(eTN) – “Ngeshwa abakulungele ngisho ukufinyelela isikhundla sofake isicelo ngalesi sikhathi, futhi izinkinga zabo zesabelomali azibasizi ngalutho. Kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi isipikili sokugcina ebhokisini labo kwaba ukuthi babangele ubuhlungu obukhulu bezezimali emiphakathini yamabhizinisi eKenya nase-Uganda ngokungakhokhi izikweletu, futhi lokhu kungumphumela manje,” kusho umthombo ovamile osondelene noMnyango Wezangaphandle e-Uganda izolo. kudingidwa umbiko wethimba longoti, elajutshwa ukuhlola ukuthi iNingizimu Sudan ikulungele yini ukujoyina uMphakathi WaseMpumalanga Afrika, ngaphambi kokuqhubeka: “Umbiko wenu ngeJetlink yaseKenya uya emnyombweni wodaba. Siyabonga ukuthi iSouth Sudan inezingqinamba eziningi, izinkinga eziningi, futhi eziningi zazo zibangelwa izici zangaphandle, kodwa i-EAC imayelana nokuhlanganiswa; mayelana nemithetho yohwebo, yezezimali, imithetho kanye nemithetho yokulawula.
“ISouth Sudan iye yageja ama-benchmarks. EMpumalanga Afrika, sidinga ukuba nohwebo lwamahhala ngemali ngokwesibonelo, olungekho. Manje base beneminyaka engu-6 kusukela ku-CPA futhi babazi ukuthi kufanele baqale ukuhlanganisa imithetho, futhi konke kodwa mhlawumbe ukugxila kwabo kwakukwenye indawo. Ngokwepolitiki sifuna ukuthi iSouth Sudan ibe yilungu, kodwa kufanele bakulungele. Khumbula indlela ende yokunyukela eRwanda naseBurundi? Ngakho-ke noma ngonyaka ochwepheshe bangase banikeze [a] izithupha, isikhathi sokulungela sizoba side kakhulu. ISouth Sudan idinga izinguquko ezibalulekile kwezomnotho kuqala, izinguquko kwezezimali, imithetho ekhona yokuvikela ukutshalwa kwezimali, icacise ezindabeni eziningi kangaka. Leli yiqiniso elidabukisayo, kodwa sizoqhubeka sisiza abafowethu nodadewethu lapho ukuze ekugcineni bafinyelele lowo mgomo.”
Lezi zindaba ezingalindelekile zeJuba zivele obala kusasele isonto ngaphambi kwengqungquthela yaminyaka yonke yenhloko yombuso ye-EAC eNairobi, eKenya, okungelinye lamazwe ahlaselwe kanzima ngenxa yokungakwazi noma ukungafuni kweSouth Sudan ukukhokhela izimpahla nemisebenzi ehlinzekwayo. kubangele inkampani yezindiza ezimele yaseKenya, iJetlink, ukuthi imise ukusebenza njengoba imali engaphezulu kuka-US$2 wezigidi ezingakakhishwa ibhajwe emabhange aseJuba kanti uhla lwamanye amagama amabhizinisi ahamba phambili nawo amise ukuhwebelana neSouth Sudan ngaphandle uma kukhokhwa ukheshi ngaphambili.
Isinqumo sangesonto eledlule sokuhlela kabusha ukukhiqizwa kukawoyela, ngenxa yokungezwani okukhulu okuqhubekayo phakathi kweJuba neKhartoum, kubonakale kubhebhethekisa kakhulu isimo, njengoba nje nethemba lokuthi kuqalwe kabusha ukugeleza kukawoyela, laphela lapho iJuba. umemezele ukuthi awukho uwoyela ozohamba okwamanje kuze kube izinkinga zezepolitiki nezokuphepha phakathi kwala mazwe womabili sezixazululiwe. Kuyaqondakala ukuthi iJuba izothumela ithimba lezingqapheli eNgqungqutheleni ye-EAC eNairobi, njengoba kwenzeka eSomalia, izwe elifisa ukujoyina uMphakathi WaseMpumalanga Afrika njengoba nalapho ukuthula kwangaphakathi sekubuyiselwe ngokugcwele kanye nohwebo olusemthethweni seluqalile futhi.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The untimely news for Juba became public a week before the annual head of state summit of the EAC taking place in Nairobi, Kenya, one of the countries hardest hit by South Sudan's inability or unwillingness to pay for goods and services supplied, a situation which has caused private Kenyan airline, Jetlink, to halt operations as over US$2 million of unremitted funds are stuck in Juba's banks while a range of other leading business names have also halted trading with South Sudan unless strictly paid upfront in cash.
- But I think the last nail in their coffin was how they have caused huge financial pains to the business communities in Kenya and Uganda by not paying bills, and this is the result now,” said a regular source close to Uganda's foreign ministry yesterday, when discussing the report of a panel of experts, which was tasked to assess South Sudan's preparedness to join the East African Community, before continuing.
- The decision last week to reschedule the start of oil production, as a result of ongoing serious differences between Juba and Khartoum, has by the look of it worsened the situation, just as hope for resumed cash flow was rekindled, only to be doused when Juba announced that no oil would flow for the time being until political and security issues between the two countries have been resolved.
