Kenya Airways yahagaritse ingendo zerekeza i Kinshasa kubera abakozi bayo bafungiwe i kinshaka

Kompanyi y’indege ya Kenya, Kenya Airways (KQ), ivuga ko yahagaritse ingendo zerekeza mu murwa mukuru Kinshasa wa Repubulika ya Demokarasi ya Congo kubera gufungwa “kunyuranyije n’amategeko” kw’abakozi bayo babiri ivuga ko bafunzwe n’ubutasi bwa gisirikare bw’icyo gihugu. Mu itangazo yasohoye ku wa mbere ku rubuga nkoranyambaga X, KQ ivuga ko idashoboye “gukora izi ngendo neza nta bakozi”. Iyo kompanyi yavuze ko uko guhagarika ingendo gutangira kuri uyu wa kabiri. Ku itariki ya 19 y’uku kwezi kwa Mata (4), abakozi babiri ba KQ bafunzwe n’urwego rw’ubutasi bwa gisirikare rwa DR Congo, ruzwi nka DEMIAP (Détection Militaire des Activités Anti-Patrie), kubera ikivugwa ko ari “ibura ry’ibyangombwa byo kuri gasutamo ku muzigo w’agaciro kenshi”, nkuko iyo kompanyi yabitangaje. Ariko umuyobozi nshingwabikorwa wa KQ yavuze ko “uwo muzigo uvugwa ntiwapakiwe cyangwa ngo wemerwe na KQ kubera ibyangombwa bituzuye”. Muri uko gutabwa muri yombi, telefone z’abo bakozi babiri zarafatiriwe ndetse bangirwa ko hari uwabageraho kugeza ku itariki ya 23 Mata, ubwo noneho abategetsi bo muri ambasade ya Kenya i Kinshasa hamwe n’itsinda rya KQ bemererwaga kubasura. Iyi kompanyi yo gutwara abagenzi mu ndege yashishikarije igisirikare cya DR Congo kurekura abo bakozi ba KQ bagasubira mu miryango yabo. Leta ya DR Congo nta cyo yari yatangaza kuri ibi.

Abakozi babiri ba kompanyi ya Kenya Airways bafunzwe n’ubutasi bwa gisirikare bwa DR Congo

Kenya Airways said it would suspend flights to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa from Tuesday, after military authorities there failed to release its employees from detention despite a court order. Congo’s military intelligence detained two of the airline’s staff on April 19, allegedly because of missing customs documentation on some valuable cargo. The company said it did not accept the cargo because the shipper’s paperwork was incomplete.

Kenya Airways said on Monday that its staff were still in detention, in spite of a military court saying they should be released to allow due process.

“The continued detention of our employees has made it difficult for us to supervise our operations in Kinshasa,” Kenya’s national carrier said in a statement.

As a result, it said, it had decided to suspend flights from Tuesday “until we can effectively support these flights.

Spokespeople for Congo’s government and foreign affairs ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Kenya Airways said it was cooperating with investigating agencies and government entities in Congo and Kenya to ensure the matter was resolved.

The airline has said previously that its detained staff are innocent and that it considers the episode harassment targeting its business.