Ngaphantsi kweminyaka emibini eyishiyile i-White House, owayesakuba nguMongameli waseMelika u-Barack Obama usengoyena ubalaseleyo kubakhenkethi e-Afrika ngotyelelo lwakhe neengcambu zosapho kwilizwekazi.
Owayesakuba nguMongameli wase-US wafika e-Afrika ngasekupheleni kukaJuni walo nyaka kwiholide yosapho lwabucala olwathi kamva lwatshintsha lwaba luhambo olukhethekileyo lwase-Afrika olwathi lwatsala umdla woonondaba, ingakumbi eMpuma naseMazantsi e-Afrika.
Kutyelelo lwakhe e-Afrika kude kube yile veki, u-Obama uchithe iintsuku ezisi-8 eGrumeti Game Reserve eSerengeti National Park eTanzania phambi kokuba abhabhele esiya eKenya kwiholide yosapho.
Utyelelo lwabucala luka-Obama lwagcinwa luyimfihlo ngokwesicelo sakhe de kwaba lusuku lokugqibela lokunduluka xa iintatheli zikwazile ukumbona kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iKilimanjaro International Airport esijongene nabakhenkethi abandwendwela iipaki zezilwanyana zasendle ezikwisekethe yabakhenkethi esemantla.
Owayesakuba nguMongameli waseMelika umke eTanzania esiya eKenya ngeCawe ephelileyo emva kweholide yosapho eSerengeti National Park.
Abathathi-nxaxheba beehotele zabakhenkethi kunye nabatyali-zimali babakhenkethi eKenya bathi utyelelo luka-Obama luza kuphucula ukhenketho. Bathe utyelelo lwalowo wayesakuba yinkokeli yase-US luza kufezekiswa ngokupheleleyo ngo-2019 ngokubhengeza utyelelo lwakhe.
UMnu. Bobby Kamani, umlawuli olawulayo weDiani Reef Beach Resort and Spa kuNxweme lwaseKenya, uthe utyelelo lukaPope Francis noMongameli Obama ngowama-2015 lwalikhulisa kakhulu ishishini lokhenketho.
Umnumzana Kamani ucatshulwe esithi iKenya yaqala ukubona iziphumo zotyelelo lwezi nkokeli zimbini emva konyaka, xa abakhenkethi abasuka phesheya baqala ukwanda.
"Ishishini kufuneka liqhubeke libona umdla owongeziweyo eKenya ukusuka kwiimarike zamazwe ngamazwe ezifana nesiphumo sotyelelo luka-2015, ngokubona ukuhluka okuhle kokufika kweli lizwe ngo-2019," watsho.
I-Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers kunye ne-Caterers Coast igosa elilawulayo, uSam Ikwaye, uthe inani elikhulu labakhenkethi seliqalile ukufika njengoko iipropathi zivulwa kwakhona kwixesha eliphezulu.
Utyelelo luka-Obama luphakamise iprofayile yaseKenya kuthathelwa ingqalelo abantu abadumileyo abebetyelele le ndawo yohambo, wongeze watsho.
“Ngoku kungekudala siza kuba neenqwelomoya eziya ngqo e-United States, sinokusebenzisa iprofayile yethu ukuthengisa iKenya,” utshilo.
Ngaphandle kweTanzania neKenya, owayesakuba nguMongameli waseMelika ukhwele inqwelomoya ukuya eMzantsi Afrika apho ebezimase imibhiyozo yokubhiyozela iminyaka elikhulu yokuzalwa kwenkokeli echasene nocalucalulo uNelson Mandela ngoLwesithathu. U-Obama udibene neenkokeli ezisakhulayo eziphuma kumazwe ase-Afrika ukubhiyozela esi sikhumbuzo, kusuku emva kokuba enze intetho enomoya eRhawutini malunga nelifa likaMandela lonyamezelo.
Owayesakuba nguMongameli waseMelika wenze intetho kwinginginya yabantu abayi-14,000 abathe bamncoma ngeyona ndlela kwintetho yakhe eRhawutini, eyeyona ngxelo yakhe iphezulu ukusukela oko wasishiyayo isikhundla malunga nonyaka onesiqingatha odlulileyo.
Ngeengcambu zosapho lwakhe olusuka e-Afrika, u-Obama usengoyena Mongameli uthandwayo wase-US owaziwayo kumazwe amaninzi ase-Afrika, ejonge ukutsala abakhenkethi abaninzi baseMelika ngegama lakhe nangodumo lwakhe. I-United States ngowona mthombo uphambili wabakhenkethi abatyelela iAfrika minyaka le.
