Izindiza zamasosha eziyinqaba nezingahleliwe ezivela e-US ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule bezihlala ngasese ebusuku eKenya, kulokho okusatshwa njengemishini yokuthutha abasolwa abangamaphekula ezweni.
Ukuhla kwezindiza zaseMelika ebusuku esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Wilson, eNairobi, zithwele izikhulu ze-American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) sekuqubule izinsolo kanye nengxabano hhayi kuma-agent onogada basendaweni kuphela, kodwa nakubadlali bezindiza.
IPrescott Support Group, esolwa kwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba ngokubandakanyeka ekubuyiseleni abasolwa ngamaphekula, ivunyelwe ukusebenza eKenya ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule.
Amadokhumenti esinawo abonisa ukuthi inkampani yayivunyelwe ukundiza iphinde iphume ngesaziso seGazethi sangoJuni 20 iminyaka emibili.
I-Prescott Support Group, ngokusho kwabezindaba baseMelika, inezixhumanisi ne-CIA, yafaka isicelo sokuvuselela ilayisense yabo ngoMeyi, ngisho nangemva kokuba iKenya Association of Air Operators (KAAO) ibuze ilayisensi kanye nomsebenzi wabo.
Naphezu kokukhathazeka, iKenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) yaqhubeka futhi yanikeza ilayisense yeminyaka emibili nakuba ngokuvamile kwakufanele bacele imvume kuMnyango Wezokuvikela (DOD) ngenxa yendiza yabo yezempi.
Ngokwesaziso seGazethi, iPrescott Group yanikezwa ilayisensi yokufika eyimfihlo ngeNxusa Lase-US eNairobi, izikhulu zayo esingakwazanga ukuthola ukuphawula kwazo ngeSonto.
UMqondisi-Jikelele we-KCAA uChris Kuto ngeSonto ukuqinisekisile ukusebenza kwezindiza, wathi bezibandakanyeka "eTurkana ngenhloso yokwenza imephu".
UKuto uthe izindiza zithwala amasosha aseMelika kuphela kanye nemishini yawo hhayi abagibeli, okuphambene nemininingwane yemithombo esesikhumulweni sezindiza iWilson eveze ukuthi abanye abagibeli ababukeki njengezikhulu zamasosha aseMelika ajwayele ukugqokisa umfaniswano.
U-Kuto wengeze ngokuthi inkampani yafaka isicelo sokusebenza kwemephu yasemoyeni eTurkana.
“Sabanika ilayisensi ngokusekelwe kulolo lwazi. Asibonanga lutho olungalungile noma isizathu sokubanqabela ilayisensi,” usho kanje.
Ukuba khona kwalezi zindiza kuza ngesikhathi lapho abezokuphepha sebeqale umkhankaso wokuthungatha umsolwa obefunwa uthuli lwamaphekula uFazul Abdullah Mohamed.
Ngokukhula kokwesaba kobuphekula esifundeni, bekunokuqagela ukuthi i-CIA ingaba ngemuva kwezindiza zasebusuku ukuze ibophe futhi ihlehlise abasolwa abavela eKenya.
NgoLwesine, iKenya ibigubha iminyaka engu-10 selokhu kwahlaselwa amaphekula ehhovisi lenxusa laseMelika eNairobi ngo-Agasti 7, 1998. Ubushokobezi bulokhu bungokoqobo ngemva kokuba ungqondongqondo, uFazul, engene ngesinyenyela ezweni kodwa eshaya inetha lamaphoyisa okwesine.
Selokhu uFazul abonwa eMalindi emasontweni amabili edlule, abezokuphepha bakuleli nabakwamanye amazwe bebeqaphe ngeso lokhozi base bebopha abasolwa abaningi abebexhumana naye.
Isibhamu sikaFazul sika-August 7, 1998 eNairobi sashiya abantu abangaphezu kuka-200 beshonile kwathi abanye abangu-5,000 XNUMX balimala kabi.
Amaphoyisa alwa namaphekula abophe umsolwa ngeSonto okukholakala ukuthi usondelene noFazul, njengoba sekuqubuke izinsolo embuthweni wamaphoyisa zokuthi kukhona onogada abangaba yingxenye yeqembu elikhokhelayo.
I-Prescott Group yavunyelwa ukwenza isevisi yendiza engahleliwe yabagibeli kanye nempahla engena futhi ephuma eKenya.
