Ummeli waseMelika ufuna kuphenywe ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukudayiswa kwezikhali kuka-$418M eKenya

Ilungu leCongress laseNorth Carolina lifuna kuphenywe ngenkontileka engaba izigidi ezingama- $418 phakathi kweKenya kanye nosonkontileka omkhulu wezokuvikela waseMelika amenyezelwe ngosuku lokugcina lukaMongameli Obama ehhovisi - isivumelwano ummeli athi sihlobene nokuhlangana.

Ummeli weRiphabhulikhi u-Ted Budd ufuna iHhovisi Lokuphendula Likahulumeni liphenye isivumelwano phakathi kwezwe lase-Afrika kanye ne-L3 Technologies yaseNew York sokudayiswa kwezindiza ezingu-12 ezihlomile eziqapha umngcele. Uthe ufuna ukwazi ukuthi kungani inkampani encane ephethwe ngumakadebona eNorth Carolina - egxile ekwenzeni izindiza ezinjalo - ingathathwanga njengomkhiqizi.

I-IOMAX USA Inc., ezinze eMooresville futhi yasungulwa umakadebona Wezempi Yase-U.S., yanikela ngokwakha iKenya izindiza ezinezikhali cishe ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-281 - ishibhile kakhulu kunalokho izimbangi zayo, i-L3, ezidayisela yona.

"Kukhona okunuka kabi lapha," kusho uBudd etshela iFox News. "I-U.S. Air Force yeqe i-IOMAX, enama-50 alezi zindiza asevele esebenza eMpumalanga Ephakathi."

"Banikezwe inkontileka engavuthiwe," kusho uBudd ngeKenya, eyayicele izindiza ezihlomile zaseMelika ezingu-12 empini yayo neqembu lamaphekula i-Al-Shabaab ngasemngceleni wayo osenyakatho.

“Sifuna ukuphatha abalingani bethu njengeKenya ngendlela efanele,” kusho yena. "Futhi sifuna ukwazi ukuthi kungani i-IOMAX ingabhekwanga."

(I-IOMAX isebenza endizeni yayo yeNgelosi Enkulu efektri ese-Albany, e-Ga.)

Okhulumela uMnyango WezoMbuso akazange aphendule esicelweni sokuphawula mayelana nalesi sivumelwano.

Umthombo onolwazi ngezingxoxo utshele iFox News ukuthi lolu hlelo belusathuthukiswa noMnyango Wezwe okungenani unyaka wonke futhi isimemezelo salo ngosuku lokugcina luka-Obama ehhovisi "sabe ngengozi nje."

I-L3, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ikuchithile ngokuqinile noma isiphi isimangalo sokuchema esivumelwaneni sayo neKenya - esigunyazwe uMnyango Wezwe, hhayi i-White House - futhi yahlehlisa imibiko yokuthi ayikaze yakhe indiza enjalo.

"Noma yiziphi izinsolo ezibuza okuhlangenwe nakho kuka-L3 ekukhiqizeni lesi sisetshenziswa noma 'ukulunga' kwenqubo akwaziswa okungeyikho noma kuqhutshekwa ngamabomu ngenxa yezizathu zokuncintisana," kusho inkampani esitatimendeni esibhekise kuFox News.

"I-L3 isanda kuthola imvume evela eMnyangweni Wezwe Lase-U.S. ukuze kudayiswe iKenya izindiza nokusekelwa okuhlobene, okuhlanganisa izindiza ze-Air Tractor AT-802L," kusho usonkontileka omkhulu. "I-L3 ilethe izindiza eziningi ze-Air Tractor, ebezifana nesinikeza zona eKenya futhi sezigunyazwe ngokugcwele ukuthi zikufanelekele ukuba semoyeni yizo zombili izitifiketi zohlobo lwe-FAA Supplemental Type kanye nesitifiketi sohlobo lwamasosha ase-U.S. Air Force."

“I-L3 iyona kuphela inkampani enendiza enalezi zitifiketi,” kusho u-L3.

Kodwa uRon Howard, umakadebona Wezempi YaseMelika owaqala i-IOMAX ngo-2001, wathi, "Yithina kuphela" abenza izindiza ezihlomile ezicelwe yiKenya.

Imboni ye-IOMAX e-Albany, e-Ga., ilungisa izinsalela zezitshalo zibe izindiza eziqiniswe ngezikhali ezinjengemicibisholo ye-Hellfire kanye nemishini yokugada. Indiza enezikhali ibizwa ngokuthi iNgelosi Enkulu, kusho uHoward, futhi ingadubula noma ibhomule ngokunemba okukhulu ukusuka ezinyaweni ze-20,000.

"Indiza yenzelwe ukuthi ithule futhi ingezwakali," kusho uHoward etshela iFox News. Uthe i-IOMAX ineziningi ezivele zisebenza eMpumalanga Ephakathi - ezithengwe yi-United Arab Emirates futhi zahlakazeka kwamanye amazwe esifundeni, njengeJordani neGibhithe.

I-IOMAX inabasebenzi abangama-208, ingxenye yabo okungomakadebona base-US, kusho uHoward.

NgoFebhuwari, uRobert Godec, inxusa laseMelika eKenya, wathi, "Inqubo yokuthengisa amasosha ase-US idinga ukwaziswa kwe-US Congress futhi ivumela amakomiti aqaphayo kanye nezimbangi zezentengiselwano ithuba lokubukeza lonke iphakethe ngaphambi kokuba linikezwe umuntu ongase abe umthengi."

UGodec uthe uhulumeni waseKenya awukasayini isivumelwano sokuthenga izindiza e-US futhi wabiza inqubo eqhubekayo “esobala, evulekile futhi efanelekile.”

"Lokhu kudayiswa kwezempi okungaba khona kuzokwenziwa ngokuphelele ngokuhambisana nemithetho nemithethonqubo efanele," esho. "I-United States ime neKenya ekulweni nobuphekula."