Kungakapheli neminyaka emibili ephumile e-White House, uMongameli wangaphambilini waseMelika u-Barack Obama uselokhu eyisihlabani sezivakashi e-Afrika ngokuvakashela kwakhe kanye nemindeni yakhe ezwenikazi.
Lowo owayenguMongameli waseMelika wafika e-Afrika ngasekupheleni kukaJuni walo nyaka evakashele iholidi lomndeni elizimele kamuva elashintsha laba uhambo olukhethekile e-Afrika olwadonsa ukunaka kwabezindaba, ikakhulukazi eMpumalanga naseNingizimu Afrika.
Ngesikhathi evakashele e-Afrika kuze kube kuleli sonto, u-Obama uchithe izinsuku ezingu-8 eGrumeti Game Reserve eSerengeti National Park eTanzania ngaphambi kokundizela eKenya eholidini lomndeni.
Ukuvakasha kuka-Obama ngasese bekuyimfihlo ngokwesicelo sakhe kwaze kwaba wusuku lokugcina lokuhamba lapho izintatheli zikwazile ukumbona esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Kilimanjaro International Airport esisingatha izivakashi ezivakashele iziqiwu zezilwane zasendle ezisezindaweni zezivakashi ezisenyakatho.
Lowo owayenguMengameli waseMelika ufulathele iTanzania walibangisa eKenya ngeSonto eledlule ngemuva kweholidi lomndeni eSerengeti National Park.
Ababambiqhaza bamahhotela ezivakashi nabatshalizimali bezivakashi eKenya bathe ukuvakasha kuka-Obama kuzothuthukisa ezokuvakasha. Bathe ukuvakasha kwalo mholi wangaphambili waseMelika kuzofezeka ngokugcwele ngo-2019 ngokumemezela ukuvakasha kwakhe.
UMnu Bobby Kamani, umqondisi ophethe weDiani Reef Beach Resort and Spa ogwini lwaseKenya, uthe ukuvakasha kukaPapa Francis noMongameli Obama ngo-2015 kwawuthuthukisa kakhulu umkhakha wezokuvakasha.
UMnu. Kamani ucashunwe ethi iKenya yaqala ukubona imiphumela yokuvakasha kwalaba baholi ababili ngemva konyaka, lapho izivakashi ezifika phesheya ziqala ukwanda.
"Imboni kufanele iqhubeke nokubona intshisekelo ekhulayo eKenya evela ezimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe efana nomphumela wokuvakasha kuka-2015, ngokubona umehluko omuhle kwabafika ezweni ngo-2019," esho.
Isikhulu esiphezulu seKenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers Coast, uSam Ikwaye, sithe isibalo esikhulu sabavakashi sesiqalile ukufika njengoba izakhiwo zivulwa kabusha ngesizini ephezulu.
Ukuvakasha kuka-Obama kukhulise igama leKenya kubhekwa abantu abaqavile akade bevakashele le ndawo yokuvakasha, wengeza.
“Manje njengoba sesizokuba nezindiza eziqondile eziya e-United States, singasebenzisa iphrofayili yethu ukumaketha iKenya,” kusho yena.
Ngaphandle kweTanzania neKenya, lowo owayenguMongameli waseMelika ulibhekise eNingizimu Afrika lapho ehambele khona imigubho yokubungaza iminyaka eyikhulu kwazalwa umholi owayemelene nobandlululo uNelson Mandela ngoLwesithathu. U-Obama uhlangane nabaholi abasebasha abavela emazweni ahlukene e-Afrika ukuzogubha lolu suku, ngemuva kosuku ethule inkulumo eshubile eGoli mayelana nefa likaMandela lokubekezelelana.
Lowo owayenguMengameli waseMelika ukhulume nesixuku sabantu abayizi-14,000 XNUMX abamphakamisele phezulu lapho ethula inkulumo yakhe eGoli, okuyinkulumo esezingeni eliphezulu selokhu ashiya esikhundleni cishe unyaka nengxenye edlule.
Njengoba umndeni wakhe udabuka e-Afrika, u-Obama usenguMongameli wase-US ohlonishwa kakhulu emazweni amaningi ase-Afrika, ofuna ukuheha izivakashi eziningi zaseMelika ngegama lakhe nokuvelela. I-United States ingumthombo ohamba phambili wezivakashi ezivakashela e-Afrika unyaka nonyaka.
