Amanani etiye ezindalini eMombasa, eKenya akhuphuke kancane ngesonto eledlule ngenxa yesidingo esinamandla ezimakethe ezibalulekile zokuthumela ngaphandle, nokuqhuba nokusetshenziswa kweimishini yengadi yetiye, njengoba idola laseMelika liqhubeka liqina uma liqhathaniswa nesheleni laseKenya, lehle lafinyelela kusheleni abayi-120 ngesonto eledlule lehle kakhulu uma liqhathaniswa ne-$1.

Idatha ye-East African Tea Trade Association (EATTA) ibonise ukuthi isilinganiso sentengo yekhilogremu yetiye ngesonto eledlule sasingu-$2.26 (Sh271.54), sisuka ku-$2.22 (Sh266.73) ngesonto eledlule. Izintengo zendali yetiye laseKenya bezingaphezulu kwama- $2 selokhu kuqale unyaka, uma kuqhathaniswa nesilinganiso sika-$1.8 (osheleni abangama-216.27) ngonyaka odlule. U-Edward Mudibo, umqondisi omkhulu we-East African Tea Trade Association, uthe: “Isidingo semakethe setiye sihle kakhulu.” Izimo zemakethe zibonisa ukuthi isidingo sihlala siqinile naphezu kwezingcingo zakamuva zikahulumeni wasePakistan zokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwetiye kanye naloamasethi wetiye nguhulumeni wasePakistan ukuthi anciphise izikweletu ezivela kwamanye amazwe.

Maphakathi noJuni, u-Ahsan Iqbal, onguNgqongqoshe Wezokuhlela, Intuthuko kanye Nezinhlelo Ezikhethekile ePakistan, ucele abantu bakuleliya lizwe ukuthi behlise izinga letiye abaliphuzayo ukuze kugcinwe ukusebenza okujwayelekile komnotho wezwe. I-Pakistan ingelinye lamazwe angenisa itiye kakhulu emhlabeni, elithengiswe ngaphandle kwetiye libiza ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-600 zamaRandi ngo-2021. Itiye lihlala liyisilimo esiyinhloko semali eKenya. Ngo-2021, ukuthengiswa kwetiye laseKenya kuzoba ngu-Sh130.9 billion, okuzobalelwa ku-19.6% wesamba esiphelele sokuthengiswa kwasekhaya, kanye nemali engenayo yesibili enkulu yokuthekelisa ngemuva kokuthunyelwa kwemikhiqizo yezolimo eKenya kanyeizinkomishi zetiye ngamabhiliyoni angama-R165.7. I-Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) Economic Survey 2022 ikhombisa ukuthi le mali ingaphezulu kwesibalo sango-2020 sika-Sh130.3 billion. Inzuzo yokuthunyelwa kwempahla emazweni angaphandle isephezulu naphezu kokwehla kwempahla ethunyelwa ngaphandle isuka kumathani ayizigidi ezi-5.76 ngo-2020 yaya emathani ayizigidi ezi-5.57 ngo-2021 ngenxa yokukhiqizwa okuphansi.