Wolemba Cristina Corbin, FoxNews.com.
IOMAX imamanga Mngelo wamkulu, yemwe akujambulidwa apa, posintha zipolopolo za mbewu kukhala ndege zankhondo zokhala ndi zida zapamwamba zowunikira. (IOMAX)
Bungwe la Congress ku North Carolina likufuna kuti lifufuze za mgwirizano wa $ 418 miliyoni pakati pa Kenya ndi kontrakitala wamkulu wa chitetezo ku United States omwe adalengeza tsiku lomaliza la Purezidenti Obama - mgwirizano womwe wopanga malamulo akuti ukukomera mtima.
Mtsogoleri wa dziko la Republican Ted Budd akufuna kuti Boma lifufuze za mgwirizano wapakati pa dziko la Africa ndi L3 Technologies ya New York yogulitsa ndege 12 za zida zolondera m'malire. Ananenanso kuti akufuna kudziwa chifukwa chake kampani yaying'ono yomwe ili ndi wakale wakale ku North Carolina - yomwe imagwira ntchito yopanga ndege zotere - sinaganizidwe ngati wopanga.
IOMAX USA Inc., yochokera ku Mooresville ndipo idakhazikitsidwa ndi msirikali wakale wankhondo yaku US, idapereka ndege zopangira zida za Kenya pafupifupi $281 miliyoni - zotsika mtengo kwambiri kuposa zomwe mpikisano wake, L3, akugulitsa.
"China chake sichimveka bwino pano," Budd adauza Fox News. "US Air Force idadutsa IOMAX, yomwe ili ndi ndege 50 zomwe zikugwira ntchito kale ku Middle East."
"Anapatsidwa mwayi," adatero Budd ponena za Kenya, yomwe idapempha ndege zokwana 12 zaku US polimbana ndi zigawenga za Al-Shabaab pafupi ndi malire ake kumpoto.
"Tikufuna kuchitira anzathu ngati Kenya mwachilungamo," adatero. "Ndipo tikufuna kudziwa chifukwa chake IOMAX sinaganizidwe."
(IOMAX imagwira ntchito pa ndege yake ya Angelo wamkulu pafakitale ku Albany, Ga.)
Mneneri wa State Department sanayankhe pempho loti afotokozepo za mgwirizanowu.
Katswiri wodziwa zokambiranazo adauza Fox News kuti pulogalamuyo ikupita patsogolo ndi dipatimenti ya boma kwa chaka chimodzi ndipo kulengeza kwake tsiku lomaliza la Obama kudali "mwangozi".
L3, pakadali pano, idatsutsa mwamphamvu zonena zilizonse zokondera mumgwirizano wake ndi Kenya - zomwe zidavomerezedwa ndi dipatimenti ya boma, osati White House - ndikukankhira kumbuyo malipoti kuti sanapangepo ndege zotere.
"Zilizonse zomwe zimakayikira zomwe L3 adachita popanga zidazi kapena" chilungamo" cha ntchitoyi sichinafotokozedwe molakwika kapena zimapitirizidwa mwadala pazifukwa zopikisana," kampaniyo idatero polankhula ku Fox News.
"L3 posachedwa idalandira chilolezo kuchokera ku US State Department kuti igulitse ku Kenya ndege ndi thandizo lina, kuphatikizapo ndege za Air Tractor AT-802L," adatero kontrakitala wamkulu. "L3 yapereka ndege zambiri za Air Tractor, zomwe zinali zofanana ndi zomwe tinapereka ku Kenya ndipo zatsimikiziridwa mokwanira kuti zikuyenera kukhala ndege ndi FAA Supplemental Type Certification ndi US Air Force yamtundu wa asilikali."
"L3 ndi kampani yokhayo yomwe ili ndi ndege yomwe ili ndi ziphaso izi," adatero L3.
Koma Ron Howard, msirikali wakale wankhondo waku US yemwe adayambitsa IOMAX mu 2001, adati, "Ndife tokha" kupanga ndege zankhondo zomwe Kenya idapempha.
Fakitale ya IOMAX ku Albany, Ga., imasintha zipolopolo za mbewu kukhala ndege zokhala ndi zida monga mizinga yamoto wa Hellfire komanso zida zowonera. Ndege yokhala ndi zida imatchedwa Mngelo wamkulu, Howard adatero, ndipo imatha kuwombera kapena kuphulitsa bwino kwambiri kuchokera ku 20,000 mapazi.
"Ndegeyi idapangidwa makamaka kuti ikhale chete komanso yosamveka," a Howard adauza Fox News. Anati IOMAX ili ndi ambiri omwe akugwira ntchito kale ku Middle East - ogulidwa ndi United Arab Emirates ndipo anamwazikana ku mayiko ena m'derali, monga Jordan ndi Egypt.
IOMAX ili ndi antchito a 208, theka lawo ndi asilikali akale aku US, adatero Howard.
Mu February, a Robert Godec, kazembe wa US ku Kenya, adati, "Njira zogulitsa zankhondo zaku US zimafuna chidziwitso ku US Congress ndipo zimalola makomiti oyang'anira ndi ochita nawo zamalonda mwayi wowunikanso phukusi lonse asanaperekedwe kwa omwe angagule."
Godec adati boma la Kenya silinasaine mgwirizano uliwonse wogula ndege ku US ndipo adati ndondomekoyi ndi "yowonekera, yotseguka, komanso yoyenera."
"Kugulitsa zankhondo kumeneku kudzachitika mogwirizana ndi malamulo ndi malamulo oyenera," adatero. "United States ikuyimira Kenya polimbana ndi uchigawenga."
Yankho Limodzi
Ndiye Kenya m'malo mogwiritsa ntchito ndalama zothandizira abusa ndi chilala chomwe chimayambitsa ziwawa nthawi zina, amawononga ndalama zogulira zida zochokera ku America, - amoral America ikafika posokoneza mayiko ena. Kodi zida izi zidzagwiritsidwa ntchito motsutsana ndi awo kapena aku Somalia omwe akubwera kudutsa malire monga zikuchitika kale pachilala chomwe chikukulirakulira?