KAMPALA, Uganda (eTN) – Abaphathi bakwaRift Valley Railways, beholwa ngusomabhizinisi ohlonishwayo uBrown Ondego njengosihlalo omkhulu, basukume ngokushesha selokhu bamiswa ukuze bakhombise ohulumeni baseKenya nowase-Uganda ukuthi abagcini nje ngokuqonde ibhizinisi kodwa banamandla okwenza ukuguqula lezi zinkampani ezimbili zikaloliwe zibe ibhizinisi elisebenzayo.
Abanikazi bamasheya abaningi baseNingizimu Afrika manje nabo sebenciphise izabelo zabo ku-RVR okuvumela ozakwethu abasha ukuthi bangagcini nje ngokuthatha iphesenti eliphezulu kakhulu kodwa futhi bavumele ukujovwa kwemali elandelayo. Izimali ezibolekiwe ezivela eBhange Lokuthuthukiswa KwaseJalimane i-KfW kanye ne-International Finance Corporation, uphiko olubolekayo lweBhange Lomhlaba oluzimele, nazo zibukeka zibuyela esilinganisweni semali engaphezu kuka-US$50 wezigidi ukuze kutholwe izitimela ezintsha kanye namasheya. Lezi zimali ezibolekiwe zagodlelwa ithimba labaphathi bangaphambili njengoba kwanda ukungabaza mayelana nekhono labo lokufeza izinjongo zohlelo lwebhizinisi futhi lapho iqoqo lezibalo ezimbi nezindaba ezimbi kubonakala sengathi zijahe okulandelayo.
Abaphathi abasha bethule uhlelo lwezigaba lwenkampani ukuze yenze ngcono izinga likajantshi wesitimela nokufakwa kwawo, ukuvuselelwa kwezitimela nezinqola ezikhona kanye nokuthuthukiswa okubalulekile kukajantshi wesitimela okhona. Amandla kaloliwe okuthutha impahla esuka ethekwini lolwandle i-Indian Ocean eMombasa uya eKampala okwamanje awanele ukubhekelela amanani ethrafikhi akhuphukayo futhi isivinini esimaphakathi sesitimela sibuye sibe ngaphansi kwesilinganiso semboni esingaphansi kwamaningi, izitimela zithatha amasonto amabili ukufika eKampala. kusukela ogwini lwaseKenya.
Lezi zinhlelo manje sekumele zihlolwe yibo ohulumeni ababili kodwa kulindeleke ukuthi zigunyazwe, okuqeda ukuqagela kokuthi inkontileka ye-RVR ingase ichithwe. Isikhulu samabhizinisi sase-Uganda uCharles Mbire okwamanje uqokwe ebhodini labaqondisi be-RVR, nokwandisa ukumelwa kwabantu base-Uganda ezingeni eliphezulu enkampanini.
Ibhodi lale nkampani liphinde lavakashela izinkundla zokucobelelana ngolwazi zikaloliwe eNalukolongo, ezalungiswa eminyakeni ethile edlule ngaphansi kosizo oluxhaswe ngamaJalimane nalapho ukuvuselelwa nokuthuthukiswa kwezitimela nezinqola kungenzeka kwenzeke ezinyangeni ezizayo. Kutholakale ukuthi ngaphansi kwabaphathi ababeholwa yiNingizimu Afrika le mpahla ebalulekile yayinganakwa futhi isetshenziswa kancane, isimo okungenzeka sishintshe kakhulu kusukela manje kuya phambili.
