UMongameli uWilliam Ruto uye wabona kusayinwa isivumelwano sezigidigidi ezingu-Sh12 esizovula indlela yokuthuthukiswa kweSpecial Economic Zone enkulu e-Jomvu, e-Mombasa County.
Lesi sivumelwano sisayinwe e-State House, e-Nairobi, ngo-September 8 futhi sihilela uHulumeni wase-Mombasa County, i-Mombasa Free Zone Ltd kanye nenkampani yezinto zomhlaba wonke i-DP World. Ukutshalwa kwezimali kunenani elingaphezu kuka $ 100 million (KES 12.9 billion cishe).
I-Special Economic Zone ehlongozwayo izothatha cishe amahektare angu-535 futhi ixhumene ne-Standard Gauge Railway namaphaseji ezokuthutha esifundeni.
Intuthuko kulindeleke ukuthi ihehe amabhizinisi ahileleke ekukhiqizeni, ekuhleleni izinto, ekuthumeleni kwamanye amazwe nakwezinye izimboni. Ngokwemibiko, izinkampani ezingu-67 sezivele zizwakalise intshisekelo yokubamba iqhaza entuthukweni.
U-Ruto uthe le phrojekthi izosekela imizamo yase-Kenya yokushintsha isuke ekuthumeleni izinto ezingavuthiwe nezicutshungulwe kancane iye ekukhiqizeni, ekucubunguleni nasekuthumeleni imikhiqizo eseqediwe.
UMongameli uthe isigaba sokuqala singakha imisebenzi engaba ngu-10,000 futhi sibeke i-Mombasa njengesikhungo esikhulu sokukhiqiza nokuthekelisa esisebenzela izimakethe emphakathini wase-East Africa, i-COMESA kanye nezwekazi lase-Afrika elibanzi.
U-Ruto uphinde wabeka umnqamulajuqu wezinyanga eziyisithupha wokuphothulwa kwale ndawo, ethi imigqa yezikhathi eqinile yayidingekile ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi amaphrojekthi amakhulu entuthuko ahanjiswa.
Ngaphandle komsebenzi oqondile, iphrojekthi kulindeleke ukuthi idale amathuba kubahwebi, abasebenza ngezokuthutha, abathengisi bokudla namanye amabhizinisi asebenza e-Jomvu.
Ukutshalwa kwezimali kungaqhubeka kuqinisa isikhundla se-Mombasa njengendlela yezimboni neyezinto zokusebenza kuyilapho kusekela isu elibanzi lase-Kenya lokuheha utshalomali lwangasese ezimbonini zezokukhiqiza nezokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe.
