Usapho lwakhe luqinisekisile ukubhubha kwakhe kwaye lwathi ingcaphephe ephambili yezophapho eTanzania isweleke kwaye izakubekwa kwindawo yokuphumla ngonaphakade kule veki kwikhaya lakhe losapho eKilimanjaro kumantla eTanzania.
Usapho lwachaza UMnu Shirima “njengempefumlelo nenkokeli kwabaninzi,” ethembisa “ukubuxabisa ngonaphakade ubomi bakhe.”
UMnu Shirima wayengu Thanzaniya usomashishini, usomashishini, kunye ne-philanthropist. WayenguMseki kunye noSihlalo we-Precision Air, ekuphela kwenkampani yabucala yaseTanzania.
Umongameli waseTanzania uSamia Suluhu Hassan wathumela umyalezo woxolo kwaye wachaza uMnumzana Shirima njengomntu obalulekileyo kwishishini lendiza yaseTanzania kunye neminye imisebenzi yoluntu.
Abaphathi beeNkonzo zoMoya be-Precision Air bakuqinisekisile ukubhubha kukasihlalo wabo ngeenkcukacha zoluntu ngenjikalanga yangoMgqibelo.
UMnu. Shirima waseka i-Precision Air ngo-1993, ngenqwelo-moya eneenjini ezimbini ezihlala abantu aba-5, iPiper Aztec.
I-Precision Air yadityaniswa eTanzania ngoJanuwari 1991 njengenkampani yenqwelomoya yabucala kwaye yaqalisa ukusebenza ngo-1993. Ekuqaleni, yayisebenza njengenkampani yabucala yothutho lomoya, kodwa ngoNovemba ka-1993, yatshintsha ukuze ibonelele ngeenkonzo zenqwelomoya ezicwangcisiweyo ukuze zikhonze urhwebo olukhulayo lwabakhenkethi eTanzania. Inqwelo moya emva koko yolule amaphiko ayo kwiidolophu ezininzi zaseTanzania nakwezinye iindawo eziseMpuma Afrika kubandakanya iNairobi, ikomkhulu laseKenya.
Isebenza njengeyona nqwelo moya yabucala yokuqala nekhuphisanayo eTanzania, iPrecision Air ikwazile ukulawula isibhakabhaka saseTanzania kude kube ngoku, ikhuphisana neenqwelomoya ezinkulu nezikarhulumente kwisibhakabhaka saseMpuma Afrika.
I-Precision Air yaqala iinkonzo zayo zomoya kwisixeko sase-Arusha ngokubonelela ngeenqwelo-moya zokubhabhisa abakhenkethi abatyelela iipaki zezilwanyana zasendle eziMantla eziquka i-Serengeti National Park kunye ne-Ngorongoro Conservation Area kunye nezinye iinkonzo ze-charter eZanzibar.
Ngo-2006, i-Precision Air yaba yinqwelomoya yokuqala yaseTanzania ukuphumelela uPhicotho loKhuseleko oluSebenzayo lwe-IATA.
Ukukhula kwamanani abathengi emva koko kwatsala inqwelomoya ukuba ifumane iinqwelomoya ezingakumbi emva koko yaqalisa iinqwelomoya ezicwangcisiweyo kulo lonke elaseTanzania, emva koko eNairobi. Ngo-2003, i-Kenya Airways yafumana i-49% yezabelo kwi-Precision Air ngesixa-mali se-US$2 yezigidi.
UMnumzana Shirima ongasekhoyo uthethe ne-eTN ngomhla we-15 Juni, 2012, emva koko wanika ibali elicacileyo malunga nokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya kunye nothutho lomoya e-Afrika kunye nemingeni ejongene nesibhakabhaka saseAfrika. Uxelele i-eTN ukuba i-Precision Air yandulelwa yinkampani yokugalela uthuli lwezityalo eyasekwa ngasekupheleni kowe-1986 kwaze kwathi kwabakho imbalela ethe gqolo eTanzania ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1990 inika uthuli lwezityalo ngaphandle komsebenzi owaneleyo, kwaphunyezwa uluvo lokuseka inkampani yokuqesha. kungoko, oku kwaba kusekwa kwenkampani yeenqwelomoya iPrecision Air.
“Oku kuxhaswe ndim kwingeniso yeshishini lokuthumela ngaphandle ikofu endandizibandakanye [ekuqaleni] koo-1980 kwaye ndisebenzisana neTanzania Venture Capital Fund esandula ukusekwa kwi-66% kunye ne-33% ngokulandelelanayo. Le ngxowa-mali yathengwa yiKenya Airways ngo-2003,” wakhe waxelela i-eTN.
“Iinqwelo-moya zehlabathi zimanyene, zisebenzisana, zithengiwe yaye zinezivumelwano. Abo bazimele bodwa abasekho, kwaye apho bahlala khona, babuthathaka. Bendifuna ukuba iPrecision Air iqhubeke ikhona kwaye ibe ngumdlali owaziwayo kwihlabathi,” utshilo.
