ISierra Leone izama ukwakha ishishini layo lezokhenketho lenzakaliswe yimfazwe.
Abakhenkethi, ngamanani amancinci, babuyela kunxweme lwaseSierra Leone olunentlabathi emhlophe kunye namanzi acwengileyo aluhlaza, kwiminyaka esibhozo emva kokuba imfazwe yaphela kwilizwe lasentshona Afrika.
Kwi-Number 2 River Beach, kumazantsi ekomkhulu laseFreetown, iqela lolutsha lasekuhlaleni liqhuba indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide kwaye ligcina ulwandle lucocekile.
UDaniel Macauley, intloko yeli qela, uthi kuyanceda ukuthomalalisa intswelo-ngqesho ekuhlaleni.
“Uluntu lwethu luyindawo yabakhenkethi,” utshilo. “Ngoko sigqibe kwelokuba siqale sibe nabantu, sibahlalise apha.”
Indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide iqashe malunga nama-40 abahlali belali. UJim Dean waseMelika uqhelekile elunxwemeni.
“Sizama ukuphuma apha rhoqo kangangoko sinakho, uyazi, mhlawumbi kube kanye okanye kabini ngenyanga,” utshilo. "Kukho ezinye iilwandle ezininzi kolu lwandle, kodwa olu lunxweme olukhethekileyo ngenxa yesanti kunye nokujonga."
Nangona iSierra Leone inokuninzi enokukunika yona, umceli mngeni kukuqinisekisa abakhenkethi ukuba beze, utshilo umkhenkethi uBimbo Carroll.
Kwaye ukuze senze oko kufuneka sikwazi ukubaqinisekisa ukuba iSierra Leone ikulungele ukubamkela,” utshilo uCarroll. Kwaye kuninzi, kubasebenzisi abaninzi ngaphandle, eSierra Leone, kuseluhlobo lwe-ayikho ezincwadini zabo, ukuba uyayazi into endiyithethayo.
Kangangeminyaka elishumi, de kwangowama-2002, iSierra Leone yayigqugqisile kungquzulwano olumanyumnyezi, abavukeli besilwela ukulawula ilizwe, besebenzisa idayimani yeli lizwe ukuxhasa imfazwe. Iindaba zabantu abasikwa iingalo nemilenze ngabavukeli yaba yinto entsha ngeSierra Leone. Imfazwe yabulala abantu abangaphezu kwama-50,000 kwaye umfanekiso welizwe usabalabala.
“Omnye wemiceli-mngeni yokhenketho ludumo olubi eliqhubeka nokufunyanwa lilizwe ngokomfanekiso – kusekho umfanekiso ombi kwindawo yentengiso ngeSierra Leone,” utshilo uCecil Williams okhokela ibhodi yezokhenketho yelizwe. "Abantu basakholelwa ukuba ayisiyondawo ikhuselekileyo, uzinzo lusanqongophele, nto leyo engeyonyani."
Urhulumente usebenzela ukutsala amaqela abakhenkethi ngokubhengeza kwimiboniso yokhenketho yamazwe ngamazwe nangokubonisa ihlabathi icala elahlukileyo lelizwe.
Bangaphezu kwama-5000 abakhenkethi beza eSierra Leone kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ibhodi yezokhenketho ithi, ukusuka malunga ne-1,000 kwiminyaka elithoba eyadlulayo. Umkhenkethi waseKhanada uCarul Canzius wothuka kakhulu.
“Ndandingomnye waba bantu babenoloyiko oluncinane, kodwa ngoku ndilapha ndiyibonile ukuba izinzile kwaye ikhuselekile kakhulu,” utshilo uCanzius.
Iiarhente ezimbini zohambo zaseYurophu ngoku zibonelela ngohambo lokuya eSierra Leone. Isikhokelo sohambo sokuqala selizwe sapapashwa kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
