Everson Luhanga
Uhulumeni wase-Kenya uhlose ukugoma abantu abayizi-100,000 ngosuku emzamweni wokukhulisa ngokushesha amanani abo amabi okugoma.
Ukufeza lokhu, uNgqongqoshe wezeMpilo uMutahi Kagwe uthi wonke umuntu ongagonyiwe uzovinjelwa ukusebenzisa izithuthi zomphakathi kanye nokungena ezakhiweni zikahulumeni kusukela mhla zingama-21 kuZibandlela.
I-Kenya inezinga elibi kakhulu lokugoma kuzwekazi lonke njengoba kuze kube manje kuno-8.8% wabantu abagonywe ngokugcwele.
Kodwa ngoLwesibili nje kuphela – ngemuva nje kwesimemezelo sikaNgqongqoshe sokuvimbela abantu abangagonyiwe ezindaweni zomphakathi – kugonywe abantu base-Kenya abayizi-103,506. Leli inani eliphakeme kakhulu osukwini olulodwa kusukela kwaqala umkhankaso wokugoma e-Kenya. Bayizi-102,537 sebebonke abagonyiwe ngoLwesithathu.
UNgqongqoshe wezeMpilo ubhekane nezingqinamba eziningi emzamweni wakhe wokuthi bonke abantu base-Kenya bagonywe.
Ummeli ufake isicelo esiphikisa umyalelo kaNgqongqoshe wezeMpilo wokuvimbela abantu base-Kenya abangagonyiwe ukuthi bathole izidingongqangi kusukela ngomhla zingama-21 kuZibandlela.
Lokhu kuza phakathi kwerekhodi lokugoma ezindaweni ezahlukene zezwe kusukela lo myalelo wenziwa ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto.
Abantu kuzodingeka ukuthi bagonywe ngokugcwele ukuze basebenzise izithuthi zomphakathi – okuhlanganisa amabhasi nezindiza – noma ukungena emahhotela, izindawo zokucima ukoma, izindawo zokudlela kanye neziqiwi, ngokomyalelo.
Kodwa esimweni esiphuthumayo, uWinfred Otieno Ochieng ufuna ukuqaliswa komyalelo kumiswe okwesikhashana kuze kube udaba luyalalelwa.
UMqondisi we-WHO esifundeni sase-Afrika uDkt Matshidiso Moeti unxuse amazwe ukuthi asheshise ukukhishwa kwemigomo kubasebenzi bezempilo.
Uxwayise ngokuthi kuzokwanda ukuthelelana ngegciwane ngenxa yamaholidi okuphela konyaka.
Wonke amazwe e-Afrika athi abeke phambili abasebenzi bezempilo ezinhlelweni zabo zokugoma.
I-WHO ithi ukuhlinzekwa kwe-Afrika kunyukile futhi ithe okunye ukufakwa okuphansi kuncike ekungabazeni kokugoma.