Oku kwaphunyezwa ngexesha INkomfa yoMbutho wabaSebenzi boKhenketho eUnited States (USTOA) eyenzeka eAustin, eTexas, eMelika, ukusuka nge-28 kaNovemba ukuya kuDisemba 2, 2022.
I-USTOA ngumbutho okhokelayo wabakhenkethi, iinqwelo-moya, iihotele kunye neendawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide, kunye neebhodi zokhenketho kwimarike yomthombo waseMntla Melika. Amandla okuthenga ombutho aqikelelwa kwi-US$19 yeebhiliyoni zeepakethi zokuhamba ezigubungela abahambi abazizigidi ezisisi-9.8 kunye ne-12.8 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zaseMelika kwiimpahla kunye neenkonzo ezithengiweyo. Kwiminyaka engama-50, i-USTOA ikwadume ngokubhengeza kunye nemfundo kumalungu ayo asebenzayo kunye namalungu anxulumana nawo.
Ngexesha lenkomfa yalo nyaka. Indawo yokuya eUgandaIinkqubo zokhenketho ezinoxanduva ziye zavunywa ngenkqubo ye-USTOA Future Lights. UMnu. Denis Nyambworo, umnxibelelanisi woncedo oluvela e-Uganda, uqatshelwe ngokuzinikela kwakhe ngokufudumeleyo novelwano kuphuhliso loluntu ngokhenketho. Ebudeni bolawulo lwakhe, kwaqokelelwa imali yokuxhasa amanzi acocekileyo, ukutya okushushu, nokwakhiwa kwesikolo samabanga aphantsi eBwindi Conservation Area esidume ngeegorila ezisentabeni ezisengozini yokuphela.
UNksz Yogi Birigwa, ilungu leBhodi ye-UTB, kwinkomfa yabonisa ukubaluleka kwemarike yaseNyakatho yaseMelika njengomthombo oyintloko wemarike yase-Uganda. Uphinde waliphinda igalelo lemibutho yorhwebo yokhenketho ekuphembeleleni uphuhliso lokhenketho kwihlabathi jikelele. Ucacisile ukuba iBhodi iyaqhubeka nokuthungelana nabakhenkethi abahamba phambili kunye nabalingane borhwebo lokuhamba kwimarike ukuqaqambisa iUganda njengendawo yokundwendwela ekhethwayo.
“Ukuchacha kwecandelo lezokhenketho kwihlabathi bekuku-60% kwaye kulindeleke ukuba kuchache ngokupheleleyo ngo-2023/2024,” utshilo.
"Iinzame ezininzi kufuneka zihanjiswe kwintengiso yaseUganda ukuba ilizwe liza kuxhamla kwisabelo salo seendwendwe zehlabathi."
Ngexesha lomsitho ofanayo, iBhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Uganda yaxhasa i-private media briefing. Le ngqungquthela ibikhokelwe yi-CEO ye-UTB, uLilly Ajarova, ekhatshwa ngabadlali becandelo labucala lase-Uganda. Eyona ngxoxo yeendaba yayilithuba lokuba iUganda babelane ngohlaziyo lwabo lwamva nje ngophuhliso lwemveliso kunye nendawo ekuyiwa kuyo.
I-UTB ixhase nge-USTOA Onke amalungu Night Cap nge-2 kaDisemba, 2022, edibanisa ngaphezulu kwe-800 yabakhenkethi ngexesha lobusuku obunesihloko esithi “Explore Uganda” ukuqaqambisa indlela yokuphila yendawo kunye nokhenketho lokuzonwabisa.
Ukuthetha namajelo eendaba ecaleni kwe-USTOA, u-Ajarova wachaza ukuba i-Uganda yenze inkqubela phambili ekukhuthazeni izenzo zokhenketho ezinoxanduva kunye nezizinzileyo kwindawo yokuya e-Uganda. Wongeze ukuba inkqubo ye-USTOA's Future Lights eyamqaphela uMnu. Nyambworo Dennis osuka e-Abercrombie & Kent yimbonakaliso ecacileyo yokhenketho olunenkathalo kunye negalelo layo kuluntu olusindleke.
Abathunywa be-UTB banxibelelane nabanokuba ngabatyali-zimali kwezokhenketho, amaqabane orhwebo okhenketho, kunye neearhente zosasazo ukubeka i-Uganda ngendlela efanelekileyo kwimakethi engundoqo yomthombo ngexesha lenkomfa yeentsuku ezi-4 kunye nendawo yentengiso.
