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INairobi, eKenya ikhethwe njengendawo yeNgqungquthela Yomhlaba Yamazambane ka-2026, okuphawula okokuqala ukuthi lo mcimbi obalulekile wezolimo ubanjelwe e-Afrika eseningizimu yeSahara. Ingqungquthela ihlose ukuthuthukisa ubudlelwano bomhlaba wonke ukuze kuthuthukiswe izinhlelo zokudla, ukuvikeleka kokudla, kanye nohwebo lwamazwe ngamazwe. Lesi sihloko sigqamisa ukubaluleka kwamazambane eKenya, izinselelo e-Afrika ebhekene nazo mayelana nokutholakala kokudla, kanye nethuba lokuthi imboni yamazambane ibambe iqhaza ekuqedeni ububha kanye nokukhula komnotho. Iphinde igcizelele imboni yezihambi yaseKenya kanye nezindawo ezikhangayo eziyenza ibe indawo ekahle yomcimbi.
Ngokwemininingwane evela kuMkhandlu Kazwelonke Wamazambane waseKenya kanye noMnyango Wezolimo Nokuthuthukiswa Kwemfuyo, amazambane ayisitshalo sesibili esibaluleke kakhulu sokudla eKenya, silandela ummbila. Badlala indima ebalulekile ekuqinisekiseni ukutholakala kokudla, ukunciphisa ubumpofu, nokuthuthukisa umnotho. Kodwa-ke, i-Afrika yonkana ibhekene nezinselelo ezinkulu ekufinyeleleni ukutholakala kokudla ngenxa yokukhula ngokushesha kwenani labantu. Imboni yamazambane inamandla amakhulu okwenza ngcono isivuno, ithuthukise ukusetshenziswa, futhi ikhulise imali engenayo kulo lonke uchungechunge lwenani.
Ukusingatha iNgqungquthela Yomhlaba Yamazambane eKenya kubonakala njengesinyathelo sokuqeda ubumpofu obudlulele e-Afrika kanye nokubhekana nezinkinga zendlala nokungondleki. Le ngqungquthela izophinde ihlinzeke ngamathuba emfundo abalulekile okuthuthukisa ezolimo ezisimeme futhi ifake isandla ekuhlanganiseni konke nasekusimeme Ezomnotho ukukhula, ukuqashwa, nokufukulwa kwentsha nabesifazane kulo mkhakha.
Imboni yaseKenya yokwamukela izihambi ethuthuke kahle, enamahhotela ayo asezingeni lomhlaba nezindawo zomhlangano, iyenza ibe ukusingatha okuhle komcimbi onjalo womhlaba. Izwe linengqalasizinda ethuthukisiwe yolwazi nokuxhumana kanye nokuxhumana okuhle kakhulu kwezokuthutha olwandle, umgwaqo kanye nezokuthutha emoyeni. I-World Potato Congress yango-2026 kulindeleke ukuthi ihehe izithunywa ezingaphezu kwe-1000, inikeze ukuthuthukiswa komnotho wezokuvakasha wendawo.
Ngaphezu kombukiso wezohwebo kanye nengqungquthela, abazohambela umcimbi bazothola ithuba lokubamba iqhaza emisebenzini yangaphambi kwengqungquthela njengomqhudelwano wegalofu kanye nokwamukela amanethiwekhi. Imisebenzi yangemva kwenkomfa ihlanganisa uhambo lobuchwepheshe lwemisebenzi yokutshala imbewu enkulu namazambane, abacwaningi, abapakishi, nabacubungula. Izihambeli zingaphinde zihlole iziqiwi zaseKenya futhi zibone isenzakalo esimangalisayo sokufuduka kweWildebeest enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, eyaziwa ngokuthi i-8th Wonder of the World, eyenzeka ngoJulayi nango-Agasti.
Ukukhethwa kweNairobi, eKenya njengokusingatha Ingqungquthela Yomhlaba Yamazambane ka-2026 kuyingqophamlando embonini yamazambane e-Afrika. Iveza inkundla yokusebenzisana komhlaba wonke, ukwabelana ngolwazi, kanye nobudlelwano obungaqhuba izinhlelo zokudla ezisimeme, kuthuthukise ukuvikeleka kokudla, futhi kukhuthaze ukuthuthukiswa komnotho. Ngokubonisa ikhono laseKenya lezolimo, ukungenisa izihambi, nezindawo eziheha izivakashi, lo mcimbi ngeke nje uzuzise imboni yamazambane kodwa futhi uzoshukumisa umnotho wendawo futhi uthuthukise iKenya njengendawo ephambili yokuya kuyo izingqungquthela nemicimbi yezolimo.
