Abaqhubi bemikhumbi ehambela amazwe ngamazwe basabise ngokuphuma echwebeni laseMombasa, besho izindleko eziphakeme zokusebenza ezilethwe yi-Value Added Tax esanda kwethulwa kuzo zonke izinsiza zasolwandle nezamachweba.
Imigqa ithi isenzo sikahulumeni waseKenya asinasizathu, ngesikhathi lapho ababambiqhaza bezamabhizinisi embonini yemikhumbi yemikhumbi yesifunda bebhekene nemiphumela yokuwohloka komnotho emhlabeni.
Abahamba ngomkhumbi emhlabeni wonke bathi bathwele kanzima ukuze babhekane nokukhuphuka kobugebengu emanzini esifunda, ingasaphathwa eyezindleko eziphezulu zokuhamba ngomkhumbi ezilethwa amanani entengo kaphethiloli angazinzile kanye nokunganakwa kwabathengi.
Isengezo sokuthi amalevi kahulumeni waseKenya afika ngesikhathi futhi adala isimo esingesihle sebhizinisi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, izinsolo zemikhumbi yabagibeli bezikebhe ukuthi zibalekela amachweba aseMpumalanga Afrika iMombasa, iDar es Salaam neZanzibar ngenxa yengqalasizinda yabo embi.
UNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha uNajib Balala utshele iphephandaba i-East African ukuthi usekhulume nozakwabo wezeziMali, u-Uhuru Kenyatta, ngenhloso yokukhulula abashayeli bemikhumbi ehambela amazwe ukuba bangayikhokhi i-VAT.
“Intela yenzelwe abasebenzisi basechwebeni. Lokhu kusekelwe esidingweni sokuthi uMnyango Wezezimali uxhase isabelomali. Nakuba ngizwelana nongqongqoshe ekulandeleni lezi zimali, imikhumbi evakashayo ayinaso isikhumulo esilungiselelwe yona kuphela, ngakho siyaludingida lolu daba,” kuchaza uMnu Balala.
“Nasi isimo lapho umuntu ebanjwa phakathi kwedwala nendawo eqinile,” enezela.
Ichweba laseThekwini selimemezele ukuthi kuze kube manje selihlele izingcingo ezingama-53, okuhlanganisa nalezi eziningi zomkhumbi we-Medithera Shipping Company i-MSC Sinfonia.
Umkhumbi uzozinza eThekwini phakathi kukaNovemba no-Ephreli 2010.
Abanye kubalwa u-Queen Mary 150,000 omkhulu ongu-2-gt, ovakashela eKapa naseThekwini, umkhumbi we-P&O i-Aurora, iCrystal Cruises kaCrystal Serenity, iBalmoral kaFred Olsen kanye neSeven Seas Voyager kanye ne-Amsterdam yaseHolland America.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi onyakeni, imikhumbi yabo emibili ye-Vista class i-Noordam ne-Westerdam izohlala emanzini aseNingizimu Afrika ngesikhathi seNdebe Yomhlaba Kanobhutshuzwayo ka-2010.
Yonke le mikhumbi yayihloselwe ukuma ethekwini laseMombasa.
Ezincwadini ezithunyelwe kubaphathi baseKenya Ports Authority, imikhumbi yemikhumbi ithe isinqumo sabo sokunikeza iMombasa indawo ebanzi kungenxa yokuthi i-VAT izokwengeza izindleko zokufona echwebeni.
Uma olayini benza kahle usongo lwabo, umnyakazo uzoba nomthelela omubi e-Dar naseZanzibar njengoba amachweba amathathu ehambisana.
IMombasa ithokozela isabelo semakethe esikhulu sebhizinisi ngenxa yokuba seduze kwezindawo zokulondoloza izilwane zasendle, amabhishi anesihlabathi amahle namahhotela. IDar es Salaam ingeyesibili bese kuba yiZanzibar.
Ezincwadini, ezithunyelwe ngezinsuku ezihlukene ngenyanga edlule ngabaphathi bemikhumbi abahamba phambili emhlabeni - iMedithera Shipping Company (MSC) kanye neCosta Romantica - kuthiwe lolu daba luzodingidwa umhlangano webhodi le-European Cruise Council ozobanjwa esikhathini esithile kule nyanga. .
“Izidingo ezintsha zizonyusa izindleko zokufona ethekwini laseMombasa ngamaphesenti ayi-16. Isibonelo, imali yokushayela ibhanoyi, umsebenzi ngamunye ekhokhiswa ubuncane be-$150, ingakhuphukela ku-$174. Ukuhamba ngamabhanoyi kungenye yezinsiza ezihlinzekwa yi-KPA,” ifundeka kanjalo incwadi evela kwa-MSC yangoSepthemba 17 nonyaka.
Iqhubeka ithi: “Qaphela ukuthi, uma kubhekwa ubunzima benkinga yemikhumbi yemikhumbi yamazwe ngamazwe, le ndaba izodingidwa emhlanganweni webhodi le-European Cruise Council ngenyanga ezayo.
“Imikhumbi ye-MSC ihamba emhlabeni wonke unyaka wonke, ifika emachwebeni abalulekile emhlabeni. Ngicela ningikholwe uma ngithi siyaqala ngqa ukubhekana necala elinje.”
