Vafambisi vezvikepe zvepasi rose vakatyisidzira kubuda muchiteshi cheMombasa, vachitaura nezvemitengo yakakwira yekushanda yakaunzwa neiyo ichangoburwa Value Yakawedzerwa Mutero pamabasa ese emugungwa nepachiteshi.
Mitsetse iyi inopokana kuti danho rakatorwa nehurumende yeKenya harina kurongeka, panguva iyo vane chekuita nebhizinesi muindasitiri yezvikepe zvedunhu vari kunetsekana nedambudziko rekuparara kwehupfumi hwenyika.
Vafambisi vezvikepe pasi rose vanotiwo vari kunetsekana nekufamba kuri kuramba kuchikwira mumvura yemudunhu, tisingarevi kudhura kwekufamba nechikepe kunounzwa nemitengo yemafuta isina kugadzikana uye kusafarira kwevatengi.
Iyo yekuwedzera iyo yemitero nehurumende yeKenya haina nguva uye inogadzira nzvimbo isina kunaka yebhizinesi.
Kupfuura uye pamusoro apa, zvikepe zvezvikepe 'zvinoreva kuti vanonyara kubva kuEast Africa zviteshi zveMombasa, Dar es Salaam neZanzibar nekuda kwehurombo hwavo.
Gurukota rezvekushanyirwa kwenyika, Najib Balala, vakaudza The EastAfrican kuti vakwidza nyaya iyi nemumwe wavo wezvemari, Uhuru Kenyatta, nechinangwa chekuti vafambisi vezvikepe vabhadhare VAT.
“Mitero yacho ndeyevashandisi vezviteshi. Izvi zviri kukonzerwa nekudiwa kwebazi rezvemari kuti ripe mari iyi. Ini ndinonzwa tsitsi nebazi mukutsvaga mari iyi, zvikepe zvechikepe hazvina nzvimbo yadzinogadzirirwa ivo chete, saka tiri kuzeya nyaya iyi,” VaBalala vakatsanangura.
"Heino mamiriro ezvinhu apo munhu anobatwa pakati pedombo nenzvimbo yakaoma," akawedzera.
Chiteshi cheDurban chakazivisa kuti kusvika parizvino charonga mafoni makumi mashanu nenhatu, kusanganisira akawanda echikepe cheMediterranean Shipping Company MSC Sinfonia.
Ngarava iyi ichave muDurban pakati paMbudzi naKubvumbi 2010.
Vamwe vanosanganisira hofori ye150,000-gt Queen Mary 2, ichifona kuCape Town neDurban, P&O chikepe cheAurora, Crystal Cruises' Crystal Serenity, Fred Olsen's Balmoral neSeven Seas Voyager neHolland America's Amsterdam.
Gare gare mugore, ngarava dzavo mbiri dzeVista class cruise Noordam neWesterdam dzicharamba dziri mumvura dzeSouth Africa kwenguva yose ye2010 Soccer World Cup.
Ngarava dzose idzi dzaifanirwa kumira pachiteshi cheMombasa.
Mutsamba dzakatumirwa kune manejimendi eKenya Ports Authority, vafambisi vengarava vakati danho ravo rekupa Mombasa nzvimbo yakafara imhaka yekuti VAT ichawedzera mutengo wekufona pachiteshi.
Kana mabheji akaita zvakanaka kutyisidzira kwavo, danho richava nemhedzisiro paDar neZanzibar sezvo zviteshi zvitatu zvinopindirana.
Mombasa inonakidzwa nemusika muhombe webhizinesi nekuda kwekuva pedyo kwayo nenzvimbo dzinochengeterwa mhuka dzesango, mahombekombe ane jecha akanaka uye mahotera. Dar es Salaam inzvimbo yechipiri kozoti Zanzibar.
Mutsamba idzi, dzakatumirwa nemazuva akasiyana mwedzi wapera nevanotungamira ngarava dzepasi rose - Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) neCosta Romantica - zvakanzi nyaya iyi ichakurukurwa neEuropean Cruise Council board musangano uchaitwa imwe nguva mwedzi uno. .
"Zvitsva zvinodikanwa zvichasimudzira mutengo wekufona pachiteshi cheMombasa kumusoro negumi nematanhatu muzana. Semuyenzaniso, mari yekufambisa ndege, iyo pakushanda kwayo inobhadhariswa mari shoma yemadhora zana nemakumi mashanu, inokwira kusvika pamadhora zana nemakumi manomwe nemana. Pilotge inongova imwe yemabasa anopiwa neKPA,” tsamba yakabva kuMSC yaGunyana 16 gore rino inoverengwa.
Inoenderera mberi ichiti: “Cherechedza kuti, nekukura kwedambudziko revafambisi vengarava dzepasi rose, nyaya yacho ichakurukurwa pamusangano webhodhi weEuropean Cruise Council mwedzi unouya.
“Ngarava dzeMSC dzinofamba pasi rose gore rose, dzichifona kumachiteshi akakosha epasi. Ndapota nditendei pandinotaura kuti aka ndekekutanga kubata nemhosva yakadai.”
