Ngonyaka odlule, uNobhala WeKhabhinethi Yezokuvakasha eKenya uNajib Balala wafinyelela umgomo wakhe wokwamukela izivakashi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili eKenya ngesikhathi sakhe sokubusa futhi wayeqinisekile ukuthi uzokubika lokhu kwa-ITB. Izivakashi eziningi zisaphuma e-USA, zilandelwa izimakethe zamaNgisi namaNdiya. I-Germany ingena endaweni yesihlanu ngezivakashi ezingu-68,000.
U-Balala usezibekele umgomo omusha: ukuthi abahambi abayizigidi ezinhlanu bavakashele izwe laseMpumalanga Afrika ngo-2030. Ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nalokhu, iKenya iyaqhubeka nokutshala imali eningi kwezokuvakasha, okwenza amaphesenti angu-14 esamba somkhiqizo wayo wasekhaya. “Isivakashi esisodwa kwezili-11 sidala umsebenzi,” kusho uBalala.
Nakuba izivakashi eziningi zisakhangwa amabhishi aseKenya noma amapaki kazwelonke ohambo, ezinye izifunda kufanele zenziwe zifinyeleleke kalula kubavakashi. "I-Kenya inezifunda eziningi ezingakathuthukiswa - cabanga ngeNyakatho, manje ephephe kakhulu, noma indawo ezungeze iNtaba iKenya," kuchaza uBalala.
Nokho ukwanda okwengeziwe kwezivakashi ngeke kuze ngenxa yemvelo, kugcizelela u-Balala, inkonzo yakhe yaba nesibopho sokuphatha isiqiwu saseKenya Wildlife Service eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Emuva kokubhekana nezinkinga ezinkulu abazingela ngokungemthetho phakathi kuka-2012 no-2015, izinyathelo zokulwa nokuzingela okungekho emthethweni okwase kwenziwa manje sezibonakala zisebenza ngempumelelo. Izindlovu ezingama-40 zaba yizisulu zabazingeli ngokungemthetho ngo-2018 - akukho lutho uma kuqhathaniswa nezilwane ezingama-400 ezanikela ngezimpilo zazo ngenxa yamazinyo azo eminyakeni eyisithupha edlule.
