Struggling to return the country’s tourism industry to full strength has Kenya done an apparent U-turn on plans by Emirates, Dubai’s award winning airline, to launch a third daily flight from Dubai to Nairobi.
Sarudzo zvadzimira mushure megore - kutaura kwevatungamiriri vezvematongerwo enyika parizvino kuri kuita zvishoma kudzikamisa tsinga dzevanoona nezvekushanya - nyika ikafanira kuwedzera kukwezva vashanyi kubva kumisika yakawanda, zvisinei kuti ndiani anoipinza munyika, angave ari Mombasa kana Nairobi.
Nekudaro, Kenya yanga ichishuva kubvumira dzimwe ndege dzakarongwa kubva kunze kwenyika kuti dzimise ndege kuenda kunhandare huru yenyika dzeKenya uye chete RwandAir, Ethiopia neTurkey Airlines parizvino vane kodzero dzekumhara. Qatar Airways nevamwe vatakuri kusvika parizvino vasiiwa vari kunze nechando kunyangwe vachinyunyuta zvakanyanya nevemahombekombe ekugamuchira vaeni kuti vachinje uye vobvumidza ndege dzekunze kushandira Mombasa.
Hurumende yekukurudzira nehurumende yeKenya, kukwezva dzimwe ndege dzendege kudzoka kuMombasa, haina kuonawo kugona kwayo kuzadzikiswa sezvo ndege zhinji dzebvumirano kubva kuUK dzichiripo kumahombekombe eKenya. Zviratidzo ndezvekuti vamwe vangangotangazve nendege mushure mesarudzo dza Nyamavhuvhu dzauya nekuenda murunyararo sevanotungamira vafambi, uye nendege, parizvino vari kutarisa sehurongwa hwezviitiko zvakafanana nezvavakaita pasarudzo dza2012.
Zvese zvimwe zviwanikwa zvekushanyirwa zvino zvashungurudza Emirates, iyo yanga yazivisa chinangwa chayo chekutanga nendege yechitatu yezuva nezuva kubva kuDubai kuenda kuNairobi kuzopa kubatana kuri nani kubva pasirese nepasi yakaderedzwa nguva yekumirira, sezviri pachena yakanangidzirwa neMunyori Mukuru wehurumende. Vekutakura VaIrungu Nyakera.
PS yakataurwa nevatori venhau kubva kuKenya kuti vakanyorera Emirates muNairobi vachipa zano kuti hapana mvumo ichapihwa ndege iyi yechitatu, zvisinei nebvumirano iripo yeBilateral Air Services Agreement. Izvi, kana chiri chisarudzo chekupedzisira chehurumende yeKenya - sekuti UAE zvechokwadi ichave nechimwe chinhu chekutaura pamusoro pechisarudzo ichi - inonyatsoramba musika weKenya wekushanya wegore rino chete mwedzi minomwe yemabasa ezuva nezuva eBoeing B777 angadai akaunza zviuru vatashanyi vakawanda munyika.
Nekudaro iyo ndege ingadai yakapa hukuru hukuru hwekutakura zvinhu zvakare kusimudzira hove dzakatonhora, miriwo mitsva, michero uye maruva kune vekunze veKenya vane shungu dzekutengesa zvigadzirwa zvavo kunzvimbo dzakagadzirira dzemisika muGulf nekupfuura.
Mamiriro acho ezvinhu anoyeuchidza nezvekuti munguva yakapfuura Qatar Airways yaibatwa sei pakanga pasara mazuva kubva kutanga imwe ndege kuenda kuNairobi kuenderera mberi kuKilimanjaro panguva imwecheteyo zvakare nezve kutanga basa kubva kuDhaha kuenda kuDar es Salaam nekuenderera mberi kuMombasa . Ndege mbiri idzi, pamwe nemanyuko akavimbika anobva kuQatar anoomerera pane izvozvo, zvakange zvasvinudzwa nemuromo asi hapana tsamba yakambonyorwa kusvika mazuva mashoma kutangwa apo Kenya yakavharisa nendege idzi zvakare.
Vezvekushanya vanonzi vari kubvunza izvozvi nechinangwa chekudaidzira hurumende kuti ibvumidze imwe yendege dzepasi rose kutungamira kuwana kumusika weKenya panguva imwe chete ichitarisira kuti hapazove nekupokana kubva kuGulf musika nzvimbo vis kushambadzira Kenya segore rakasarudzika kutenderera kwezororo.
