KINSHASA, Congo - Zvikepe zviviri zvakanyura mukupera kwesvondo muzviitiko zvakasiyana panzizi huru dzeCongo, zvichisiya vanhu makumi manomwe vafa uye vamwe mazana maviri vachitya kufa, uye zvikepe zvese zviri zviviri zvakaremerwa uye zvichishanda nematanho mashoma ekuchengetedza, vakuru vakuru vakati Svondo.
Mangwanani eMugovera, chikepe chaive murwizi kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweEquateur Province chakarova dombo ndokupidiguka, mutauriri wedunhu iri Ebale Engumba akadaro neSvondo. Akataura kuti vanhu vanopfuura makumi manomwe vanofungidzirwa kuti vakafa pakati pe70 vanofungidzirwa kuva vafambi. Vati vakuru vakuru vari kuferefeta kuti sei chikepe ichi chaifamba murima chisina chiedza.
Mune chimwe chiitiko muKasai Occidental Province, vanhu mazana maviri vaityirwa kufa mushure mekunge chikepe chaive chatakura vanhu nemadhiramu emafuta chabata moto ndokupidiguka kumaodzanyemba kweCongo, mumwe akapona akadaro Svondo. Mumwe akapona akasimbisa nhoroondo iyi ndokuti vabati vehove veko vakaramba kubatsira vafambi vainyura vakasvetuka kubva muchikepe chakazara vanhu.
Chiitiko chakaitika kumaodzanyemba kweCongo chingave tsaona yakaipisisa munyika yeCentral Africa gore rino, uye pakati peyakaipisisa muAfrica gore rino.
Zvikepe zvinoyambuka nzizi dzeCongo kazhinji hazvina kumira zvakanaka uye zvinozara zvokusakwana. Iyo indasitiri haina kurongeka zvakanaka uye vafambisi vezvikepe vanozivikanwa kuzadza zvikepe kusvika kune njodzi.
Muchiitiko chekutanga kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweCongo, Engumba akati vakuru vakuru vanofunga kuti kushaikwa kwemwenje kwechikepe ndiko kwakakonzeresa.
“Tichasunga vanhu vari kuona nezvekufamba kwechikepe vakatadza kumisa chikepe ichi kufamba husiku,” vanodaro.
Muchiitiko chechipiri, vakapona vakati chikepe ichi chakazara nevanhu nezvinhu. Mumwe mukuru weko akati vaviri vevashandi vemuchikepe ichi vakasungwa asi vese vakaramba kutaura kuti vanhu vangani vaive muchikepe. Mukuru uyu akati gwaro remufambi sezviri pachena rakanyangarika mumoto.
VaFabrice Muamba, avo vati vaive muchikepe payakabatira moto neMugovera manheru parwizi rweKasai, vanoti vanofungidzira kuti vanhu gumi nevashanu chete pavanhu vanopfuura mazana maviri vavaifunga kuti vaive muchikepe ndivo vakwanisa kushambira kuenda kwakachengeteka. Vati vafambi vakatanga kusvetukira mhiri apo injini yakabatira moto payaipfuura musha uri kure weMbendayi, makiromita makumi manomwe kubva kuguta reTshikapa, riri kuchamhembe kwemuganhu weCongo neAngola.
Mumwe mudzimai anonzi Romaine Mishondo, akati chikepe ichi chainge chatozara “nemazana” evanhu apo chakamira kwasara maminitsi gumi kuti chitakure vanhu vakawanda.
Akataura kuti aisanyatsoziva kuti vanhu vangani vaive muchikepe, asi akati chikepe chakazara zvekuti zvakamuyeuchidza nezve "musika wese mumusha wakazara nevanhu."
Asi moto pawakatanga uye vanhu vakatanga kusvetuka muchikepe, akati vabati vehove vaive pedyo havana kuteerera zvikumbiro zvevafambi vainyura kuti vabatsirwe.
