isimo esibumbene kulolu daba ngokuqondisa ukusheshisa kwe-Common Market.
Ngokohlaka okuvunyelenwe ngalo lweSivumelwano se-EAC, indawo yokungena ekudidiyeleni kwe-EAC kwaba ukusungulwa kwenyunyana yentela, okuthe naphezu kokubambezeleka isikhathi eside okubangelwa ukuhoxisa kanye nokuhlehla okwenziwa yizikhulu, yaqala ngoJanuwari 2005.
Leso sigaba esibalulekile sizobe sesingenisa i-Common Market ngo-2010, imibukiso yemephu yomgwaqo. I-Monetary Union izobe isilandela ngo-2012 ngaphambi kokuba abantu baseMpumalanga Afrika bajabulele ukuzalwa kombuso omkhulu egameni lomfelandawonye wezepolitiki.
Izingxoxo nge-EAC Common Market zaqala ngoJulayi 1, 2006 futhi kulindeleke ukuthi zifinyelele esiphethweni ngo-December 2008 ngokusayinwa kwe-Common Market protocol, uma konke kuhamba ngohlelo.
Iphrothokholi kulindeleke ukuthi yamukelwe ngoJuni 2009 futhi iCommon Market yethulwe ngoJanuwari 2010 ilandelwe yinyunyana yezezimali ngo-2012.
I-EAC yinhlangano yezifunda ezihlanganisa uhulumeni waseKenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda kanye neBurundi, enabantu abayizigidi eziyi-120, indawo eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.85 kanye Nomkhiqizo Wasekhaya Ophelele wamaRandi ayizigidigidi ezingama-41.
I-EAC yenziwa yisivumelwano sokusungulwa kwe-EAC, esasayinwa mhla zingama-30 kuLwezi 1999. Lesi sivumelwano saqala ukusebenza mhla ziyisi-7 kuNtulikazi wezi-2000 kulandela ukuqinisekiswa kwaso yizizwe ezintathu ezisebenzisana nazo-i-Kenya, i-Uganda ne-Tanzania.
I-Rwanda ne-Burundi zangena esivumelwaneni se-EAC mhla ziyi-18 kuNhlangulana wezi-2007 futhi zaba amalungu aphelele omphakathi kusukela mhla lu-1 kuNtulikazi wezi-2007.
Ngokomlando, i-EA ibizwa ngokuthi isipiliyoni eside kakhulu ekuhlanganisweni kwesifunda. Emuva ngo-1900, iKenya ne-Uganda zasebenzisa i-Customs Union, kamuva eyajoyinwa iTanzania, eyayiyiTanganyika ngaleso sikhathi, ngo-1922.
Amalungiselelo anemininingwane yokuhlanganiswa kwesifunda ku-EA afake i-East African High Commission kusukela ngo-1948-1961, i-East African Common Services Organisation ngo-1961-1967 kanye ne-EAC yangaphambili eyathatha kusukela ngo-1967 kwaze kwaba yilapho iwa ngo-1977.
Ukuwa kwe-EAC yangaphambili kwazisola kakhulu futhi kwaba nomthelela omkhulu ngezindlela eziningi esifundeni.
Phakathi kwezizathu ezibaluliwe zokuwa koMphakathi yizinkinga zesakhiwo ezibe nomthelela ekuphathweni kwezinsizakalo ezijwayelekile, ukungazibandakanyi ngokwanele kwabantu ezinqubweni zokuthatha izinqumo, ukuntuleka kwezindlela zokunxephezela ukubhekana nokungalingani ekwabelaneni ngezindleko kanye nezinzuzo zoMkhandlu. ukuhlanganiswa, ukuhlukana kwemibono, izithakazelo ezikhona kanye nokungabibikho kombono ohlangothini lwabanye abaholi.
