Ilifu elimnyama lijinga esibhakabhakeni seMpuma Afrika ngokuma phakathi I-Kenya Airways kunye nabasemagunyeni kwezokuhamba ngenqwelomoya eTanzania, emva kokuba omabini la mazwe angabamelwane evule isibhakabhaka ngamanyathelo abhabha.
I-Tanzania ivule isibhakabhaka sayo ekupheleni kuka-Meyi, ngelixa iKenya ithathe inyathelo elifanayo ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, kodwa iinqwelomoya phakathi kwabamelwane babini zasilela ukwenzeka emva kokuba abasemagunyeni baseKenya besuse iTanzania kuluhlu lwe Covid-19-Amazwe akhuselekileyo anabemi abakulungeleyo ukuya eKenya.
Ukuphendula kwisigqibo saseKenya, iTanzania yathintela iinqwelo-moya zaseKenya ukuba zingene kwindawo yomoya zilinde esinye isaziso.
Ukuma phakathi kweKenya Airways kunye nabasemagunyeni baseTanzania ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kubacaphukisile abezokhenketho bommandla we-Mpuma Afrika, bethathela ingqalelo ubungakanani bomthamo wabakhenkethi phakathi kwabamelwane.
I-TCAA) nge-30 kaJulayi irhoxisiwe izicwangciso zokuvumela i-Kenya Airways ukuba iphinde iqhubeke ngenqwelomoya, icaphula isigqibo seKenya sokuyikhupha iTanzania kuluhlu lwelizwe elinabemi beli abaza kuvunyelwa ukuba bangene phantsi kwemiqathango ye-coronavirus ehlaziyiweyo.
Umlawuli jikelele weKenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) uGilbert Kibe uthe balinde ilizwi elivela eTanzania, kodwa bavakalisa ithemba lokuba iziphumo ziya kuba ntle.
Emva kwentlanganiso yabalawuli bobabini beenqwelomoya, iKenya yaxelelwa ukuba ilinde impendulo evela eTanzania.
I-TCAA iqale yavumela i-KQ ukuba iphinde iqhubeke neenkonzo ezicwangcisiweyo eDar es Salaam naseZanzibar.
Umphathiswa Wezothutho waseKenya uJames Macharia uxelele oonondaba baseKenya kwangoko kulenyanga ukuba umlawuli wezokundwendwela waseTanzania uwususile lo mthetho kwaye wavumela umphathi wenqwelomoya waseKenya ukuba aqhubeke neenqwelomoya kwangoko nge-Agasti, kodwa isithintelo sisahleli sikhona.
I-Kenya Airways iphinde yaqala ukuhamba ngeenqwelomoya nge-1 ka-Agasti, isiya kwiindawo ezingama-30 okokuqala ukusukela oko iindlela zamiswa ngo-Matshi ngenxa ye-COVID-19.
I-Tanzania yenye yeendlela ezinenzuzo ngakumbi kwiKenya Airways kunye neenqwelomoya ezihamba rhoqo ukuya kushishino oluphambili lwaseTanzania nakwizixeko zabakhenkethi kubandakanya nesiqithi sabakhenkethi kuLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya iZanzibar.
I-Kenya Airways iphinde yaqala ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya phakathi kweyeKhala kunye neenqwelomoya zakwamanye amazwe ngo-Agasti.
Ukuma phakathi kweKenya neTanzania kwaqatshelwa kwakamsinya emva kokuqhambuka kwesi sifo eMpuma Afrika, xa iKenya yathintela abaqhubi beelori baseTanzania ukuba bangene kummandla wayo, besoyikela ukuba bazakusasaza esi sifo.
Abasemagunyeni baseTanzania bathathe amanyathelo aphikisayo ekulweni ubhubhane we-COVID-19 emva koko bavula yonke imida kwiinyanga ezimbini ezidlulileyo.
I-East African Community Business Council (i-EABC) iwujongisisile lo mbandela, ibongoza iKenya neTanzania ukuba zikhawulezise ukuvulwa kwakhona kwesithuba somoya ngaphandle kwemiqathango.
"I-EABC iyabongoza, amaQabane aseMpuma Afrika (EAC) aMazwe angamaQabane ukuba abeke phambili emva koko akhawuleze ukuvulwa okungenamibandela kweenkonzo zothutho lomoya zengingqi kwaye bavumelane ngendlela elungelelanisiweyo ye-EAC ekuvulweni kwecandelo lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya," yatsho inkosi ye-EABC. Umphathi, uPeter Mathuki.
Ugqirha Mathuki uthe ukuvulwa kwakhona kweenkonzo zothutho lomoya zengingqi kuyakudibanisa amalungiselelo exabiso lokonyusa ukuthunyelwa ngaphandle kwemveliso entsha kunye nokhenketho lwengingqi kunye nokwenza ukuba ababoneleli beenkonzo bangene kwimakethi enkulu ye-EAC.
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Tanzania had opened its skies at the end of May, while Kenya took the same step early this month, but flights between the two neighbors failed to materialize after Kenyan authorities deleted Tanzania from the list of COVID-19-safe countries whose citizens were qualified to travel to Kenya.
- "I-EABC iyabongoza, amaQabane aseMpuma Afrika (EAC) aMazwe angamaQabane ukuba abeke phambili emva koko akhawuleze ukuvulwa okungenamibandela kweenkonzo zothutho lomoya zengingqi kwaye bavumelane ngendlela elungelelanisiweyo ye-EAC ekuvulweni kwecandelo lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya," yatsho inkosi ye-EABC. Umphathi, uPeter Mathuki.
- I-TCAA) nge-30 kaJulayi irhoxisiwe izicwangciso zokuvumela i-Kenya Airways ukuba iphinde iqhubeke ngenqwelomoya, icaphula isigqibo seKenya sokuyikhupha iTanzania kuluhlu lwelizwe elinabemi beli abaza kuvunyelwa ukuba bangene phantsi kwemiqathango ye-coronavirus ehlaziyiweyo.
