Iitoni zeentyatyambo ezixabisa izigidi zeerandi ezimiselwe ukuthunyelwa kwelinye ilizwe zilele kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Eldoret ngenxa yokuswela iinqwelo-moya zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ngenqwelomoya.
Le ngxaki ilandela ukupheliswa kweenqwelomoya ezisuka edolophini ngenxa yobundlobongela obusemva konyulo obugungqise lo mmandla.
UNobhala Jikelele Wezothutho uGerrishon Ikiara uthe isikhululo seenqwelomoya, esasirekhode inani elonyukayo leenqwelo moya ngaphambi konyulo jikelele lwonyaka ophelileyo, luye lwathwaxwa kakubi ngenxa yengxaki.
Uthe nangona bekuninzi ukufunwa kweentyatyambo e-Eldoret, uninzi lweenqwelo moya luye layishiya le ndlela ngenxa yokungazithembi. Wongeze ngelithi abangenisi elizweni ngoku baxhomekeke kwiintyatyambo ezivela eNaivasha.
“Iinqwelo-moya ezithwala imithwalo eziya e-Eldoret ziyachaphazeleka emva kokuba iinqwelomoya ziye zayeka ukusebenza apho. Sizamile ukubacenga ukuba babuye, ”utshilo u-Ikiara.
“Banoloyiko lokuba imithwalo yabo ayizukukhuseleka. Nokuba bazise imithwalo, abaqinisekanga nokuba bazakufika kwindawo ekuyiwa kuyo ngenxa yesiphithiphithi, ”wongeze watsho.
“Emva kokuba iinqwelomoya zisiya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ziyekile ukusebenza, nabanye balandele. Kuqala, bekucwangcisiwe ukuba iinqwelomoya kwaye iinqwelo moya nazo zayeka, ”wongeze watsho.
Uthe ezinye iinqwelo moya ezihamba ngezinye iindlela zijamelene nemiceli mngeni efanayo.
Babandakanya iKisumu, iMombasa, iMalindi, iLamu kunye neMasai Mara.
“Iinqwelo-moya ezininzi azikwazi ukusebenza ngokulingeneyo, ngakumbi ezo zixhomekeke kubakhenkethi.
Ngeli xesha, i-Kenya Ports Authority (i-KPA) kunye neRift Valley Railways sele iqalile inkonzo yoololiwe ohamba ngesiphekepheke phakathi kweMombasa neNairobi ukuqinisa izibuko.
Inkonzo, eqala ngoMgqibelo, ijolise ekuhambiseni ezinye izikhongozeli ezimiselwe eNairobi, kwintshona yeKenya nangaphaya ukuya kwindawo ebanzi ye-KPA eNairobi esekwe ngaphakathi.
Umphathi wezibuko le-KPA kunye nomphathi omkhulu wezokusebenza, uKapteni Twalib Khamis uthe izibuko linee-17,000 ze-TEUs - iinyawo ezingamashumi amabini ezilinganayo- inani elithintela ukusebenza kakuhle.
Ukusebenza kwamazibuko kuchatshazelwe kakubi zizidubedube zasemva konyulo eziphazamise inkqubo yezothutho kubandakanya nomsebenzi kaloliwe osentshona Kenya neUganda.
"Ngokusebenzisana kwabo bonke abachaphazelekayo, izibuko lihambisa umndilili weekhonteyina ezingama-800 yonke imihla iiyure ezingama-24," utshilo uKhamis kwingxelo. "Oku kusuka kwizikhongozeli ezingama-30 ngosuku nje emva konyulo." Uthe iinqanawa ezili-16 zimisile kwizibuko kwaye ezintlanu zilindile.
Uveze ukuba ukuyekiswa kweentsuku ezisibhozo ezinikezwe yi-KPA ukubuyekeza iintsuku ezilahlekileyo zomsebenzi ngexesha leeholide ezinde zonyulo, zikhuphe impendulo entle kwaye kuqokelelwe imithwalo emininzi.
UKhamis uqinisekisile ukuba izibuko liyekile ukuphatha imithwalo yeTanzania okwexeshana kwaye endaweni yoko lacela abathumeli ukuba bathathe imithwalo ngqo.