Iqembu liphinde lavunyelwa ukusebenza lisuka e-Afrika nangale kwalo lisebenzisa indiza i-CN235, l382, BE200 ezinze e-US, Wilson Airport kanye naseJomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Abasebenzi bafake izicelo zalolu hlelo ekuqaleni konyaka. Bekungakacaci ukuthi hlobo luni lwabagibeli nempahla abazoyithwala yize izikhulu zithe ngeyamasosha kuphela.
Izindiza ezingahleliwe zisho ukuthi zingandizela ezweni futhi zisuke ezindaweni ezikude, ezingathuthukisiwe ezingalethwa izinkampani zezindiza ezivamile endaweni yazo yokusebenza.
Izinga lithole ukuthi indiza ye-Bich 200, yase-US, ibilungiswa futhi ifakwa i-TCAS esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Wilson.
“Abasebenzi bendiza, bobabili abaseMelika, babethe bazoba khona izinsuku eziyi-10, kodwa basekhona. Angazi ukuthi baqhamukaphi futhi inhloso yabo imayelana nani,” kusho unjiniyela walapho ozama ukudalulwa igama lakhe.
Ukuhumusha okungavamile kubhekisela enkambweni yaseMelika eyimpikiswano lapho abasolwa baboshwa khona, ngezinye izikhathi ngokuyimfihlo, futhi bathunyelwe ukuze bayophenywa emazweni lapho ukuhlukunyezwa kusetshenziswa khona njengendlela evamile yokuphenywa.
Imibiko eputshuziwe ye-CIA ibalula abasolwa ababoshwa, baboshwe ngamaketango, bavalwa amehlo futhi balaliswa, ngemva kwalokho bathuthwa, ngokuvamile ngendiza yangasese, bayiswe kwamanye amazwe.
Nakuba lo mkhuba ubulokhu usetshenziswa kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1990s, ububanzi bawo buye banda kakhulu kusukela ngokuhlaselwa kwangoSepthemba 11, 2001 e-US.
E-Kenya, izindiza zase-US zisebenza zisebenzisa isitifiketi se-Air Operating (AOC) senkampani yaseMpumalanga Afrika ezinze e-Wilson Airport.
Esicelweni sabo selayisense ngonyaka odlule, babefuna ilayisense yokusebenza ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwehhovisi leNxusa laseMelika, kodwa banqatshelwa elasekhaya.
Ngokwemithetho yamalayisensi, izindiza zamazwe ngamazwe azikwazi ukunikwa ilayisense yasekhaya ezweni langaphandle.
Kodwa ngemuva kokuhluleka ukuthola ilayisensi yasekhaya, kuthiwa izikhulu zoMnyango Wezangaphandle zingenelele zacela ukuthi inkampani yezindiza ikhululeke ekusebenzeni izindiza zasekhaya.
Okhulumela amaphoyisa u-Eric Kiraithe uthe ubengazi ngokusebenza kwalezi zindiza. Uthe lezi zindiza zinelayisensi ngabakwa-KCAA ukuze bakwazi ukuthwala impahla.
“Lokho wudaba lwezokundiza kwabantu futhi awawathinti amaphoyisa. Banikezwe ilayisensi yi-KCAA ngakho asingeni,” usho kanje.
Asikwazanga ukufinyelela ihhovisi lenxusa laseMelika kanye nomkhulumeli wezempi ukuze aphawule. Omakhalekhukhwini babo bebecishiwe.
Phakathi nomhlangano wamalayisensi wangoMeyi 12, abaqhubi bezindiza zendawo bafuna ukwazi uhlobo lwemisebenzi i-Prescott Group eyayizohileleka kuyo nokuthi kungani befake isicelo selayisense yomphakathi kuyilapho kufanele bafake isicelo embuthweni wezempi njengoba ukusebenza kwabo kwakungezempi, hhayi okomphakathi.
Kodwa omele iPrescott Group, uCaptain (Rtd) Jorim Kagua, utshele umhlangano ukuthi abakho esimweni sokudalula imininingwane mayelana nokusebenza kwendiza.
Nokho uthe bazokwenza imisebenzi yamasosha.
Isikhulu se-KCAA sitshele iphephandaba i The Standard izolo ukuthi kusayinwe isivumelwano phakathi kweKenya nohulumeni waseMelika ukuze kwenziwe umkhankaso wezempi ongadalulwanga.
Ngaphandle kwalesi sivumelwano, iKenya ne-US basanda kusayina isivumelwano samazwe amabili sezindiza zezentengiselwano eziqondile.
Phambilini iKenya inikele abasolwa bobushokobezi abangaphezu kuka-15 e-US nase-Ethiopia iziphathimandla emsebenzini ocasule abaholi abaningi bamaSulumane.
