I-Kenya iwubonile umthelela ka-Obaboom, okuwumkhuba wokuvakasha oqanjwe eMakethe Yokuvakasha Yomhlaba esanda kuphothulwa ukuchaza izimpande ezokuvakasha ezixhumene noMongameli Okhethiwe wase-US u-Brack Obama.
Inyanga eyodwa kulandela ukhetho oluyingqophamlando luka-Barack Obama kwesobumongameli baseMelika, i-luxury safaris i-Micato Safaris, ehambela amazwe aseMpumalanga Afrika (Kenya naseTanzania) kanye naseNingizimu Afrika (iNingizimu Afrika, iBotswana, iNamibia, iZambia kanye neZimbabwe) ifune ukukhuphuka. ngentshisekelo yokuya eKenya, izwe likababa ka-Obama ongasekho emhlabeni, odabuka edolobheni laseKogelo elisentshonalanga yeKenya.
“Abasebenzi bethu bokubhuka babone ukwanda kwezingcingo ngo-12 ngoNovemba ngesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule, futhi ukutholakala kwewebhu kwethu kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-17,” kusho uDennis Pinto, umqondisi ophethe weMicato Safaris eNew York, ongowokuzalwa eNairobi. . "Uma kubhekwa izimo zomnotho ezikhona, singasho kuphela ukuthi lokhu kungenxa yesici sika-Obama."
UCliffe Lumbasyo, weMicato Kenya okumanje usohambweni lokudayisa e-US, uthe: “Kuyacaca ukuthi abantu base-Afrika bazigqaja ngokukhethekile ngokukhethwa kukaMengameli waseMelika onezimpande zaseKenya. Abahambi bethu abebesohambeni nathi kusukela okhethweni babika ukuthi babingelelwe ulwandle lokumamatheka okukhulu, ukushayelwa ihlombe kanye nokuphampa izingalo ukuhalalisela. Ama-Afrika acabanga, ngokwemvelo, ukuthi wonke umuntu uvotele uMongameli Obama, kodwa lokho kuyingxenye ye-charm! Nakuba i-Afrika ijabulisa futhi ivusa amadlingozi nganoma yisiphi isikhathi, kulezi zinsuku abahambi bamukelwa ngesasasa nomdlandla kangangokuthi izilwane zasendle eziwumbukwane abasuke bezozibona zingase zibe mnyama uma ziqhathaniswa!”
Yasungulwa ngo-1966, i-Micato Safaris eKenya ibilokhu ihlinzeka ngama-safaris ase-Afrika okunethezeka nokwenza kube ngokwakho kubahambi abasezingeni eliphezulu kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Le nkampani iwine umklomelo we-Travel + Leisure “World’s Best Tour Operator & Safari Outfitter” iminyaka eyisithupha engakaze ibonwe (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008).
