Lapho ngikhethwa njengoKhomishana Wamaphoyisa Nobugebengu ngoMeyi, ngazibophezela ukugcina imibono yezakhamuzi isenhliziyweni yezinhlelo zami zekusasa. Enye yezindima ezibaluleke kakhulu enginazo ukumela imibono yalabo abahlala futhi abasebenza e-Surrey ngendlela isifunda sethu esinamaphoyisa futhi ngifuna ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi izinto eziza kuqala emphakathini yizinto eziza kuqala kimi. Ngakho-ke ngiyajabula ukwethula Uhlelo lwami Lwamaphoyisa Nobugebengu olubeka izindawo ezibalulekile engikholelwa ukuthi Amaphoyisa ase-Surrey kufanele agxile kuzo ngesikhathi sami sokubusa.
Kunezinkinga ezimbalwa imiphakathi yethu engitshele ukuthi zibalulekile kuyo njengokubhekana nokuziphatha okuphambene nomphakathi endaweni yangakubo, ukuthuthukisa ukubonakala kwamaphoyisa, ukwenza imigwaqo yesifunda iphephe kanye nokuvimbela udlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane namantombazane. Lolu Hlelo lwenzelwe ukukhombisa lezo zinto ezibalulekile futhi luzohlinzeka ngesisekelo sokuthi ngibambe uConstable Omkhulu ukuba aziphendulele ngokuletha umsebenzi wobuphoyisa olindelwe yimiphakathi yethu futhi oyifanele.
Mkhulu umsebenzi owenziwe ekuthuthukiseni lolu hlelo futhi bengifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuthi lubonisa uhla lwemibono ehlukahlukene ngalezo zindaba ezibalulekile kubantu baseSurrey. Ngosizo lwePhini lami likaKhomishana, u-Ellie Vesey- Thompson, senze uhlelo lokubonisana olubanzi kakhulu olwake lwenziwa ihhovisi likaKhomishana. Lokhu kwakuhlanganisa inhlolovo yendawo yonke yezakhamuzi zase-Surrey kanye nezingxoxo eziqondile namaqembu abalulekile afana namaLungu ePhalamende, amakhansela, amaqembu ezisulu nabasindile, abantu abasha, ochwepheshe ekunciphiseni ubugebengu nokuphepha, amaqembu obugebengu basemaphandleni kanye nalabo abamele imiphakathi ehlukahlukene yaseSurrey.
Esikuzwile kwaba ukudumisa okukhulu kwamaphoyisa aseSurrey, abasebenzi namavolontiya kuso sonke isifunda, kodwa futhi isifiso sokubona ukubonakala kwamaphoyisa emiphakathini yethu, ebhekana nobugebengu kanye nezindaba ezibalulekile kubantu lapho behlala khona.
Amathimba ethu amaphoyisa ngeke abe yonke indawo futhi ubugebengu obuningi okufanele abhekane nabo, njengokuhlukunyezwa kwasekhaya nokukhwabanisa, kwenzeka endaweni engabonakali - emizini yabantu nasezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Siyazi ukuthi ukuba khona kwamaphoyisa okubonakalayo kunganikeza isiqinisekiso kubahlali, kodwa kudingeka siqinisekise ukuthi lokhu kuqondiswe ezindaweni ezifanele futhi kunenjongo.
Angingabazi ukuthi lezi yizikhathi eziyinselele. Ezinyangeni eziyi-18 ezedlule amaphoyisa abengaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu njengoba ejwayele ukuletha izinsiza kanye nokugcina izinsiza ngesikhathi sodlame lwe-Covid-19. Muva nje sekube nokucutshungulwa komphakathi kulandela ukushona kukaSarah Everard ngendlela eshaqisayo ezandleni zephoyisa. Lokhu sekuqubule inkulumompikiswano enkulu mayelana nobhubhane oluqhubekayo lodlame abesifazane namantombazane ababhekana nalo futhi uphiko lwamaphoyisa lunomsebenzi omningi okufanele wenziwe ukulwa nale nkinga, ukubhekana nezimbangela zobugebengu kanye nokubuyisela ukuzethemba emsebenzini wamaphoyisa.
Ngizwile kuwe ukuthi kubaluleke kangakanani ukuthi labo abahlukumezayo, abaqondise abantu bethu abasengozini noma abasongela imiphakathi yethu kufanele babhekane nengalo yomthetho. Ngizwile futhi ukuthi kubaluleke kangakanani kuwe ukuthi uzizwe uxhumene namaphoyisa aseSurrey futhi ukwazi ukuthola usizo lapho uludinga.
Ukulinganisa lezi zimfuno kuyinselelo abaholi bethu bamaphoyisa ababhekene nayo. Sithola enye imali yokuxhasa amaphoyisa kuHulumeni, kodwa kuzothatha isikhathi ukuthi la maphoyisa abuthwe aqeqeshwe. Ngemva kokuchitha isikhathi esiningi ngihamba namathimba ethu amaphoyisa kusukela ngakhethwa, ngizibonele mathupha umsebenzi onzima nokuzinikela abakwenza nsuku zonke ukugcina isifunda sethu siphephile. Bafanele ukubonga njalo kithi sonke ngokuzibophezela kwabo okuqhubekayo.
I-Surrey iyindawo enhle yokuhlala nokusebenza futhi ngizibophezele ekusebenziseni lolu Hlelo futhi ngisebenzisana noChief Constable ukuqinisekisa ukuthi sinenkonzo yamaphoyisa lapho lesi sifunda singaqhubeka siziqhenya khona.
Lisa Townsend,
UKhomishana wamaphoyisa kanye noBugebengu eSurrey