Labo abanezinkumbulo ezinde zokuthi uMt. IKenya yake yema yaze yaqhosha, iziqongo ezimbozwe izinguzunga zeqhwa ezicwebezelayo, kungadingeka ukuthi iphinde icabange namuhla, lapho ibona intaba iphansi noma emoyeni. Cishe uhhafu weqhwa eliqoshwe eminyakeni eyikhulu eyedlule selincibilikile ngokuphelele noma seliseduze nokunyamalala, kuyilapho izinkambu zeqhwa ezisele zinciphe kakhulu emashumini eminyaka adlule.
Abaqondisi bezintaba bazwakalise ukukhathazeka kwabo kwabezindaba baseKenya, bekhuphula amazinga e-alamu phezu komthelela wokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu okwenziwe e-Afrika yikhabhoni enkulu nokunye okukhishwa ezweni elinezimboni. Amanye amaqhwa asempumalanga ye-Afrika eMt. I-Kilimanjaro kanye ne-Rwenzori Mountains nazo zincipha ngesivinini esikhulu, futhi kuyesatshwa ukuthi ezimweni ezimbi kakhulu, izinguzunga zeqhwa zingahamba noma nini phakathi kweminyaka eyishumi kuya kwengu-10 ezayo.
Ngaphandle kwalawo maqiniso, imiphakathi ethembele ezintabeni njengomthombo wamanzi wokusetshenziswa kwasekhaya noma okunisela - imvamisa okuwukuphela komthombo - iya ngokuya ithinteka kakhulu, njengoba ukudonsa amanzi emifuleni encipha ngokulinganayo nemifula kuba ngumshikashika wabo nsuku zonke.
Ngokujabulisayo umdala uHemingway wabhala i "Snow on Kilimanjaro" yakhe lapho lelo qweqwe elidume kakhulu leqhwa lalisekhona nalapho iqhwa lisekhona kulokho okwakufanele libe yikho.
Khonamanjalo, uhulumeni waseKenya uchaze izindleko zokuqala ukulwa nokuwa kwesimo sezulu esivele sivele ku-US $ 3 billion, okuzogcina sikhuphukele kuma-US $ 20 billion, uma izwe lizosebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obuluhlaza nokulungisa umonakalo osuvele wenzekile amahlathi nezinye izinto eziphila ngaphansi kwemvelo ngokusebenzisa izimo zezulu ezimbi kakhulu.
IKenya, njengoba kwenza i-Afrika yonkana, yalungiselela ingqungquthela yaseCopenhagen ngokubonisana kabanzi nezinhlangano zomphakathi, amaqembu aluhlaza, abezemvelo kanye nabalondolozi bemvelo ukuze beze necebo lezwe, elizophinde libe yingxenye yecebo lesifunda lokushintsha kwesimo sezulu Umphakathi waseMpumalanga Afrika wonkana uyathuthuka futhi uzobe wethula emazweni athuthukile ngomthethosivivinywa onamathele kuwo.