“Vabati vehove vakarwisa chikepe ichi ndokutanga kurova vafambi nemachira apo (vachiedza) kupamba zvinhu,” vakadaro. “Vabati vehove vakaramba kuchengetedza vafambi, panzvimbo pezvo vakapinza zvinhu mumagwa avo. … Ndakapona nekuti ndakarembera pajerrycan kusvikira imwe ngarava yapfuura nepanzvimbo yacho ndokutinunura.”
Muridzi wezvikepe, Mwamba Mwati Nguma Leonard, akati mumwe mupukunyuki nemumwe mushandi vakamufonera vachimuudza kuti chikepe chabatira moto apo vashandi vakarasa mafuta ndokutungidza injini.
“Parizvino ndiri kuchema mushure mekuziva kuti chikepe changu chabatira moto,” akadaro Leonard. "Ndakangoudzwa parunhare kuti vafambisi vengarava vaiisa mafuta mutangi ndipo pakaitika kuputika mushure mekunge oiri yabata bhatiri rechikepe."
Vati vakakumbira mapurisa kuti asunge vakuru vechikepe ichi sezvo vachitenda kuti vakapinza vashandi vasina hunyanzvi.
Asi akati haana zvimwe zvakawanda nekuti anga ari muguta guru reCongo, Kinshasa, makiromita mazana mashanu kubva panzvimbo iyi, uye nekuti vashandi vake vaive panzvimbo iyi havana kudaira nhare dzavo neSvondo.
"Sezvo ndiri kure kuKinshasa, handikwanise kubvuma kuti chii chaizvo chakaitika," akadaro.
Leonard akatsinhirawo nyaya yaMuamba yekuti chikepe ichi changa chakatakura madhiramu akawanda akazara mafuta parwendo rwacho nemuKasai Occidental Province. Leonard akati igwa rakanga rakatakurawo masaga echibage. Vati havazive kuti vanhu vangani vaive muchikepe.
Francois Madila, mukuru wedhipatimendi rekufamba mudunhu iri, akati mapurisa akasunga vashandi vaviri uye vari kuferefeta chiitiko ichi. Madila akati vafambisi vezvikepe havana kutaura kuti vangani vanhu vanga vari muchikepe uye kuti rondedzero yevafambi inoratidzika kunge yanyangarika mumoto.
Vamwe vakuru uye zvapupu munzvimbo dziri kure havana kuwanikwa kuti vataure neSvondo.
Chiitiko ichi ndicho chakanyanya kufa pazvikepe zvakawanda zvakashumwa gore rino muCongo.
Muna Chikunguru, vakuru vakuru vakati vanhu vanosvika makumi masere vakafa apo chikepe chaitakura vanhu vangangosvika mazana maviri kuenda kuguta guru reCongo chakapidiguka mushure mekurovera padombo.
Muna Chivabvu, vanhu vakawanda vakafa apo igwa rakanga rakazara rakanyura parwizi kumabvazuva kweCongo. Uye munaNovember wapfuura, vanhu vanosvika makumi mapfumbamwe vakaurayiwa mushure mekunge chikepe chematanda chanyura padhamu muCongo. Ngarava inotakura matanda yaisafanira kutakura vanhu.
Congo inyika yakakura ine masango nenzizi huru muCentral Africa ine migwagwa yakarongwa isingapfuure mamaira 300 (makiromita 480). Vanhu vakawanda vanofarira kukwira magwa kunyange kana vasingazivi kushambira.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- Fabrice Muamba, who said he was on the boat when it caught fire Saturday night on the Kasai River, said he thought only 15 of the more than 200 people he thought were aboard were able to swim to safety.
- In a separate incident in Kasai Occidental Province, 200 people were feared dead after a boat loaded with passengers and fuel drums caught fire and capsized in southern Congo, a survivor said Sunday.
- Asi akati haana zvimwe zvakawanda nekuti anga ari muguta guru reCongo, Kinshasa, makiromita mazana mashanu kubva panzvimbo iyi, uye nekuti vashandi vake vaive panzvimbo iyi havana kudaira nhare dzavo neSvondo.
