I-NAIROBI, Kenya (eTN) – Ukungabikho kwezivakashi ezanele zezivakashi zakwamanye amazwe eKenya, ezidingekayo ukuze kugcinwe amanani emboni yezokuvakasha, kuhlanganiswe nokuwa kwengxenye yezokuvakasha yasekhaya. Abantu baseKenya besigaba esiphakathi, ababambe iqhaza embonini ngokusizakala “ngamanani abahlali” akhanga kakhulu ngokwezezimali ezindaweni zokungcebeleka zasolwandle kanye nasezindaweni zokulala ze-safari, manje bahlezi emakhaya ngokwesaba ukubhekana nezingxabano ezinodlame emigwaqeni noma bafuna “ukubuka izindaba zethu. amakhaya kanye namabhizinisi abo.”
Abaningi bangaba abahambi futhi banomuzwa wokuthi lesi akusona isikhathi sokuhamba nesokuvakasha, lapho imisebenzi yabo isengozini futhi umnotho wezwe usengozini enkulu. Ukuvakasha kwasekhaya eKenya eminyakeni edlule bekubalele cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yemali engenayo iyonke, futhi inqobo nje uma amaKenya engahambi ezweni lawo kuzoba nzima nakakhulu ukukholisa izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ukuthi zibuyele ogwini lwaseKenya noma zivakashele izwe elisezingeni lomhlaba. amapaki neziqiwi.
"Imakethe yezokuvakasha yakuleli isifile," kusho uDkt. Dan Kagagi, isikhulu esiphezulu se-European Union (EU) exhaswe ngemali yokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha, iTourism Trust Fund (TTF). Uthe sekunzima ukukholisa abantu baseKenya ukuthi bavakashele ezinye izingxenye zezwe, okwenza ezokuvakasha zakuleli, okulinganiselwa ukuthi zizofaka imali engamaphesenti angama-30 emali yezokuvakasha, zime. "Uma amaKenya manje esesaba ukuhamba, lokho kuqeda ezokuvakasha zasekhaya."
Lo mbiko uza ngemuva nje kokuthi iphrojekthi yezokuvakasha kwezemidlalo eDamu laseMasinga elisenkabeni yeKenya iphinde yavula iminyango yayo, i-TTF eyeseka ngosheleni baseKenya abayizigidi ezingama-22 futhi ikusasa manje elibukeka lifiphele ngokufanayo.
UNobhala Unomphela wezokuVakasha uRebecca Nabutola naye ucashunwe emithonjeni yezindaba yaseKenya ukuthi ubeke ukulahlekelwa kwemboni yezokuvakasha emasontweni adlule kumasheleni afinyelela ku-6 billion waseKenya. Useqophelweni eliphezulu futhi ukuthi izwe lizodinga okungenani lengeze isigidigidi samasheleni aseKenya kwisabelomali seKenya Tourist Board ezinyangeni ezizayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe izwe ngenkani ezimakethe zalo eziyinhloko nezisafufusa futhi libambe iqhaza elikhona manje.
Khonamanjalo, inkampani yenkampani yezindiza iKenya Airways (KQ) manje isicele abasebenzi bayo abancishisiwe umthwalo wabo womsebenzi ngenxa yokuwa kwemithwalo yabagibeli ukuthi bafake izicelo zelivu ekhokhelwayo emasontweni ambalwa ezayo.
Inkampani yezindiza iphinde yehlisa umthamo emizileni eminingana yamazwe ngamazwe, ikakhulukazi eya eYurophu, eNingizimu Afrika nase-Dubai, futhi ibheka izindlela zokunciphisa izindleko ezingabalulekile. Inkampani yenethiwekhi iphinde ibuyekeze umthamo wayo ngokunciphisa inani lezindiza kwezinye izindawo futhi kokunye iyazikhansela.
Izindiza ezincane zisatshalaliswa kwezinye izindiza kanti amaza ancishisiwe kweminye imizila, okuhlanganisa nomthamo omkhulu weNairobi ukuya eMombasa, izivakashi kanye nomzila wasekhaya.
Amandla ehlisiwe eNairobi kuya eLondon, Amsterdam, Paris, Johannesburg, Mombasa, Lagos, Khartoum, Cairo, Kisumu, Dubai, Kinshasa, Dzaoudzi (Mayotte Island), Hahaya (Moroni Island). Kweminye yemizila, indiza i-Boeing 777- 200 ithathelwe indawo yi-Boeing 767, kanti indiza entsha, kodwa encane, i-Embraer 170 ithathe indawo ye-B737-300 kweminye imizila yasekhaya.
