Public transport vehicles and goods transport vehicles have not been circulating on the Beni-Kanyabayonga road (North Kivu) for almost two months.
According to security sources, this situation is due to the occupation of the Rutshuru territory by the M23 rebels.
This situation has seriously disrupted the functioning of several transport agencies in Beni.
At the parking lot of the Association of Drivers of Congo (ACCO), on the Beni-Kasindi axis, the atmosphere is gloomy following the significant drop in the number of customers.
" Now, I no longer go to the Beni-Goma axis following the war that prevails in the region. What blocks us more is the M23 which is at the root of the traffic stoppage on this road axis of Goma. Since then, we drivers who served this axis have suffered a lot. It is no longer like before when I went to this axis of Goma ", explained Claude Kishokero, one of the drivers of this region.
To deal with this situation, most of these drivers who served the Beni-Kanyabayonga axis have redirected to the Beni-Kasindi axis.
This situation creates tensions between them due to the competition to attract passengers.
" Most of us drivers concentrate on the single axis and the number of passengers is reduced. We sometimes fight over passengers. Drivers on the Beni-Goma, Beni and Beni-Bunia axes are forced to come and join us to find ways to support their families on the single axis of Kasingi, the only route open these days ," Jean-Romain Moyindo, in charge of alignment within the ACCO in Beni.
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