- Eli nyathelo likhokelwa yiKATA liyinxalenye yendima yesicwangciso sobumbano kwiNdawo yoRhwebelwano yeFree Continental Area
- IKenya neTanzania zezinye zoqoqosho olukhula ngokukhawuleza kwi-Afrika ekwi-Sub-Saharan Africa
- Emva kwesibetho se-COVID-19, kuye kwakho iifowuni zokuba amazwe ase-Afrika ajolise kukhenketho lwangaphakathi e-Afrika
NgoLwesine we-27 kaMeyi 2021, i-Kenya Association of Travel Agents (KATA) CEO, u-Agnes Mucuha wakhokela igqiza labameli bezokhenketho kunye nabezokhenketho eKenya kwintlanganiso noMkomishinala oPhezulu waseTanzania eKenya uGqirha John Simbachawene kwiKhomishini ePhakamileyo yaseTanzania eNairobi. ukuxoxa ngeendlela zokusebenzisana kunye nentsebenziswano neTanzania ekukhuthazeni ukhenketho oluphuma ngaphandle eTanzania.
Le ntlanganiso yeqhinga iza ngexesha apho i-KATA itshintshe ukugxila kukhuthazo lokhenketho oluphuma kumazwe e-EAC ngenjongo yokunceda amalungu ayo ukuba andise ishishini lawo kunye nokuphucula ubudlelwane bamazwe kunye namazwe ukufumana abakhenkethi abaninzi eKenya nase ngaxeshanye thumela abakhenkethi abasuka eKenya baye kwezo ndawo.
Eli nyathelo likhokelwa yiKATA liyinxalenye yendima yombutho kwiNdawo yoRhwebelwano yeFree Continental Area (AfCFTA) ukukhuthaza ukuhamba nokuphuma kwamazwe angamalungu oMbutho woLuntu lwaseMpuma (EAC) ngenjongo yokuphuhlisa imodeli okanye ukhenketho olunqumla imida. .
NgeyoKwindla yowama-2018, iinkokheli zase-Afrika zatyikitya izivumelwano ezithathu ezahlukileyo: isiVumelwano seLizwekazi lase-Afrika loRhwebo oluSimahla; Isibhengezo saseKigali; kunye neProtokholi yokuHamba kwaBantu ngokukhululekileyo. Ezi zivumelwano zintathu zisebenza ngenjongo yokunciphisa i-bureaucracy, ukulungelelanisa imigaqo kunye nokuphepha ukukhuselwa kumacandelo aliqela kubandakanya ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya, ukhenketho, ukhenketho kunye nokwamkela iindwendwe.
Umbutho umeme abathathi-nxaxheba abasuka eKenya Umbutho wabaSebenzi boKhenketho, iQonga lezoKhenketho lase-Afrika eseMpuma, iZiko eliQinisekileyo lezoKhenketho kwiHlabathi liphela kunye neZiko loLawulo lweeNtlekele- eMpuma Afrika kunye nabanye abathathi-nxaxheba kwicandelo lokubuka iindwendwe nokhenketho ukuba baxoxe ngendlela yokuqinisa iinkonzo zorhwebo nezokhenketho phakathi la mazwe mabini.
Intlanganiso izise phambili imiba efuna ukujongwa njengemiqobo ekhoyo kurhwebo phakathi kweKenya neTanzania echaphazela ukhenketho kunye nezokhenketho, ukunikezelwa kwabakhenkethi kwiindawo zokuhlala, ukunyuka kweendleko ze-safaris, imiceli mngeni yokusebenza kwabaqhubi bezokhenketho, imali eyongezelelweyo ukuwela imoto ukuya eTanzania, kunye nokusikelwa umda kweendawo zokungena eTanzania. Izithintelo kurhwebo kwezokhenketho zichazwe kwisivumelwano sango-1985 esatyikitywa ngawo omabini la mazwe ngenjongo yokwenza iqonga lokuhamba kwabakhenkethi phakathi kwala mazwe mabini. Isivumelwano sasiqhutywa kukukhuselwa kweemarike okungasasebenziyo namhlanje, kwaye kwabakho ukusilela ekuthatheni umthetho olandelwayo wentengiso eqhelekileyo we-EAC okhuthaza intsebenziswano nentsebenziswano.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Umbutho umeme abathathi-nxaxheba abasuka eKenya Umbutho wabaSebenzi boKhenketho, iQonga lezoKhenketho lase-Afrika eseMpuma, iZiko eliQinisekileyo lezoKhenketho kwiHlabathi liphela kunye neZiko loLawulo lweeNtlekele- eMpuma Afrika kunye nabanye abathathi-nxaxheba kwicandelo lokubuka iindwendwe nokhenketho ukuba baxoxe ngendlela yokuqinisa iinkonzo zorhwebo nezokhenketho phakathi la mazwe mabini.
- Le ntlanganiso yeqhinga iza ngexesha apho i-KATA itshintshe ukugxila kukhuthazo lokhenketho oluphuma kumazwe e-EAC ngenjongo yokunceda amalungu ayo ukuba andise ishishini lawo kunye nokuphucula ubudlelwane bamazwe kunye namazwe ukufumana abakhenkethi abaninzi eKenya nase ngaxeshanye thumela abakhenkethi abasuka eKenya baye kwezo ndawo.
- The meeting brought to the fore issues that need to be tackled such as the current trade barriers between Kenya and Tanzania that affects travel and tourism industry, handover of tourists at boarder points, increased costs of safaris, work permit challenges for tour drivers, extra fees for vehicle crossing to Tanzania, and limitations of access points into Tanzania.
