Abathathi-nxaxheba kukhenketho lokuhamba ngenqanawa eKenya bajonge phambili ekuvuneni ukusuka ekuchithekeni kweendwendwe eziza eMzantsi Afrika.
Kukho ithemba lokuba lo mmandla ungaxhamla kwisityalo esilindelekileyo eMzantsi Afrika esiza kutsala iintaka kunye nabakhenkethi.
Iindwendwe zamazwe angaphandle kulindeleke ukuba zithontelane kunxweme lweli lizwe kweli hlobo lizayo njengoko ezinye zeenqanawa ezihamba phambili kwihlabathi zilandela iintaka ezifudukayo ezisingise emazantsi, kude nobusika baseYurophu.
Ngokweenkcukacha-manani ezisuka kwiZibuko kunye neeNqanawa, incwadana yeendaba eshicilelwe kuMazantsi e-Afrika, iTheku ilindele iminxeba engama-53 equka iminxeba emininzi yenqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa yeNkampani yoShipping yeMeditera i-MSC Sinfinia phakathi kukaNovemba noAprili ka-2010.
Ezinye iinqanawe ziquka ingxilimbela iQueen Mary Two ekulindeleke ukuba ime eKapa naseThekwini; P&O's Aurora; Ukuzola kweCrystal Cruises '; Balmoral kaFred Olsen; I-Seven Sea's Voyager, kunye neHolland America's Amsterdam.
Ethubeni enyakeni, uNoordam kunye ne-Westerdam baza kundwendwela kwaye bahlale emanzini aseMzantsi Afrika de kube semva kweNdebe yeHlabathi yeBhola eKhatywayo yeFifa yowama-2010.
“Silindele ukuxhamla 'kuhambo ngenqanawa' nangona singenazo iindawo zotyelelo olungaka. Ibhodi yezoKhenketho yaseKenya kufuneka iqalise ukuthengisa ilizwe njengendawo yokuhamba ngenqanawa, ngakumbi ngoku njengoko itumente yeNdebe yeHlabathi iza eMzantsi Afrika, utshilo u-Abercrombie kunye nomlawuli waseKent u-Auni Kanji.
Abanye abachaphazelekayo baqikelela ikamva eliqaqambileyo lecandelwana emva kokusekwa kutsha nje kweCruise Indian Ocean Association (CIOA). Lo mbutho wasekwa ngoMeyi ukuthengisa impuma Afrika kunye neziqithi zasentshona zoLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya njengendawo yokuhamba ngenqanawa.
IKenya iqhube kakubi kweli candelo, abafikayo baye bafikelela kwirekhodi eliphantsi kwiminyaka emithathu eyadlulayo. Ilizwe alikhange libonakalise zimpawu zokuchacha ukusukela oko, ikakhulu ngenxa yobuqhetseba kunxweme loLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya.
Ukwandiswa kokucupha
Abachaphazelekayo bathe nangona kunyuswa iliso kunxweme lwaseSomalia, ishishini lidinga utyalo-mali olukhulu ukuba amandla alo ayafezekiswa.
"Ishishini lenqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa eMombasa, eDar es Salaam naseZanzibar ichwephesha lempumlo liye lahla phantsi kakhulu ngenxa yokungakhuseleki, kodwa lo mkhwa uyakhawuleziswa kukungabikho kweziseko zophuhliso ezifanelekileyo," utshilo uMnu Kanji. Isakhono esipheleleyo seshishini sisahleli singasetyenziswa ngenxa yokungabikho kweziseko zoncedo ezifanelekileyo kwezinye iindawo.
Umzekelo, iLake Victoria, lelona chibi lamanzi likhulu ehlabathini elidibanisa amazwe amathathu ase-Afrika iKenya, iUganda neTanzania, yindawo ekungenwa kuyo.
Ngo-2006 uMphathiswa wezoThutho wavala izicwangciso zokwakha isikhululo sangoku sokuhamba ngenqanawa kwizibuko laseMombasa emva kokusilela ukufumana iqabane lobuchule lokutyala imali kweli ziko.
Isicwangciso sesiphelo, esiqulathwe kwisicwangciso esiphambili seminyaka engama-25 kunye nesicwangciso saso sobuchule sika-2005 esiphantsi kovavanyo ngoku, besiya kuphinda siphuhlise i-Berth One and Two ibe yindawo ekumgangatho wehlabathi yeenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa ngexabiso le-$3 yezigidi.
NgokukaMnu Kanji, ilizwe lifuna esinye isicwangciso esiyintloko sendlela yokuhlaziya icandelo elihlala lilelona shishini likhula ngokukhawuleza kushishino lwezokhenketho.
Uthe kukho imfuneko yokuhlaziya ikomiti yokuququzelela ukhenketho lokukhenketha eyafa emva kotshintsho lwabaphathi kwi-Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo.
Ukundwendwela umnxeba
Ngokutsho kweCruise Lines International Association (CLIA), inqanawa ethwele abakhweli abangama-2,000 kunye nabasebenzi abangama-950 benza umyinge we-322,705 yeedola ngomnxeba kwizibuko lasekhaya, ngelixa utyelelo lwenqanawa olufanayo luvelisa i-275,000 yeedola kwinkcitho elunxwemeni.
I-CLIA iqikelela ukuba abantu abazizigidi ezili-14 kulindeleke ukuba basebenzise iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa kulo nyaka. Ixesha eliphakamileyo liphakathi kukaNovemba noMatshi, ngexesha lebusika laseYurophu.
“Ixabiso lezoqoqosho lokurhwebesha abahambi ngenqanawa ukuba bathumele iinqanawa ezininzi kulo mmandla likhulu. EKenya, umkhenkethi ngamnye ohamba ngenqanawa uchitha malunga nama-200 eedola ngosuku. Uninzi lwabo lubuyela kwiiholide zomhlaba, ”utshilo uMnu Kanji.
Uphando lubonisa ukuba abakhweli abaphakathi kwama-50 nama-70 ekhulwini bathi bangathanda ukubuya emva kokutyelela ilizwe okokuqala.
Umnumzana Kanji uthe iifowuni zokuhamba ngenqanawa kwizibuko laseMombasa ziye zehla ukusuka kwiinqanawa ezingama-20 kwisizini ka-2005/2006 ukuya kwisibhozo kuphela.
Izibuko lilindele ukufumana iinqanawa ezisibhozo ukuya kwezili-10 kweli xesha, eza kuqala ngoNovemba kwaye ziphele ngo-Epreli ozayo.
