Zonse sizili bwino m'mapaki chifukwa alendo amachoka

November watha, George Gaiti adatsegula shopu ya zikumbutso, Mega Gift Shop, kumapeto kwenikweni kwa Nairobi National Park. Zinkaonekeranso kwa madalaivala a mumsewu wa Langata wotanganidwa kwambiri.

Bizinesi yake inali yopatsa alendo obwera kunyumba komanso ochokera kumayiko ena malo oti apumule ndikusangalala ndi chilengedwe cha Kenya pakhonde pomwe akumwa khofi kapena tiyi.

Popereka chithandizo kwa aliyense kuyambira kwa ana omwe ali ndi ndalama zokwana Sh10 mpaka akulu ndi ndalama zoposera 10,000, bizinesiyo idawoneka bwino makamaka m'mwezi woyamba komanso koyambirira kwa Disembala.

"Tinkayembekezera kuti chiwombankhanga chaka chino, m'malo mwake tidachita mantha," akutero a Gaiti ponena za ziwawa zomwe zidachitika pambuyo pa chisankho.

A Gaiti amayembekezera kubweza ndalama zake mu Januware kuti alipire zomanga ndi ngongole zomwe adatenga kuti ayambitse bizinesiyo.

Pakadali pano, wachotsa kale antchito asanu ndi mmodzi chifukwa cha kusokonekera kwa bizinesi komwe kunachitika pambuyo pa chisankho cha Disembala.

Chakudyacho chakwera mtengo makamaka mbatata zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pophikira tchipisi chomwe amachikonda kwambiri ana omwe amapita kupaki kumapeto kwa sabata.

Tsopano, Mega Gift Shop, monga mabizinesi ambiri omwe amadalira gawo la zokopa alendo, ali ndi tsogolo loyipa.

Akuti anthu 80 pa XNUMX alionse odzaona malo akunja anachoka m’dzikoli pamene ziwawa zinkachitika m’matauni akuluakulu komanso osunga ndalama.

Gaiti anali kudalira wogulitsa ndalama ku forex bureau yemwe ankafuna kubwereka gawo lina la malowo. Nayenso ananyamuka.

Ndi bizinesi yake kutengera alendo ku Nairobi Safari Walk ndi Animal Orphanage ku Lang'ata, bizinesi ya Bambo Gaiti ndi mayeso osokonekera achuma omwe mabizinesi ambiri akukumana nawo. Nawonso akuvutika kwambiri.

Deta kuyambira nthawi yomweyi chaka chatha tsopano ikuwonetsa kuti alendo akunyumba ndi ochokera kumayiko ena obwera ku malo osungira ana amasiye atsika ndi 38 peresenti pomwe Safari Walk yawona kuchepa kwa 61%. Maulendo a Nairobi National Park atsika ndi 45 peresenti.

Mapaki ndi malo osungiramo nyama m’dziko lonselo akumananso ndi vuto lalikulu, makamaka amene ali m’madera a Kumadzulo ndi ku Rift Valley. Panthawi ina, Lake Nakuru National Park inalemba ndalama zokwana Sh2,000 pamene nthawi zambiri zimabweretsa ndalama zoposa Sh1 miliyoni tsiku lililonse.

Chiwawachi sichinangolepheretsa malonda a Kenya Wildlife Service omwe adapeza phindu la Sh2 biliyoni chaka chatha komanso kuwononga mabizinesi omwe amadalira alendo.

Malo odyera a Rangers ku Nairobi National Park ataya 30 mpaka 35 peresenti ya bizinesi yake. Idatsegulidwanso mu May 2007 pambuyo pa mkangano wautali wa khoti womwe udatenga chaka chimodzi ndi theka pakati pa KWS ndi lendi wakale. Pansi pa kasamalidwe katsopano, inali yokonzeka kulowa kwathunthu mumsika wokopa alendo chaka chino.

M'nyengo yokwera alendo, makampani oyendayenda amasungira matebulo kuti makasitomala awo adye chakudya chamasana asanayambe kapena atatha masewera awo.

M'makonzedwe a chaka, malo odyerawo ankafuna kufotokoza "Bush Breakfast" kwa alendo omwe anafika m'mawa kwambiri. Akadatengedwa kuchokera ku eyapoti ndikugwiritsa ntchito Chipata cha Kum'mawa kwa paki pa Mombasa Road, akadakhala ndi mwayi wowonera nyama zakuthengo ndipo pambuyo pake amadya chakudya cham'mawa ku malo amodzi a pikiniki pakiyo.

"Tinkafuna kuti awone zomwe Kenya ikupereka, koma dongosololi layimitsidwa," atero a Christopher Kirwa, manejala.

Mosiyana ndi a Gaiti, malo odyerawa sanafunikire kusiya wogwira ntchito aliyense, koma sakuchita wamba mpaka pano. Ogwira ntchito okhazikika a 60 amathandizira potumikira zochitika zamakampani ndi anthu ammudzi, omwe akhala msana wa bizinesi.

Ndi malo otchuka kwambiri kumapeto kwa sabata kwa mabanja komanso usiku kwa mbalame zachikondi. Ilibe wailesi yakanema ndipo nyimbo zimasungidwa kuti zisamasokonezedwe.

“Maukwati ambiri amachitika kuno,” akutero a Kirwa mwachisangalalo.

Mabizinesi onsewa asinthanso njira zawo kuti apulumuke nthawi zovuta izi. A Gaiti akuyang'ana kuti awonjezere maoda kuchokera patsamba lawo.

Amadziwa kuti ojambula ndi amisiri omwe wakhala akugwira nawo ntchito kwa zaka khumi ndi zisanu zapitazi akudalira kuti agulitse.

Pakadali pano, ziletso zaposachedwa zapaulendo zakakamiza bungwe la Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) kuti lichepetse ndalama monga kukonzanso magalimoto amakono. Yakhala ikugwira ntchito molimbika kuti bizinesi ikhale yabwino.

Malinga ndi a Wilson Korir, wachiwiri kwa mkulu wa bungwe la KWS, apitiliza kuyika chizindikiro cha malowa pomwe akugulitsa mwamphamvu kudzera ku Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) kuti alendo ochokera kumayiko ena adziwe kuti mkati mwa malowa muli otetezeka.

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