Nairobi - IKenya kulindeleke ukuthi ngenyanga ezayo iKenya ingene esivumelwaneni sokusebenzisana neNingizimu Afrika okuhloswe ngaso ukwakha ubudlelwano nezokuvakasha, kusho uNgqongqoshe weKhabhinethi.
UNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha uNajib Balala uthe ulindele ukuthola uNgqongqoshe waseNingizimu Afrika uMarthinus van Schalkwyk ngo-Agasti 17 eNairobi ngomcimbi wokusayina uMou wezokuvakasha.
UMnu Balala uthe i-MoU izodlala indima enkulu ekusizeni iKenya ukuthi ibambe iqhaza emibukisweni yezokuvakasha yaseNingizimu Afrika ezonxenxa izivakashi ezivela esifundeni esiseNingizimu ye-Afrika.
Ubuye waveza ukuthi izwe lizohlomula kakhulu emakethe yezokuvakasha yaseNingizimu Afrika kwazise liyindawo “yamandla kwezomnotho” yase-Afrika.
Bangaphezu kwezigidi eziyisishiyagalolunye abantu bakwamanye amazwe abavakashele iNingizimu Afrika ngonyaka odlule ngenkathi kuleli izivakashi ezingaphansi kwesigidi zivakashele leli lizwe.
"Amalungiselelo okusayinwa kwe-MoU mayelana nezindaba eziphathelene nezokuvakasha neNingizimu Afrika aseqediwe. Ngilindele ukuthi ungqongqoshe abambe iqhaza ngenyanga ezayo ukuze sikwazi ukwenza ubudlelwano bethu bube obuhle," kusho uMnu Balala.
“Ubudlelwano buzokwenza iKenya ithinte imakethe yezokuvakasha eSouthern Africa ukuze isize ohlelweni lwethu lokutakula. Sihlose ukuthola isibalo esihle sabavakashi abavela ezwenikazi, ”engeza.
Uveze ukuthi ngonyaka ozayo iKenya izobamba iqhaza embukisweni wezokuvakasha waseNingizimu Afrika ngenhloso yokubukisa ngokuheha izivakashi zayo namaphakethe.
UMnu Balala uzwakalise ithemba lokuthi ngasekupheleni konyaka lo mkhakha uzobe usubuyile ngezinyawo kulandela impendulo enhle evela emakethe yezokuvakasha yase-Europe.
Ubuye wengeza ukuthi imizamo yokusabalalisa amaphiko ezimakethe ezintsha zomthombo waseRussia nase-Asia bekukhokhela izinzuzo njengoba izivakashi ezivela kulezo zifunda zilungele ukuhambela izwe ezinyangeni ezizayo.
Khonamanjalo, ungqongqoshe usephinde wanxusa abanikazi bamahhotela ukuthi bathuthukise izindawo zabo zokuvakasha zibe sezingeni lomhlaba.
UMnu Balala uthe uma kubuyekezwa amazinga amahhotela azobamba iqhaza ekuheheni abavakashi abaningi.
Wengeze ngokuthi izivakashi ziyazwela ngezinga lamahhotela ezikhetha ukuhlala kuwo.
Ezinye zezikhungo, wanezela, zisesimeni esibi ngenxa yokushoda kokulungiswa.
