Uhulumeni we-Federation of St Kitts kanye ne-Nevis ushicilele i-Emergency Powers yakamuva (Covid-19) (No.13) Imithethonqubo, 2020. Isebenza kuze kube ngu-August 29, imithethonqubo ibeka imihlahlandlela emisha yezwe njengoba lilungiselela isigaba salo sokuqala sokuvula kabusha imingcele yalo. Mayelana nezivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe, kusukela ngoMsombuluko, 10 Agasti, uhulumeni umemezele ukuthi bonke abagibeli kufanele bahlole i-RT-PCR amahora angu-72 ngaphambi kokufika ezweni. Umphumela kufanele uthunyelwe nge-imeyili.
Njengoba kunamacala ayi-17 kuphela aqinisekisiwe nokufa kweqanda, iSt Kitts neNevis isebenze ngempumelelo ekuquketheni ukusabalala kwaleli gciwane. Ngenkathi imingcele isavaliwe, esigabeni sokuqala sokuvulwa kabusha, izwe lizokwamukela izakhamuzi kanye nabashade nabo, abatshalizimali, nabafundi ababhalise ezikhungweni zemfundo eziqhingini.
U-Abdias Samuel, uSihlalo we-COVID-19 National Task Force, uchaze ngesikhathi kunesithangami se-Emergency Operations Center ngo-Agasti 8 ukuthi: “Siyaqhubeka nokulawula imingcele yethu, imingcele yethu ivaliwe. Kodwa-ke, sithe sihamba ngezigaba lapho siqale khona ngokulungiselela abantu bakithi, sabe sesidlulela kubahlali bethu. [Mayelana] nezakhamuzi, siyazi ukuthi sinedlanzana labantu abasebenza e-St Kitts nase-Nevis futhi banegalelo emisebenzini yethu yezomnotho, yingakho sibavumele ukuthi babuye.”
Kusukela ngo-1984, i-St Kitts ne-Nevis ibilokhu yamukela abatshalizimali bakwamanye amazwe ukuthi babe izakhamuzi ngoHlelo lwayo lokuba yisakhamuzi ngohlelo lokutshala izimali. Ukuze ufaneleke, umenzi wesicelo kufanele aphumelele amasheke okuphepha adingekayo bese efaka isandla kwezomnotho ku-Sustainable Growth Fund. Lona umzila oshesha kakhulu futhi oqonde kakhulu wokuba isakhamuzi sesibili e-St Kitts nase-Nevis. Ngokubuyisela, abatshalizimali bathola izinzuzo ezinjengokuphila ezweni elivikelekile, elibuswa ngentando yeningi, ikhono lokudlulisela ubuzwe babo ezizukulwaneni ezizayo, nokwandisa ukuhamba komhlaba wonke ezindaweni ezingaphezu kwezingu-150. I-St Kitts ne-Nevis inelinye lamaphasipoti aqine kakhulu esifundeni mayelana nohambo lwamahhala lwe-visa - okubaluleke kakhulu kuNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle Wenhlangano u-Mark Brantley.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- St Kitts and Nevis has one of the strongest passports in the region in terms of visa-free travel – a priority for the Federation’s Foreign Minister Mark Brantley.
- [Regarding] residents, we know we have a number of individuals who are working in St Kitts and Nevis and they are contributing to our economic activities, hence, we allowed them to also return.
- In return, investors gain benefits such as living in a secure, democratic country, the ability to pass their citizenship to future generations, and increased global mobility to over 150 destinations.
