(eTN) - Ugonjwa wa baharini wa Somali, maharamia wa aka, magaidi wa bahari, watakuwa na jambo lingine linalokuja hivi karibuni ikiwa watajaribu kuingia ndani ya maji ya Tanzania, ambayo yana urefu wa maili 200 kwenda Bahari ya Hindi wazi kutoka pwani zake na hapo zamani magaidi wanavuka eneo hilo kubwa kwa kukosekana kwa kizuizi na kugundua.
Habari kutoka Dar es Salaam sasa inaelezea hadithi tofauti, kwani uwezo wa jeshi la wanamaji la Tanzania unaonekana kuongezewa na mataifa rafiki, kama ilivyo kwa Kenya na Seychelles, pia iliyoathiriwa na biashara ya maharamia. Vifaa vya kisasa vya kugundua na ufuatiliaji vinanunuliwa na vitawekwa hivi karibuni, wakati jeshi la wanamaji pia linatarajiwa kwa boti mpya za haraka zinazoweza kufukuza, kushiriki, na kudhoofisha akina mama wa maharamia na skiffs, mara tu ikigunduliwa na wafanyikazi wa pwani. .
Hii itakuwa habari njema kwa usafirishaji, ambao umepata gharama kubwa za bima na ucheleweshaji kwa sababu ya kuchukua njia pana karibu na maeneo yaliyojaa Wasomali. Waagizaji na wauzaji bidhaa nje pia watakuwa wakipumua msamaha baada ya vifaa vipya kuanza kufanya kazi.
NINI CHA KUONDOA KATIKA MAKALA HII:
- Information from Dar es Salaam is now telling a different story, as the capacity of the Tanzanian navy is apparently being boosted by friendly nations, as is the case also in Kenya and the Seychelles, also affected by the pirate trade.
- State-of-the-art detection and surveillance equipment is being procured and will be installed soon, while the navy is also due for new fast boats able to chase, engage, and neutralize the pirate's motherships and skiffs, once detected by shore based personnel.
- The Somali sea pestilence, aka pirates, aka ocean terrorists, will have another thing coming soon should they try to enter Tanzanian waters, which extends 200 miles into the open Indian Ocean from its shores and has, in the past, seen the terrorists crisscross the vast area in the absence of deterrent and detection.
