Abaphathiswa bavumile ukuseka unyaka I-EAC UMboniso wezoKhenketho weNgingqi (EARTE) ngenjongo yokuphucula ukubonakala kwalo mmandla kunye nokuwuthengisa njengendawo enye yokhenketho.
Ibhunga lecandelo ligqibe ekubeni i-United Republic yaseTanzania izakubamba i-First EARTE ngo-Okthobha walo nyaka. Kwintetho yakhe yokuvula, uMnu Balala, ugxininise amazwe angamaQabane asebenzisana ingakumbi ekujonganeni nefuthe lobhubhane we-COVID-19 kwicandelo lezokhenketho nakwiinzame zokudibana zokhenketho.
U-Balala uthe ubhubhane lubonakalisile ukubaluleka kokwakha ke ukuphuhlisa iimarike zokhenketho lwasekhaya nolwengingqi ezingundoqo kwaye zinokunceda ekwenzeni icandelo lezokhenketho lomelele kwimeko yeentlekele ezizayo kunye nobhubhane.
Ubhubhane lutyhile ukuba amazwe angamalungu e-EAC anokusebenzisa itekhnoloji ukunxibelelana kunye nokubamba iintlanganiso ngokunxibelelana.
Unobhala Jikelele we-EAC uGqirha Peter Mathuki uthe icandelo lezokhenketho lelinye lezona ndawo zibalulekileyo zentsebenziswano kwi-EAC, ngenxa yegalelo layo kuqoqosho lwaMazwe angamaQabane. Iphethe malunga neepesenti ezili-10 zemveliso yeGross Gross Domestic Product (GDP), iipesenti ezili-17 zengeniso yokuthumela ngaphandle kunye neepesenti ezisixhenxe (7%) zokudala imisebenzi.
“Kubalulekile ke ngoko ukuba sityalomali olukhulu. Iziphumo zokuphindaphinda kwezokhenketho nokunxulumana namanye amacandelo adlala indima enkulu kumanyano lwethu olufana nezolimo, ezothutho kunye nemveliso zikhulu kakhulu ”utshilo uGqirha Mathuki.
Icandelo lokuhamba nokhenketho lachatshazelwa ngubhubhane we-COVID-19 ngaphezulu kwalo naliphi na icandelo lezoqoqosho kwinqanaba lehlabathi, utshilo.
Ngemizamo yokubuyisela kwimeko yesiqhelo eyaqaliswa ngoogxa bamazwe, kuya kuba luncedo ngenene kummandla we-EAC ukuhlangana ukuze kuphunyezwe amanyathelo adibeneyo ajolise ekubuyiseleni icandelo kunye nokubeka isiseko esomeleleyo sophuhliso lwayo lwexesha elizayo.
Abaphathiswa bengingqi ye-EAC bakwathathile ingqalelo kwaye bayayivuma ukuyila isicwangciso-qhinga sentengiso sokhenketho lwengingqi, esifuna ukubeka indawo ye-EAC njengeyona ndawo ingcono neyona ifikelelekayo kwezokhenketho lwengingqi e-Afrika.
Amaqhinga akhoyo ngoku phantsi kwezokhenketho lommandla we-EAC axhaswa kakhulu kwaye akhuthazwa yiBhodi yezoKhenketho ye-Afrika (i-ATB). Ibhodi yoKhenketho yase-Afrika ngoku isebenza ekuphuhliseni, ukuthengisa kunye nokunyusa ilizwekazi lase-Afrika njengeyona ndawo iphambili kwihlabathi.
