(eTN ) – UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseKenya uNajib Balala umisele uJake Grieves-Cook njengosihlalo weBhodi yabaKhenketho yaseKenya (KTF) kwithuba lesibini leofisi.
UGrieves-Cook waseka i-Eco-Tourism Society yaseKenya ngeminyaka yee-'90s, awayichophelayo iminyaka ethile, ngaphambi kokuba anyulwe njengosihlalo weKenya Tourism Federation (KTF), i-Kenyan Tourism sector apex body, iqabane loKhenketho lwase-Uganda. Umbutho kunye neManyano yezoKhenketho yaseTanzania.
Usebenze njengosihlalo we-KTB iminyaka emithathu ngaphambili kwaye kunye naye kwi-hellm iKenya yenza inkqubela phambili enkulu kuphuhliso lokhenketho kunye nokufika kweendwendwe, ezingaphezulu kwe-2 yezigidi kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
Ubundlobongela basemva konyulo, nangona kunjalo, bukhukulise uninzi lwempumelelo eyenziwe kwiminyaka yakutshanje kwaye uJake uya kufuna zonke izakhono zakhe kunye nonxibelelwano kwihlabathi liphela ukubuyisela ukhenketho lwaseKenya kuzuko lwangaphambili.
Ngenyanga kaJanuwari, ngoFebruwari noMatshi, uJake naye wasebenza njengesithethi esisemthethweni se-KTF kwaye waqinisekisa buqu ukuba iingxelo ezichanekileyo nezifike kwangexesha malunga nemeko yokwenyani emhlabeni zafikelela kwizindlu zeendaba ezifanelekileyo eMpuma Afrika nakwihlabathi liphela mihla le. kunye nokuba nakuphi na ukuxelwa ngendlela engeyiyo kwaphendulwa ngokukhawuleza ngezibakala ezichanekileyo.
Akukho namnye umkhenkethi oweza kwenzakalisa kwezi nyanga zinzima eKenya eziya kunceda ukwakha ishishini lokhenketho kwiinyanga ezizayo. Oku kubangelwe ikakhulu ziinzame zeqela leempendulo zikaxakeka ze-KTF, ngokubambisana nemikhosi yelizwe yokhuseleko, egcina iimpompo kulo lonke uphuhliso kwaye yacebisa abakhenkethi kunye nabaqhubi be-safari kunye neendawo zokulala, iindawo zokuchithela iiholide kunye neehotele kwiimeko eziguqukayo.
Kudliwano-ndlebe olukhethekileyo no-eTN, uGrieves-Cook uthe: “Iya kuba liwonga ukuthatha isikhundla sokuba nguSihlalo we-KTB kwakhona nokusebenzisana norhulumente nabanye abachaphazelekayo ukuze kuvuselelwe ishishini lethu lezokhenketho ebelichaphazeleka kakhulu. ngenxa yezidubedube nogonyamelo lwamva nje emva konyulo.”
Ngokutsho kwakhe, urhulumente omtsha waseKenya “weGrand Coalition” uthe eyona nto iphambili kukubuyisela abantu baseKenya abagxothelwe emakhaya ngoku abahlala kwiinkampu zeembacu; ukuqinisekisa ukuba uqoqosho lubuyela kwindlela yokufezekisa amazinga aqikelelwayo okukhula nokudala imisebenzi, ingakumbi kulutsha olungasebenziyo; ngokunjalo nokujolisa ingqalelo kwezolimo ngexesha apho amaxabiso okutya esanda kunyuka kwaye kukho iinkxalabo malunga nokunqongophala kokutya okunokwenzeka kwexesha elifutshane. "Ukuba sinokufezekisa ukubuyisela ukhenketho ngokukhawuleza, oku kuya kunceda kakhulu ekukhuliseni uqoqosho nokudala amawaka emisebenzi eyongezelelweyo kunye neendlela zokuphila kubantu baseKenya."
“Kuza kufuneka sigxile kwiphulo lokuthengisa elingxamisekileyo kwezo zentengiso zethu zingundoqo ezinomthamo okhawulezayo wokuvelisa abakhenkethi abafikayo kwiihotele zethu kwisiqingatha sesibini salo nyaka,” wongeze watsho. "Oku kuthetha ugxininiso kwintengiso kumajelo eendaba ehlabathi kunye neentengiso ezidibeneyo kunye norhwebo lokuhamba phesheya kunye nokubonelela ngenkuthazo ukukhuthaza inkxaso yeenqwelomoya kunye nabakhenkethi abakhulu bamazwe ngamazwe."
UGrieves-Cook unomsebenzi omde owahlukileyo kwishishini lezokhenketho laseKenya, ethathe iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu anesiqingatha, apho ebesebenza kwizikhundla eziphezulu zolawulo ngaphambi kokuqalisa eyakhe inkampani, iGamewatchers Kenya kunye nePorini Safari Camps.
