Ubonelelo lwangoku lwe-AVGAS, isibaso senqwelomoya esetyenziswa kakhulu yinqwelomoya ekhanyayo enye kunye neyombini esebenza ngeenjini zepiston, iphelile kwakhona eUganda, kwaye iingxelo ezifanayo zivela eKenya, nazo. Inani elikhulu leenqwelomoya ezikhaphukhaphu, ngakumbi ezo zisetyenziswa kuphapho jikelele nangabanini babucala, kuxhomekeke kunikezelo lweAVGAS ukuze lubhabhe, kwaye namaxabiso enyuka ngamandla ngenxa yokunyuka kwamaxabiso e-oyile ekrwada kwihlabathi jikelele kunye nokuhla kwesheleni yaseUganda. , abantu abambalwa abakwaziyo ukufikelela kwinqwelomoya ngenqwelomoya basenokungabi nayo amafutha okuhamba.
Abasebenzi bomoya abohlukeneyo lo mbhaleli uthethe nabo eKajjansi nase-Entebbe baqinisekisile ukuba bayaphinda bezama ukufumana iAVGAS yaseTanzania ngamagubu, njengoko iimpahla zisekhona apho, ngelixa bethetha ngokuthula okungevayo kukaShell, eyona nto iphambili yelizwe. umboneleli wamafutha eenqwelomoya malunga nokuba kutheni, phi, kwaye nini amafutha aya kufumaneka kwakhona.
UMnu. Tim Cooper we Ndege Juu Afrika, esekelwe kwibala leenqwelomoya laseKajjansi, yenza la mazwi alandelayo kulo mbhaleli: “I-Ndege Juu Africa iyasicaphukela isicwangciso esibi sikaShell nolawulo lokugcinwa kwamafutha ezithuthi kwicandelo elincinane kodwa elibalulekileyo lezophapho laseUganda. Kwakhona, sizibona sikwimeko apho amafutha e-AVGAS ephelile, kwaye ngendlela engakholelekiyo – ingakumbi kwinkampani ekwinqanaba likaShell – abanalo nofifi lokuba iza kuphinda ifumaneke nini amafutha.
Kubonakala ngathi uShell wanelisekile kukuvumela inqwelomoya yaseUganda eyenziwe ngepiston ukuba imiswe. Okumangalisayo kukuba, uShell akazange azikhathaze nokulumkisa iinkampani zenqwelomoya ukuba iAVGAS yayisele iza kuphelelwa.
I-Ndege isebenza kunye ne-KAFTC ukukhusela i-fuel stocks evela e-BP eTanzania apho umdla akukho kunqongophala kwe-Avgas.
"Ukuba uShell akanamdla ekuboneleleni iinkampani zenqwelomoya ngamafutha ngoko ke kufuneka ithethe njalo", utshilo umlawuli weNdlela, uTim Cooper, esongeza, "Ngokuqinisekileyo kukho ithuba lenkampani ebaluleke ngakumbi kuneShell ukuba ibonelele kushishino lwenqwelomoya lwaseUganda umthombo othembekileyo wamafutha kunye nezithambiso,” uqhube watsho.
Ikwaqondwa kwimithombo yaseKenya ukuba inqanawa izisa izinto ezintsha ze-AVGAS iseselwandle kwaye akukho mntu unokutsho naliphi na inqanaba eliqinisekileyo xa i-aviation fuel iya kufumaneka kwakhona eKenya, ushiye yedwa eUganda. Omnye umbhexeshi wenqwelomoya waseKenya owaziwayo ngulo mbhaleli ngolwimi lwakhe esidleleni waphendula wathi: “Khawume, iinkampani zamafutha ziza kubeka ityala ngobuqhetseba ngokulandelayo, nto leyo eza kuba yimbubhiso ngoxa inyaniso ikukuba zifuna ukuyishiya iAVGAS ngenxa yokuba yimarike encinane xa ithelekiswa. nge JetA1, ngoko baya besicinezela ngakumbi nangaphezulu, kodwa khumbula, sinamakhulu eenqwelomoya zokukhanya ezibhalisiweyo eKenya, eMpuma Afrika, ezixhomekeke kwi-AVGAS. Mhlawumbi lixesha lokuzisa urhulumente kwaye ubaxelele ukuba ezi nkampani zamafutha ziphezu kwaziphi na, phantse ukwenza iyelenqe mandicinge. Iinqwelo-moya ezipakishiweyo zisibiza imali, yaye ngaphandle kwe-AVGAS asinakukwazi ukubhabha ezo nqwelo-moya. Kubi kakhulu kwicandelo lokubhabha kwe-safari, ngoku ukuba ishishini liphinde lathatha kwakhona, kodwa akukho mntu umamelayo de kube kusemva kwexesha kwakhona. Oosopolitiki bethu bakhohlakele.”
