Indesane yamanzi yemukela indiza yokuqala ye-Uganda Airlines esikhumulweni sezindiza iNairobi

Izindiza zase-Uganda yenza indiza yayo yokuqala yezohwebo okokuqala ngqa cishe eminyakeni engamashumi amabili kuya Isikhumulo sezindiza iJomo Kenyatta International I-Nairobi (JKIA) ngoLwesibili zingama-27 kuNcwaba, 2019 ifika ekubingeleleni amanzi yi-Kenya Airports Authority.

Ukwethulwa kwandulelwe umcimbi osemthethweni obuphethwe yi-The Rt. UNdunankulu ohloniphekile uDkt. Ruhakana Rugunda, owakhuluma nabezindaba nezikhulu zikahulumeni nezinhlaka, okuhlanganisa isikhulu esiphezulu seBhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Uganda uLily Ajarova kanye nosaziwayo ohlekisa ngesibhakela u-Moses Golola, ngaphambi kokuba abahlabe umkhosi ngemva nje kuka-10:00 ekuseni nge-East African Time.

UNdunankulu uthe inkampani yezindiza izokwenza kube lula ukuthi izivakashi zikwazi ukuxhuma ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwe-Uganda. Umemezele ukuthi ezinye izindiza ezimbili ezifanayo zizofika esikhathini esingangezinyanga.

Abagibeli bokuqala bezentengiselwano abahambe ngakusasa zingama-28 kuNcwaba beya e-JKIA ngendiza eyayiholwa nguChief Pilot uMike Etiang, owamukele umgibeli ngamunye kwabayisishiyagalombili ababegibele.

Imiyalezo yokuhalalisela iqhamuke ezicukuthwaneni ezimbalwa, okuhlanganisa noMengameli wezwe uYoweri Museveni, othe: “Ngihalalisela i-Uganda Airlines ngendiza yabo yokuqala. Besisebenzisa imali engaphezu kuka-$450m ngonyaka ekuhwebeni kwamanye amazwe, ekuhambeni ngendiza. Le nkampani yezindiza izokushintsha lokhu futhi yenze lula nezokuvakasha. Nginxusa abantu base-Uganda nabangane bethu emhlabeni wonke ukuthi bandize ne-Uganda Airlines.”

Umhlonishwa u-Attilio Pacifici oyinhloko ye-EU Delegation e-Uganda wabhala ku-Twitter: “Ngihalalisela ngemfudumalo nangenhliziyo yonke i-Uganda ngokuqala kabusha kwe-Uganda Airlines. Izisebenzi zami kanye nami “sizondiza e-Uganda” ngokuzayo lapho sihamba phakathi kwesifunda. Bheka ngabomvu ekuqalisweni kabusha kwezindiza zebanga elide ezizosetshenziswa yizindiza ezintsha sha, ezakhiwe yi-EU, i-A330-800,” ebhekise kuma-oda we-Airbus okulindeleke ukuthi wengezwe ezikhungweni zezindiza zase-Uganda ngasekupheleni kuka-2020.

UNgqongqoshe Wezemisebenzi Nezokuthutha weKhabhinethi uMonica Azuba umemezele ukuthi ekuqaleni, Inkampani Yezindiza izondizela eNairobi, Mombasa, Dar es Salaam, Bujumbura, Juba, Kilimanjaro naseMogadishu. Ngemva kwalokho, izonweba inethiwekhi yayo iye kwezinye izindawo.

Umzila we-Entebbe-Nairobi uthathwa njengomunye wemizila ebiza kakhulu emhlabeni, ophethwe yiKenya Airways, esivele izizwa incane njengoba iRwandair nayo yajoyina lo mzila eminyakeni embalwa edlule.