Tsamba yakabva kuCosta yaSeptember 8 inoti: “Tava kuongorora dzimwe nzira dzokufona pachiteshi kuti tidzivise kuwedzera kwemitengo uku uye tichakupa zano nezvekuchinja kupi nokupi kwatinoita. Tichange tichitaurawo nyaya iyi kukambani yevabereki vedu, Carnival Corporation Plc, iyo inofambisa nhamba huru yezvikepe zvekufamba munyika, kusanganisira Holland America, Princes Cruise, Cunard / P&O Cruise, Seabourn, AID uye Iberocruceros.
"Tora izvi nevakuru vakakodzera uye uvayambire kuti vari munjodzi yekurasikirwa nebhizinesi hombe rekufamba muMombasa kana vakasarudza kubhadharisa miripo yakadai."
Masevhisi emugungwa anotarisirwa kuiswa pasi pezvirango zveVAT zvinosanganisira mubhadharo wekutyaira ndege, masevhisi ekudhonza, masevhisi ekufambisa, chiteshi chengarava nechiteshi chezvikepe, kupihwa kwemvura yakachena, doko, buoyage uye anchorage, pakati perunyorwa rurefu.
Vachipindura kutyisidzirwa uku, mukuru anoona nezvekufambiswa kwemabasa eKenya Ports Authority, VaJoseph Atonga, vanoti vakwidza nyaya iyi kune vane masimba uye vanotarisira kuti igadziriswe munguva pfupi iri kutevera.
Mutsamba yavo yemusi wa 25 Gunyana, VaAtonga, vakapa mutongo wekuti nyaya iyi irambe iripo kusvika nyaya iyi yagadziriswa kuburikidza nebazi rinoona nezvenyaya iyi.
"Regai ndiratidze kuti zvakafanira sei kuti Kenya ifunge zvakare danho rayo, ichienda nehukuru hwakanangana uye husina kunanga hwehupfumi hwengarava dzese dzinofona kuMombasa. Mamiriro esarudzo angakanganisa bazi,” yakadaro tsamba yeMSC yakatumirwa kunamanaging director weKPA, VaJames Mulewa.
Zvinoenderana nenhamba kubva kuCruise Lines International Association, ngarava inotakura vanhu zviuru zviviri nevashandi mazana mapfumbamwe nemakumi mapfumbamwe inogadzira avhareji yemadhora mazana matatu nemakumi maviri nemazana manomwe neshanu pakushandisa parunhare pachiteshi chekumba.
Chikepe chakafanana chinogadzira chiteshi chekufona kushanya chinoburitsa $275,000 mukushandiswa kwemahombekombe.
Sangano iri rinoti vanhu vanosvika miriyoni gumi nemana vachafamba rwendo mukati megore rino.
Mwaka weCruise unotanga mumwedzi waMbudzi uye unogara kusvika Kurume, gore rinotevera, munguva yechando yeEurope.
Mudunhu iri, sekureva kwaAbercrombie uye director weKent Kenya Auni Kanji, mushanyi werwendo anoshandisa mari inosvika mazana maviri emadhora pazuva.
Tsvagiridzo inoratidza kuti pakati pe50 ne70 muzana yevafambi vanoti vanoda kudzoka kuzororo repasi mushure mekushanyira nyika itsva kekutanga.
Bhizinesi iri rave kunetsa nguva pfupi yadarika, nyika ichirekodha nhare sere gore rapfuura kusiyana ne makumi maviri muna 20/2005.
Chiteshi cheMombasa chinotarisira kugamuchira zvikepe zvisere kana gumi mwaka uno, kutanga Mbudzi.
Mitsetse yekufambisa yeCosta, zvisinei, yakazivisa kuti ichapa Mombasa nzvimbo yakafara kana VAT ikasabviswa.
“Parizvino, tine nharembozha sere dzatakarongerwa mwaka wa2009/2010, kutanga kutanga kwaZvita, kwegore rechitatu. Isu tave kuongorora mamwe madoko ekufona kuti tidzivise kuwedzera kwemitengo uku. Tichakupa zano nezve chero shanduko yehurongwa, "akadaro Costa Crociere SPA mune imwe tsamba yaZvita 8, 2008, kuKPA.
Zviteshi zveEast Africa, kunyanya Mombasa, zviri kutarisirwa kubatsirikana kubva kuSouth Africa inotarisirwa kufambisa ngarava kutenderera Mukombe weNyika.
Zvichakadaro, Kenya yashora danho reUnited Kingdom rekutemera £95 ($153) kuvashanyi vanobva kuLondon vachienda kunyika dzichiri kusimukira.
Izvi zvichakanganisa indasitiri yekushanya, VaBalala vakaudza musangano wepasi rose.
Vachitaura pamusangano wechi18 we UNWTO General Assembly yakaitirwa muAstana, Kazakhstan, VaBalala vakati danho iri richatadzisa vashanyi vazhinji kushanyira Kenya nedzimwe nyika dzichiri kusimukira.
