(eTN) - Nduna ya zokopa alendo ku Tanzania Ezekiel Maige adalangiza okhudzidwa ndi zokopa alendo kuti "apange ndege zachigawo" zomwe cholinga chake ndi kulola alendo kuti apite kumayiko ena a Southern African Development Community (SADC). Anapitilizanso kunena za kusowa kwa kulumikizana, mwachitsanzo, Namibia kapena Angola kuchokera ku Tanzania, kuwonetsa kusamvetsetsa zenizeni zandege komanso m'menemo ndikupangitsanso nkhawa kwa oyandikana nawo East Africa ku Tanzania. Alendo ambiri oyendera dzikoli amakondanso kupita ku Tanzania koma amalepheretsedwa ndi zotsutsa zanthawi yayitali komanso kuchedwa kwa visa imodzi ya alendo ku East Africa ndi mabungwe osamukira kumayiko ena, zomwe zitha kukopa alendo ambiri obwera kumayiko ena.
M'malo mwake, ndemanga idapezedwa mwadzidzidzi kuchokera kugwero la ndege ku Arusha/JRO, yemwe adati: "Tiyenera kuyamba kuwona kampeni yogwirizana yochirikiza SADC ndi anti-EAC [East African Community] pano. Tili ndi ndege zazikulu zitatu zomwe zikuuluka ndikutuluka ku Tanzania kupita ku Nairobi kuchokera komwe munthu amatha kulumikizana kangapo pa sabata kupita ku Luanda ku Angola, ndipo kulumikizana ndi Windhoek ku Namibia ndikotheka kudzera ku Johannesburg. Ndunayi ikudziwa izi ndipo ikulankhula poyera za kufunika kopanga ndege ina yachigawo ku SADC, pomwe ingathandize kuyenda ndi Precision Air, Fly 540 (Tanzania) kapena Kenya Airways, yomwe ili ndi network yayikulu kwambiri ku Africa.
"Ndikuganiza kuti mwamunayo sakudziwa kuti ndi zotani zomwe zimakhudzidwa pokhazikitsa ndege, kuchuluka kwa ndalama zomwe zikufunika, komanso poganizira momwe chuma chilili panopa pa ndege zomwe mitengo yamafuta yakweranso, iyi si njira yabwino. Zimadziwika ngakhale ku Tanzania kuti moyo wa Precision Air umakhala wovuta, chifukwa amagwirizana ndi Kenya Airways. Iwo amaika ndalama kuti amange nyumba yosungiramo katundu ya madola mamiliyoni ambiri ku Dar [es Salaam] ndipo bwalo la ndege likulephera kupanga njanji ya taxi, zomwe zikupangitsa kuti ikhale yopanda ntchito.
"Makhoti amatsutsana ndi Precision kuti asiye mapulani awo oyambitsa ISP ku Dar stock exchange, ndipo m'malo mothandizira Precision ngati ndege ya dziko la Tanzania, boma lathu ku Dar likupitiriza kukamba za kutsitsimutsa Air Tanzania. Ndikuganiza kuti nduna ikuyenera kupeza maphunziro okhudza mgwirizano wa EAC komanso kufunika kolimbikitsa zomwe tili nazo m'malo mosocheretsa anthu ndi mawu otsika mtengo.
Zinamveka kuti anthu omwe ndunayi adalankhula nawo adachokera ku Southern Africa ndipo, mopanda kunena, pokhala wandale kuti iyeyo, adasewera molingana ndi zomwe anthu omwe analipowo amayembekezera koma m'menemo adasokonezanso nthenga kudera la East Africa. Chilichonse cholimbikitsa South ndi Anti-East chili ndi mabelu olira, m'dziko lonse komanso mkati mwa likulu la EAC, komwe kuphatikiza ndi mgwirizano ndizo mawu ogwira ntchito osati "kutuluka pakhomo lakumbuyo."
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- It was understood that the audience the minister spoke to came from Southern Africa and, needless to say, being the politician that he is, he played to the expectations of those present but in the process ruffled feathers once again across the East African region, where anything pro-South and anti-East has shrill alarm bells ringing, nationally and within the EAC headquarters, where integration and cooperation are the catch phrases and not “sneaking out the back door.
- He went on to cite lack of connections to, for instance, Namibia or Angola from Tanzania, displaying a remarkable lack of understanding of airline reality and in the process also giving cause for concern to the East African neighbors of Tanzania.
- “Law suits are brought against Precision to stop their plans of launching an ISP on the Dar stock exchange, and instead of supporting Precision as a national airline of Tanzania, our government in Dar continues to talk about reviving Air Tanzania.
