Ugcizelele ukuthi “lesi isikhathi sasebusika esikhulu nesihamba phambili Jamaica eyake yaba khona emlandweni wezokuvakasha” enezela ngokuthi imboni yezokuvakasha isibekwe ethubeni lokuqhubeka nokuthuthuka okukhona manje.
Uthe: “NgoJanuwari kuya kuMashi 2023, kulinganiselwa ukuthi Jamaica yamukele izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-1.18, okusho ukukhula ngo-94.4% uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2022. Lokhu kumelela amaholo ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.15 zamaRandi, u-46.4% ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-US$786.8 ezizuzwe ngesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2022.”
Ekubuyekezeni ukusebenza kwe- umkhakha wezokuvakasha ngesikhathi evula Inkulumo-mpikiswano Yemikhakha ePhalamende izolo, uNgqongqoshe uBartlett waphawula ukuthi abafike ngo-2022 banyuke ngo-117% kanti abaholayo bakhuphuke ngo-71.4% uma kuqhathaniswa no-2021. IJamaica yamukele izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-3.3 futhi yazuza imali elinganiselwa ku-US$3.7 billion ngo-2022 kanye nezilinganiso zika-2024. ngamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-4.1 zamaRandi.
Utshele iPhalamende ukuthi:
"Uma kuke kwaba khona imboni enamandla okuguqula isizwe sethu, imiphakathi yethu kanye nezimpilo kanye nempilo yabantu baseJamaican ibe ngcono, ezokuvakasha."
Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi umkhiqizo wasekhaya wangempela (GDP) womnotho kulindeleke ukuthi "ukhule phakathi kwebanga elingu-3.0% liye ku-5.0% phakathi noJanuwari - Mashi 2023 uma uqhathaniswa noJanuwari - Mashi 2022." Lokhu kukhula kulindeleke ukuthi kuholwe wukudlala okuqinile kwamahhotela nezindawo zokudlela, kanye nezimboni zezimayini nezimbiwa phansi.
UNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett ugcizelele ukuthi ngonyaka wezimali wezi-2023/24 i-GDP kulindeleke ukuthi iqhutshwe ukusebenza okuqinile kwabafikayo lapho befika, okusizwa ukwanda kwamakamelo kanye nemizamo yokukhangisa eqinisiwe.
“Akukaze nanini emlandweni we-Jamaica ukuba ezokuvakasha zibe neqhaza elikhulu kangaka emnothweni wezwe futhi sizimisele ukufaka isandla kuleyo nqubo nokuba negalelo elikhulu nakakhulu,” kumemezela uMnu. Bartlett, ephawula ukuthi “amaJamaican kuwo wonke amazinga omphakathi. bangajabulela ingxenye enkulu yephaya lezokuvakasha.”
UMnu. Bartlett uveze ukuthi “ukutshalwa kwezimali kuyaqhubeka nokudlondlobala ukuze kuthuthuke imboni (futhi) eminyakeni emihlanu edlule ukutshalwa kwezimali kwezokuvakasha kube negalelo elingama-20% otshalomali oluphelele lwangaphandle (FDI) lwesiqhingi futhi eminyakeni emi-5 kuya kweyi-10 ezayo, kuningi Amaphrojekthi azayo okutshalwa kwezimali azobona kwengezwe amagumbi amasha ayi-15,000 kuya ku-20,000 ngokutshalwa kwezimali kuka-US$4 billion kuya ku-US$5 billion.”
UNgqongqoshe uthe ababambiqhaza bebesebenza ngokubambisana ukwakha imboni yezokuvakasha elinganayo, esebenzayo futhi evulela wonke amathuba amathuba. Ubalule ukuthi “ ezokuvakasha zizoba wumgqugquzeli omkhulu wokukhula komnotho nokuchuma eJamaica eminyakeni ezayo futhi kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi waziswe ngomsebenzi ebesiwenza onyakeni odlule ekubekeni kabusha lo mkhakha ukuze ufinyelele izinga eliphezulu. amanani okukhula, ukusabalala okungcono kwezinzuzo zezokuvakasha kuwo wonke ama-Jamaican nokuxhumana okuqinile kuwo wonke umkhakha wezomnotho walesi siqhingi esihle.”
