Ulaxaze isikhundla emasosheni ngezizathu zokuphepha
Umkhuzi webutho laseKenya elisungulelwe ukulwa nodlame lwamasosha empumalanga yeDemocratic Republic of Congo uthe wesulile esikhundleni ngenxa yokuphazamiseka kokusebenza kwakhe nokusabisa ukuphepha kwakhe, nokwengeza nokungabaza ngokuthi ngabe lolu hlelo lungasebenza yini.
Amazwe ayisikhombisa angaphansi kwe-East African Community (EAC) asungule umbutho wezempi we-EACRF ngoMbasa odlule ukuze azame ukuqeda ukuchitheka kwegazi okuhlobene namashumi eminyaka okuhlasela empumalanga yeCongo. Kodwa igunya layo liphelelwe yisikhathi ngenyanga edlule kanti abaholi be-EAC bazwakalise imibono eyahlukene mayelana nendlela okumele isebenze ngayo, njengoba uMengameli waseCongo uFelix Tshisekedi efuna kuthathwe isimo esinolaka ukwedlula umyalelo wokugcina ukuthula ohlongozwa ngabanye.
Umkhuzi wawo, uMajor General Jeff Nyagah (osesithombeni), uthe encwadini ayibhale ngoLwesine uyayeka ngenxa “yokwesabisa okubi kakhulu” kokuphepha kwakhe kanye “nohlelo oluhlelekile” lokukhungathekisa imizamo yombutho. Imithombo kahulumeni waseCongo iqinisekisa ubuqiniso bencwadi.
Kuyo incwadi, uNyagah usola ukuthi osonkontileka bamasosha bakwamanye amazwe bathunyelwe ukuyohlola indawo ahlala kuyo ngoMasingana, babeka izinsiza zokuqapha ezamphoqa ukuthi athuthe.
Uthe waba yisisulu “semikhankaso yezindaba engemihle” esola i-EACRF ngokungasiqinisi isandla eqenjini lamavukelambuso i-M23, elaqala ukuhlasela empumalanga yeCongo ngonyaka odlule. Ubuye waveza ukuthi uhulumeni waseCongo uphokophele ukushintsha indima yomkhuzi njalo ezinyangeni ezintathu.
“Ukuphepha kwami njengoMkhuzi Wezempi akuqinisekisiwe,” kusho uNyagah. “Ukukhungatheka okuqhubekayo kwenze umsebenzi wami ungafezeki.”
Iziphathimandla zaseCongo namasosha abatholakalanga ukuze baphawule. UNgqongqoshe Wezokuxhumana uPatrick Muyaya phambilini uvumile ukuthi kukhona osonkontileka bezempi bakwamanye amazwe eCongo abasebenza “njengabafundisi”.
Okhulumela i-EAC akazange aphawule ngalezi zinsolo.
UMnyango Wezokuvikela eKenya uthe ngoLwesihlanu uNyagah uqokwe esikhundleni sokuba ngumkhuzi wasekhaya. I-Congo iphumele obala ngokugxeka i-EACRF kusukela kuqale unyaka, iyisola ngokwehluleka ukulawula i-M23, kanti ukuvuselelwa kwegunya layo kusadingidwa.