Umthombo ongaphakathi kwe-Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) ukhankanye phantsi komqathango wokungaziwa ngokupheleleyo, ukuba ngelixa bexhalabile malunga neziphumo zokunqongophala kwamafutha e-AVGAS, bona ngokwabo bangenza okuncinci njengoko ukungenisa kunye nokuhanjiswa kwamafutha eenqwelomoya kwakubekwe bucala. iinkampani. Nangona kunjalo, kwafunyaniswa ukuba i-CAA ihlawulisa iqhezu lepesenti kumafutha eenqwelomoya athengiswa e-Entebbe kwaye ababoneleli phantsi kwemiqathango nemiqathango yesivumelwano ne-CAA kufuneka baqinisekise ukuba isitokhwe esaneleyo samafutha eenqwelomoya, i-AVGAS, kunye ne-JetA1 zihlala zihlala. ekhoyo ukuqinisekisa ukusebenza rhoqo ngenqwelomoya, imeko engazange ifikelelwe ngeli xesha namaxesha amaninzi ngaphambili. Umthombo we-CAA awuyi kutsalwa kwingxoxo malunga nokuba yeyiphi na imilinganiselo i-UCAA enokuthi isebenzise ukunyanzelisa ukuthotyelwa kwemimiselo kunye neemeko zekhontrakthi, nokuba ngaba babeza kusabela okanye yintoni enye imilinganiselo ababeyiqwalasela ukuqinisekisa ukuba i-AVGAS ibonelele. ilizwe ngenani elikhulu leenqwelomoya kubhaliso lwaseUganda zisasebenzisa olu hlobo lwamafutha.
Abaqhubi beSafari, nabo, bavakalise inkxalabo yabo, ngenxa yokunyuka kwexabiso lokunyuka kwexabiso lokunyuka kwamafutha ezithuthi kunye nokunqongophala kwamafutha eenqwelomoya ezincinci ezisetyenziswa njengeCessna 206, iCessna 210, okanye iinqwelomoya ezincinci zamawele ezisetyenziselwa ukubhabha. abakhenkethi ukuya kwiipaki zesizwe ukubasindisa kwiihambo zendlela.
Akukho zimvo zivelayo zivela kwi-Ofisi yoMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, okanye kurhulumente ngokubanzi, amasebe amaninzi abonakala esonwabile engakwazi ukunqongophala kunye nefuthe lako kukhenketho kunye neenqwelomoya zoshishino kwilizwe lonke okanye ummandla obanzi. Kwakhona omnye umthombo wezomoya onxibelelana rhoqo nalo mbhaleli phantsi kwemiqathango yokungachazwa igama lakhe ngenxa yokoyika impindezelo: “Ela nkonzo alinalwazi, abaqondi nokuba kuqhubeka ntoni phantsi kwempumlo yabo. Kwaye iqumrhu lecandelo lezokhenketho nalo alenzi nto ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, lizakuqala ukugxeka thina iinkampani zeenqwelomoya xa selidlulile ixesha endaweni yokuba lisebenzisane noShell egameni lethu. Abanabo ubuchwephesha kulo mbandela, ngokungafaniyo nawe owaziyo ukuba ungaya phi, yeyiphi imibuzo omawuyibuze, kwaye ngawaphi amaqhosha omawucofe.”