Lokhu kulandela udlame olwenzeka emadolobheni amakhulu eKenya amasonto amane oseludale ukuthi izivakashi zingalivali leli lizwe, kanti abajabulela amaholide bakhethe ukunqamula ukuhlala kwabo eKenya.
Isikhulu seKenya Airways, uMnu Titus Naikuni, uthi inkampani yezindiza ithikamezekile ngenxa yodlame lwezepolitiki oluqhubeka eKenya emasontweni amane edlule. “Izinombolo zabagibeli bethu zisebenza ngokwesilinganiso ngamaphesenti angu-15 ngaphansi kwesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule, nokuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu, Njengoba kudingwa umkhandlu olawulayo sesibuyekeze isibikezelo salo nyaka wezimali futhi asiboni isidingo sokuxwayisa ngenzuzo umzuzu,” kusho yena.
ENairobi Stock Exchange, inani lamasheya enkampani yezindiza lehle ngamaphesenti angaphezu kwama-35 lisuka ngaphezu kuka-Sh70 ($1) laya ku-Sh45 (US$0.64) emasontweni amahlanu edlule. I-Royal Dutch Airlines i-KLM inamaphesenti angama-26 enkampani yezindiza yase-Afrika; Amaphesenti angama-23 angaphansi kukahulumeni waseKenya, kanti amaphesenti angama-51 aphethwe yizinkampani ezizimele zaseMpumalanga Afrika nezangaphandle kanye nabantu ngabanye.
Ekhuluma esithangamini nabezindaba ekomkhulu lenkampani eduze kwaseJomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), eNairobi, ngoLwesine kusihlwa, uNaikuni ubike ukuthi "ibhizinisi lezimpahla nalo libe nomthelela nakuba lingenamandla njengebhizinisi labagibeli." Imithwalo yempahla ilinganiselwa ukuthi yehle ngamasenti amane ngoJanuwari nonyaka uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule.
“Kodwa mangikubeke kucace ukuthi asiphinde sadiliza muntu,” kusho uNaikuni.
Ethula isibuyekezo sokusebenza kwenkampani yakhe kulandela udlame lwangemva kokhetho, esithangamini sabezindaba, i-CEO yathi, "imizila yaseYurophu yaseLondon, Amsterdam, Paris, Johannesburg kanye nenani lezindawo zase-Afrika njengezona ezishayeke kakhulu." Uthe iMombasa, indawo enkulu yezivakashi kanye nezamabhizinisi ithintwa udlame lwangemva kokhetho.
UNaikuni uqhube waveza ukuthi naphezu kokuqhubeka nokusebenza okuphephile e-JKIA, abahambi abaningi abakaze baphendule ngokusakazwa kwabezindaba nezeluleko zokuhamba. “Yize sazi sonke ukuthi ukusebenza kwa-JKIA kuphephile njengoba bekuhlale kunjena ngesikhathi semisebenzi evamile, ukusakazwa kwabezindaba kwamazwe ngamazwe kanye nezeluleko ezihlukahlukene zohambo zamazwe abalulekile ngesimo sezwe kube nomthelela omkhulu ezinambeni zabagibeli ngisho nakwabadlulayo. ”
UNaikuni umemezele ukuthi abaphathi sebeqhubeke nokuthatha izinyathelo zesikhashana ukuzama ukunciphisa umthelela omubi odalwa yisimo samanje. Uthe i-Kenya Airways ibilokhu futhi izoqhubeka nokusebenzisana nama-travel agents, abanikazi bamahhotela, i-Kenya Tourist Board nezinye izinhlangano ukuthuthukisa imikhankaso yokuvuselela umkhakha wezokuvakasha ogulayo.
U-Naikuni uphinde wagcizelela ukuthi ama-KQ ayaqhubeka nokuzibophezela esu lawo lokunweba lesikhathi eside. I-CEO iphinde yagcizelela ukuzibophezela kwenkampani yakhe yezindiza kumakhasimende ayo kanye neKenya ngenkathi futhi inxusa abantu baseKenya ukuthi bakhuthaze ukuthula njengoba “ukungazinzi kubi ebhizinisini; kubi kithina sonke.”
Isohlwini lwemali yaseNairobi ngo-1996, iKenya Airways ingenye yezindiza ezimbalwa ezinenzuzo e-Afrika. Iphinde icashunwe ezimakethe zamasheya zase-Uganda naseTanzania.