Incwadi evela eCosta yango-September 8 ithi: “Manje sibuyekeza ezinye izingcingo zamachweba ukuze sigweme lokhu kwenyuka kwezindleko futhi sizokwazisa nganoma yiziphi izinguquko zeshejuli esizenzayo. Sizophinde sibike lolu daba enkampanini yethu engumzali, iCarnival Corporation Plc, ephethe imikhumbi eminingi emhlabeni wonke, okuhlanganisa i-Holland America, i-Princes Cruise, i-Cunard / P&O Cruise, i-Seabourn, i-AID ne-Iberocruceros.
"Khuluma nabaphathi abafanele futhi ubaxwayise ngokuthi basengozini yokulahlekelwa yibhizinisi elikhulu lezokuhamba ngomkhumbi eMombasa uma bekhetha ukukhokha imali ephezulu kangaka."
Izinsiza zasolwandle okulindeleke ukuthi zibe ngaphansi kwezinhlinzeko ze-VAT ezijezisayo zihlanganisa izimali zokushayela ibhanoyi, izinsiza zokudonsa amanzi, izinkonzo zokuthutha impahla, izimali ezikhokhiswayo ezikhumulweni zemikhumbi nezamachweba, ukuhlinzekwa kwamanzi ahlanzekile, idokodo, i-buoyage kanye ne-anchorage, phakathi kohlu olude.
Ephendula lezi zinsongo, isikhulu esiphezulu seKenya Ports Authority, uJoseph Atonga, uthe balusukumele lolu daba ezikhulwini ezifanele futhi ulindele isixazululo maduze.
Encwadini yakhe ebhalwe ngomhla zingama-25 kuMandulo, uMnu Atonga, unqume ukuthi isimo siqhubeke kuze kube lolu daba luyaxazululwa ngomnyango ofanele.
“Ake ngigqamise ukuthi kubaluleke kangakanani ukuthi iKenya icabange kabusha ngesinqumo sayo, ihambisane nomthelela omkhulu wezomnotho oqondile nongaqondile wayo yonke imikhumbi efika eMombasa. Imiphumela yesinqumo izoba nomthelela omubi kulo mkhakha,” kusho incwadi ye-MSC ethunyelwe kumqondisi ophethe i-KPA uJames Mulewa.
Ngokwezibalo ze-Cruise Lines International Association, umkhumbi wabagibeli othwele abantu abangu-2,000 kanye nabasebenzi abangu-950 ukhiqiza isilinganiso sama- $322,705 ekusetshenzisweni kocingo ngalunye echwebeni lasekhaya.
Itheku elifanayo elenza umkhumbi wokuvakashela izingcingo lenza u-$275,000 ekusetshenzisweni kwemali ogwini.
Inhlangano ilinganisela ukuthi bangu-14 million abantu abazohamba ngomkhumbi kulo nyaka.
Isikhathi sokuhamba ngomkhumbi siqala ngenyanga kaNovemba futhi siqhubeka kuze kube uMashi, ngonyaka olandelayo, phakathi nenkathi yasebusika yaseYurophu.
Esifundeni, ngokusho komqondisi we-Abercrombie kanye no-Kent Kenya u-Auni Kanji, isivakashi esihamba ngomkhumbi sichitha cishe u-$200 ngosuku.
Ucwaningo luveza ukuthi phakathi kwamaphesenti angu-50 no-70 abagibeli bathi bangathanda ukubuya ngamaholidi asemhlabeni ngemuva kokuvakashela izwe elisha okokuqala ngqa.
Ibhizinisi lilokhu lintengantenga muva nje, njengoba izwe liqopha izingcingo eziyisishiyagalombili ngonyaka odlule uma kuqhathaniswa nezingu-20 ngo-2005/2006.
Ichweba laseMombasa lilindele ukuthola imikhumbi eyisishiyagalombili noma eyi-10 kule sizini, kusukela ngoNovemba.
Olayini bokuthumela baseCosta, nokho, bamemezele ukuthi bazonikeza iMombasa indawo ebanzi uma i-VAT ingasuswa.
“Njengamanje sinezinombolo eziyisishagalombili zezingcingo ezihlelelwe isizini ka-2009/2010, eqala ekuqaleni kukaDisemba, unyaka wesithathu. Manje sibuyekeza ezinye izikebhe zocingo ukuze sigweme lokhu kwenyuka kwezindleko. Sizokwazisa nganoma yiziphi izinguquko zeshejuli,” kusho uCosta Crociere SPA kwenye incwadi yangomhla ziyisi-8 kuZibandlela wezi-2008, eya ku-KPA.
Amachweba aseMpumalanga Afrika, ikakhulukazi iMombasa, kulindeleke ukuthi ahlomule ekuthuthukisweni kwemikhumbi yaseNingizimu Afrika okulindeleke ukuthi ihambe ngemidlalo yeNdebe yoMhlaba.
Khonamanjalo, iKenya ibhikishele isinyathelo se-United Kingdom sokubeka u-£95 ($153) kubavakashi abavela eLondon baya emazweni asathuthuka.
Lokhu kuzoba nomthelela omubi embonini yezokuvakasha, kusho uMnu Balala etshela isithangami samazwe ngamazwe.
Ekhuluma emhlanganweni we-18 we- UNWTO Umhlangano Jikelele owawuse-Astana, eKazakhstan, uMnu Balala uthe lesi sinyathelo sizovimba izivakashi eziningi ekuvakasheleni iKenya nakwamanye amazwe asathuthuka.
