(eTN) – I-Kenya Airways (KQ) kubikwa ukuthi isimise izindiza ezimbili ngeviki eziya enhlokodolobha yase-Chad, i-N'djamena, ngokushesha, isola ukumiswa kwesidingo esiphansi kanye nokubhukha okungahambi kahle. Isetshenzwa kuze kube manje nge-Cotonou, e-Benin, lo wumzila wesithathu we-Kenya Airways kulo nyaka ozomiswa, ngemuva kwe-Rome ne-Muscat, ngenxa yezinyathelo zokunciphisa izindleko.
Izazi zezindiza ezijwayelekile nokho ziyaqagula ngesikhathi okumenyezelwe ngaso kanye nokuxhamazela okubonakala sengathi isinqumo sithathwe ngaso, okuhambisana nesinqumo seNkantolo Yezimboni yaseKenya eyayalela ukuba kubuyiswe abasebenzi abacela ku-500 abadilizwa ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka. Kubikezele omunye onikela njalo ovela eNairobi ekuxhumaneni kwasebusuku: “I-KQ inezinselele ezinkulu. Umphumela wesigamu sonyaka wawupendwe ngokubomvu okujulile okuyisizathu esenza bazame ukunciphisa izindleko zabo. Ukudilizwa, ikakhulukazi uma kucatshangelwa ukuxhawula okusagolide inkampani yezindiza ekunike labo abazimisele ukuthatha umhlalaphansi ngaphambi kwesikhathi nokunye, kuyabiza kodwa konga imali isikhathi eside ngemuva kwalokho. Mhlawumbe iKenya Airways ibingawugcina umzila oya eN'djamena. Kuyiqiniso, bekungahle kube yimali encane ngokwenzuzo yezimali, kodwa manje babhekene nokuba nabasebenzi abacishe babe ngu-500 ababuyiselwe ezincwadini zabo.
“Kunento okufanele inikeze, futhi mina ngokwami ngicabanga ukuthi kukhona ukuxhumana phakathi kokunqamula umzila nengcindezi enkulu ababhekene nayo manje uma becubungula umnyombo wabo. Baze bafinyelela kwaze kwaba nguNdasa lapho kuphela unyaka wabo wezimali, futhi wonke usheleni usuzoba nomphumela wezezimali owamukelekayo ngaleso sikhathi. Lona unyaka, khumbula, ngesikhathi bethula udaba lwabo lwamalungelo amasheya, futhi uma ubheka inani lamasheya lamanje, lokhu kuzoba yinkinga.”
Abanye bazwakalise amazwi afanayo, kodwa bonke bavumelana ngokuthi isinqumo se-Industrial Court, okucatshangwa ukuthi inkampani yezindiza idluliselwe phambilini, sesithumele umyalezo oshubile kosomabhizinisi wokuthi ngaphambi kokhetho lukaNdasa wezi-2013, isimo samabhizinisi sisanda kuthola usizo. kuqine kakhulu, njengoba nezinqumo zenkantolo zibukeka zidlala ipolitiki kulezi zinsuku eKenya. Izingxenye ezihlukene zosozimboni kanye nezikhulu zezamabhizinisi zisigxeke kakhulu lesi sinqumo, zasola ijaji ngokuchema kanye nokwehluleka ukuqonda isimo sebhizinisi esishubile ngesikhathi esifanayo sikhuthaza izinyunyana zamaphekula ukuthi zidlalele okhokho bazo bezombusazwe ukuze batshekise isikali. okhethweni lukazwelonke oluzayo.
“Izinkathazo zeKenya Airways zaqala lapho zidelela ngendlela efanele lokho okwakuthiwa ngumyalelo kaNdunankulu, okuyiqiniso, osekelwe emqondweni kayise ongasekho owayeyiKhomanisi. Kuleyo nto, umnotho womyalo useyinto evamile, kodwa ngaphandle kwesisekelo esingokomthetho, inkampani yezindiza yenza noma kunjalo okwakumelwe yenziwe. Akuphelanga sikhathi esingakanani kwaqubuka amahlebezi okuthi uhulumeni kumele athole izihlalo ezengeziwe ebhodini lenkampani yezindiza ukuze ‘ilawule’ kangcono futhi ilandele imiyalelo yepolitiki. Ngiyazi ukuthi angingedwa ngihlanganisa u-2 no-2 futhi ngibona lesi sinqumo njengengxenye yesu lokubuyisela i-KQ. Futhi umsuka wazo zonke lezo zinkinga ulele kulowo muntu oyedwa nama-sycophants akhe nxazonke zakhe,” kusho omunye umthombo ovamile, efuna isiqinisekiso sokuthi alikho igama elizonikezwa ngaphansi kwanoma yiziphi izimo, uthi “uyabazi labo bafana ukuthi banjani, bangeza ngawe. noma nini.”
Umthombo ojwayelekile osondelene nenkampani yezindiza okwamanje uphinde wathi ukukhishwa kwe-Project Mawingo, i-Kenya Airways yeminyaka eyi-10, kuzoqhubeka nokusebenza njengoba kuzoqhubeka kungakhathalekile ukuthi ibhalansi ibukeke kanjani ekupheleni kwezimali. ngoMashi 2013 nokuthi ukulethwa kwezindiza bekungeke kubambezeleke. “IN’djamena yayiyicala elisemngceleni futhi kwakudingeka inakekelwe. Njengoba usho, umkhankaso wokhetho uzoletha ezinye izinkinga ezengeziwe, kodwa uma lokho sekuphelile, zonke izici eziyisisekelo zihle kakhulu mayelana nokuthuthukiswa komnotho eKenya. Amasu amaqhinga awaphonswa ngaphandle ngenxa nje yokuzamazama okumbalwa lapha nalaphaya. Ziphinde zibe ngaphansi kokubuyekezwa ngezikhathi ezithile ukuze zibe nezinguquko esimweni sebhizinisi, futhi lokho kuvamile kuyo yonke imikhakha yezomnotho. I-KQ izolunga,” kusho umthombo.
Noma ngabe kwenzekani, iKenya Airways isalokhu iyisikhondlakhondla sezindiza esifundeni saseMpumalanga Afrika kanye nokuphawula kwakamuva kwe-AFRAA General Meeting ka-CEO, uDkt. Titus Naikuni, ukuthi izinhlaka ezintathu ezihamba phambili zezwekazi iKenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, neSouth African Airways kufanele zihlale. phansi futhi kukhulume ubambiswano, ngokuqinisekile kuwuphawu lokuthi umbhalo usodongeni ukuze izindiza zase-Afrika zibambisane noma zibekwe eceleni izikhondlakhondla zezindiza zomhlaba wonke lapho izindiza zezindiza zase-Afrika zizophaphatheka futhi kube okuqondiswe kuzo kalula.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- A regular source close to the airline in the meantime reiterated that the rollout of Project Mawingo, Kenya Airways' 10-year strategic plan, would remain on course as would remain on course regardless of the way the balance sheet looked at the end of the financial year in March 2013 and that aircraft deliveries would not be delayed.
- Others echoed similar sentiments, but all were agreed that the ruling of the Industrial Court, which is understood to be appealed by the airline, has sent a stark message to the business community that ahead of the March 2013 elections, the business environment just got a lot tougher, as even court rulings seem to play politics these days in Kenya.
- A cross-section of industrialists and leading business figures criticized the ruling sharply, accusing the judge of bias and failing to understand an increasingly harsher business environment while at the same time encouraging militant unions to play into the hands of their political godfathers to tilt the scale in the upcoming general elections.
