Inkqubo ebizwa ngokuba “ngabaNcedisi babakhenkethi”, ngumbono uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho ePanama, uRubén Blades awayenawo ekupheleni konyaka ka-2004. Wadibana neqela lolutsha, bonke babengamalungu emigulukudu avela kwiindawo ezidumileyo zasePanamá. Ihotele yaseWashington eColon City. Kule ntlanganiso uchaze umnqweno wakhe wokuphumeza inkqubo apho banokuba ngabancedisi babakhenkethi emva kokufumana uqeqesho olupheleleyo nolugqibeleleyo.
Nje ukuba le nkqubo ifezekiswe kunye nababefudula bengamalungu emigulukudu evela kwindawo yaseSan Felipe ababeqeqeshelwe ukhenketho kunye nembali yasePanama, isimilo esihle, imithetho yezokhuseleko kunye nesiNgesi esisisiseko kwisithuba seenyanga ezi-6, apho bafumana intlawulo esisiseko yenyanga kunye injongo yokubanceda bashiye imikhwa yabo yakudala kwaye baqale ubomi obutsha kunye nobungcono.
Inkqubo yayijolise ekubeni ihlale iinyanga ezi-6 kuphela, kodwa ngenxa yempendulo elungileyo eyayinayo, yandiswa ngokungenammiselo kwaye isenziwa ngempumelelo nabathathi-nxaxheba abamalunga ne-100.
Le nkqubo ngoku ibandakanya abanye abasemngciphekweni wentlalontle njengabafundi baseyunivesithi kunye nabaphumelele kwizikolo zamabanga aphakamileyo. Le nkqubo iyenziwa kwezinye iindawo ezinomdla kubakhenkethi njengakwimimandla ephezulu, iilwandle, amaphondo aphakathi nakwiSikhululo senqwelomoya saseTocumen.
Emva kodliwanondlebe nabancedisi kwindawo abasebenza kuyo, saqonda ukuba baziva bekhuselekile kwaye benombulelo kule nkqubo.
UAndrés Beckford, oneminyaka engama-28 nobesebenza njengomncedisi wabakhenkethi iminyaka emibini enesiqingatha wathi: “Le nkqubo ibutshintshile ubomi bam nobomi bosapho lwam. Umfazi wam wayeneenyanga ezintlanu ekhulelwe kwaye ndandingasebenzi xa ndinikwa eli thuba. Ngalo mzuzu kanye ndaziva ndilithuba lam lokuba ndiziphucule. Bandifundisa imilinganiselo yokwenene nendawo endiyiyo ekuhlaleni. Emva koko, bandiqeqesha kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo ezinje ngesiNgesi esisiseko, imbali yeKota endala, izakhono zonxibelelwano, nokunye okuninzi.
UJosé Uno, omnye oneminyaka engama-24 ubudala kule nkqubo, wakhankanya: “Abantu abazi ukuba bangaphi abakhenkethi abeza mihla le. Ndiyabulela kule nkqubo, siyakwazi ukubanika ulwazi olupheleleyo malunga nendawo kunye nezikhumbuzo zembali. Kuya kuba mnandi ukuba abantu abaninzi banokwazi ngathi, kuba uninzi lwabakhenkethi, xa befika apha, sele benomqhubi wabakhenkethi okanye isikhokelo. Silapha kwikota endala yonke imihla sisebenza njengeqela kwaye kukho unxibelelwano olukhulu phakathi kwethu sonke. Kwaye eyona nto ibalulekileyo yeyokuba siyahlawulwa ngalo msebenzi kwaye oku kusivumela ukuba sihlale sikude nolwaphulo-mthetho nokonakaliswa.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, impumelelo yale nkqubo ilinganiswe ngokusekwe kulwaneliseko lwabahlali baseSan Felipe, abakhenkethi, ngakumbi abancedisi babakhenkethi, abakwazileyo ukutshintsha ubomi babo. Ngamanye amaxesha, iinkonzo zoncedo zabakhenkethi ziye zabaqesha ngokusisigxina ukuba basebenze kwishishini labo.
