Abakhenkethi abangamashumi amathathu basinda cebetshu ekufeni emva kokuba isikhephe ababekhwele kuso sibhukuqe kulwandle lwaseKenyatta eMombasa ngoSuku lweKrisimesi.
Inyathelo elikhawulezileyo lamagosa eNkonzo yeZilwanyana zasendle zaseKenya, amaPolisa aseLwandle kunye nabalobi babagcinile.
Ngokutsho komphathi omkhulu we-KWS u-Arthur Tuda kunye namapolisa aseLwandle ababandakanyekayo kumsebenzi wokuhlangula, isikhephe esinomthamo wabagibeli be-15 kuphela sasithwele abantu be-30 ngexesha lengozi.
“Iphenyane laqalisa ukubhukuqa malunga neekhilomitha ezimbini zaselwandle ukusuka elunxwemeni ngenxa yokugcwala. Uninzi lwabasebenzi abalapha bayayityeshela imimiselo yaselwandle, ”utshilo uMnu Tuda.
Isikhephe sasiqeshwe ngabakhenkethi ukuba sisiwe eMarine Park kuhambo lwaselwandle.
Uthe isikhephe, i-MV Mullah, iye yavalwa ngoku ukuba isebenze ecaleni konxweme lwaseKenya de ikhutshwe ilayisensi yokukhutshwa yiKenya Maritime Authority.
“Sidibanise imikhosi kunye namagosa e-KWS nabalobi basekuhlaleni abebejikeleza apha kwaye babalekele kwindawo yexhwayelo.
“Ngethamsanqa, sikwazile ukubakhupha bonke emanzini sabazisa elunxwemeni bekhuselekile,” latsho ipolisa laselwandle.
Esi siganeko sibangele uloyiko phakathi kwabahambi elwandle ababukele bemgama ekhuselekileyo njengoko iphulo lokuhlangula elithathe iyure enye ukusuka ngentsimbi yokuqala ukuya kweyesibini malanga liqhubeka.
Ngeli xesha, amawakawaka abantu ababukeleyo bagxuphuleka kwi-Kenyatta Public Beach ukonwabela ukuqubha kwaye bonwabe ngeCawa.
Ngokutsho kwamapolisa, isihlwele sabantu abangaphezu kwe-10,000 yaba sesona sikhulu kwiminyaka eliqela. Ukhuseleko beluqinisiwe kwaye abantu bancome amapolisa ngomsebenzi owenziwe kakuhle.
Izoyikiso zokuhlaselwa
Ukusuka malunga neekhilomitha ezintlanu ukuya kwindawo yePirates ukuya elunxwemeni kuhola wendlela iMombasa-Malindi, amapolisa ahlala egadile kwaye eyalela izithuthi ukunqanda ukuxinana kwezithuthi.
Ekungeneni, kwakukho izithintelo zeendlela ezimbini kwaye kuphela inani elilinganiselwe leemoto ezivunyelwe kwindawo yolwandle.
Iphenyane lamapolisa aselwandle, amaphenyane amabini erabha aphethwe ngamapolisa, amapolisa anxibe iyunifomu kunye namapolisa anganxibanga nto nje ahamba ngeenyawo, amapolisa asekuhlaleni kunye nechopha yamapolisa ahlala emlindile wonke ummandla wolwandle.
Umphathi wamapolisa ephondweni uAggrey Adoli uthi ukhuseleko luqinisiwe kulandela izigrogriso zokuhlaselwa nguAl-Shabaab.
