I-NAIROBI, Kenya (eTN) – Abadlali bezokhenketho baseKenya baxhalabile kukuba eli candela lisenokungachacha ngokupheleleyo kulo nyaka kulandela izidubedube kwiimarike zezimali zehlabathi kunye nokuphazamiseka kwezopolitiko kwindawo ekusingwa kuyo ekuqaleni konyaka ophelileyo.
Ukukhawuleza ngoDisemba ka-2008 ukubona iihotele kunxweme lwaseKenya zibhukishwe ngokupheleleyo ngexesha leKrisimesi noNyaka oMtsha ngabatyeleli basekhaya nabakhenkethi bamazwe ngamazwe kunika ithemba elincinane lokuchacha.
Abadlali beli candelo bathi ukuwa kwemarike ye-sub-prime mortgage e-US naseYurophu, iimarike zemveli zelizwe, kulindeleke ukuba zibe nefuthe elibi kuhambo lokuzonwabisa. Iinzame eziqhubekayo zokubuyisela emva kobundlobongela oboyikise abakhenkethi kwikota yokuqala ka-2008 nabo baseza kuhlawula izabelo ezipheleleyo.
Kwimeko apho uloyiko luyenzeka, ukunyuka kwamanani abakhenkethi abasuka kwi-Afrika iphela nakwiMpuma Ekude, ngakumbi i-China, kunokungafikeleli kwintsilelo.
Unyaka wama-2007 ubhale elona nani liphezulu labakhenkethi kwezakha zakho, ngokwahlukeneyo kuqikelelwa ngurhulumente kunye nebhodi yabakhenkethi yaseKenya (KTB) ukusuka kwi-1.7 ukuya kwi-1.8 yezigidi zabatyeleli. Uninzi lweehotele bezibhukiselwe ngokupheleleyo iiholide zeKrisimesi noNyaka oMtsha kwakude kudala ngaphambi kokuqala kukaDisemba ka-2007.
Nangona kunjalo, abakhenkethi babaleka ilizwe beliqela ekuqaleni kuka-2008 kulandela ungquzulwano lwezopolitiko olunobundlobongela apho kwabulawa amakhulu abantu baseKenya kungekudala emva koNyulo Jikelele lwangoDisemba 27, 2007, olwakhokelela kwimpikiswano kamongameli. Kodwa akukho bakhenkethi bonzakeleyo ngexesha lokruthakruthwano, olwalugxile kakhulu kwimimandla yaseNtshona yeKenya eNyanza naseRift Valley nakwiindawo ezihluphekayo zaseNairobi.
Ngenxa yoko, amashumi eendawo zabakhenkethi anciphisa ukusebenza kwawo, avala uninzi lweehotele neendawo zokulala, aza adenda amawaka abasebenzi.
Ngenyanga kaTshazimpuzi kulo nyaka uphelileyo, abakhenkethi babesele beqalisile ukubuyela kwiilwandle zabo abazithandayo kunxweme lwaseKenya. Ngaphandle kweenzame zentengiso ezibukhali ze-KTB, amanani ahlala enqabile.
Ilahleko yemisebenzi exhaphakileyo nayo yachazwa kwicandelo lezokhenketho elinengeniso ngenxa yokurhoxiswa okukhulu kokhenketho kulandela lo qhushululu.
Ngokwengxelo yezoqoqosho yamva nje yeBhawu yeNkcazo yaseKenya, icandelo lezokhenketho lehle ngeepesenti ezingama-34.7 kuninzi lonyaka ophelileyo. I-KTB ngokwayo iqikelela ukuba abakhenkethi abafikayo phakathi kukaJanuwari no-Oktobha kulo nyaka uphelileyo behle nge-35.2 yeepesenti, ukusuka kwi-873,00 t0 565,000. Amanani ahlaziyiweyo asuka kwi-KTB kulindeleke ukuba akhutshwe kwinyanga ezayo.
Igosa eliyintloko le-Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers Association uMike Macharia, uxelele iintatheli kwinyanga ephelileyo ukuba imeko ayinakuphucuka nangowama-2009. “Ukusukela ngoDisemba 2007, besifumana iinqwelo-moya eziqeshiweyo ezingama-41 veki nganye eMombasa. Emva kodushe lonyulo, asizange sifumane ezintathu. Namhlanje, sifumana malunga ne-11, ”utshilo uMacharia kwiDaily Nation kwiintsuku ezimbalwa phambi kweKrisimesi kunyaka ophelileyo.
Utyhola udushe ngokuncipha kwezokhenketho. “Xa izicwangciso zenqwelomoya zitshintshwa, iiarhente ezichaphazelekayo zihlala ziqala ukuthengisa iindawo ezintsha zokufikela. Ayisiyiyo into yokuba sijonge ukubuyela kwakhona kungekudala, ”wongeze watsho.
Nangona kunjalo, i-KTB inethemba lokuba icandelo liza kubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo ngenxa yentengiso emandla kunye nokuvuselelwa koqoqosho kwiimarike zemithombo yabakhenkethi ezichatshazelwa kukudodobala kwezimali zehlabathi.
