Ngelixa i-East African Community (EAC) ilungiselela isicwangciso sokuthengisa amazwe ayo amahlanu amaqabane njengendawo enye yokhenketho, iKenya ibize imemorandam yokuqonda kunye neTanzania ngophuhliso kunye nokukhuthazwa koshishino.
Ngokweengxelo zamajelo eendaba apha ngoLwesithathu, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho eKenya uNajib Balala uthe ukuba la mazwe mabini angathatha isikhundla esinjalo, kuya kunceda ukususa imiqobo “enzulu” yolawulo kunye neminye imiqobo kwintsebenziswano enqumla imida kwicandelo elibalulekileyo kuhlumo loqoqosho. kunye nokudityaniswa kwengingqi.
Ukhenketho luhamba phambili ekurhwebeni ngamazwe angaphandle eKenya naseTanzania, uqoqosho lwalo lolona lukhulu phakathi kwamazwe angamalungu e-EAC. Abanye kule bloc yiBurundi, iRwanda kunye neUganda.
Ngo-2008, iTanzania yafumana i-US$1.3 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ukusuka kuma-642,000 abakhenkethi bamazwe angaphandle ukuba baphendule kwi-17.2 yepesenti ye-GDP, ngelixa - ngokutsho kweKenya Tourism Boar d (KTB) - iKenya yafumana malunga ne-US $811 yezigidi ukusuka ngaphantsi kwama-200,000 abakhenkethi abafikayo nangona. iziphumo eziphazamisayo zobundlobongela obunxulumene nonyulo ngaloo nyaka.
Bekhuthazwa ziimpawu zokubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo kuqoqosho lwehlabathi, emva kokufumana ukwehla okubukhali kwabakhenkethi bangaphandle kulo nyaka uphelileyo, abasemagunyeni kula mazwe mabini baye banyusa amaphulo okuthengisa arhabaxa ukutsala abakhenkethi abazizigidi ezi-3 ngonyaka phakathi kwabo ngo-2012.
Izikhuthazo ezinikezelwa kumacala omabini ziquka ukunciphisa i-visa kunye nezaphulelo kwi-safa ri kunye neephakheji zokuhlala.
Inyathelo le-EAC lokuthengisa lo mmandla njengendawo enye yokufikela abakhenkethi ibonwa ibalulekile emva kwe-inking yeenkokeli zoLuntu ngoNovemba ka-2009 yomgaqo-nkqubo wemarike yengingqi eza kuqalisa ukusebenza ngoJulayi walo nyaka.
Kusenjalo, unobhala weSigqeba kwiSebe lezeNdalo nezoKhenketho eTanzania, uLadislaus Komba, uthe icala lakhe alikaxoxi malunga nesindululo saseKenya sokuba kwenziwe imemorandam yentsebenziswano kuphuhliso lokhenketho.
“ITanzania izibophelele ekuthengiseni lo mmandla njengendawo enye yokhenketho. Sizakuthatha inxaxheba kwindibano yamagosa obugcisa kwiveki ezayo nakwintlanganiso yebhunga labaphathiswa ehlelelwe umhla we-18 kweyoMqungu 2010,” utshilo uKomba.
