Ua hoʻolaha ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma Namibia e pono koke nā kamaʻāina ʻAmelika e hoʻolālā e kipa i ka ʻāina hema hema o ʻApelika e kiʻi i kahi visa ma mua o ko lākou hōʻea ʻana. Ma ka mōʻaukala, ʻo Namibia, kahi wahi mākaʻikaʻi kaulana, ua ʻae i nā ʻAmelika a me nā huakaʻi mai nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe e komo me ka ʻole o ka visa.
Ma kahi ʻōlelo kūhelu, ua ʻōlelo ka misionari US ma Windhoek, ke kapikala o Namibia, e hoʻomaka ana kēia koi hou i ka lā 1 ʻApelila 2025.
"Mai ka lā 1 o ʻApelila, 2025, e koi ke Aupuni Namibia i nā mākaʻikaʻi kamaʻāina ʻAmelika e kiʻi i kahi visa ma mua o ke komo ʻana i ka ʻāina. Manaʻo ʻia nā malihini e noi no kā lākou visa ma mua o ka huakaʻi i hoʻolālā ʻia ma o ka visa online o Namibia i ka puka ʻana. Loaʻa iā Mulilo, Ngoma) ke koho e kūʻai i kahi visa mākaʻikaʻi i ka hōʻea ʻana i kēlā me kēia kahua mokulele a i ʻole ka palena palena ʻo Namibia ma ka ʻōnaehana hōʻea hou a hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia nā kikoʻī hoʻokō, "i ʻōlelo ʻia ai ka ʻōlelo a ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma X (Twitter mua).
Ua hoʻoponopono hou ke Komikina Kiʻekiʻe o United Kingdom ma Windhoek i kāna alakaʻi huakaʻi, e aʻo ana i nā kamaʻāina Pelekania e hoʻopaʻa i kahi visa ma mua o ko lākou huakaʻi i Namibia "ma ke kumu kūʻai he 1,600 Namibian dollars (ma kahi o £68 a i ʻole $87) i kēlā me kēia kanaka, me ka nānā ʻole i ka makahiki o ka huakaʻi," a i ʻole e mākaukau e kiʻi i kahi visa i ko lākou hiki ʻana mai.
I ka makahiki i hala, ua hoʻolauna ʻo Windhoek i kahi kulekele visa hou a hoʻolaha i nā manaʻo e hoʻopau i ke kūlana hoʻokuʻu ʻia no nā ʻāina 31, e komo pū ana nā mākeke mākaʻikaʻi ma waho, ma muli o ka lawa ʻole.
Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻokō ʻana i ke kulekele hou ma hope koke o ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka lāhui i kāna pelekikena wahine mua, ʻo Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. He lālā ʻo Nandi-Ndaitwah, he 72 ona makahiki, no ka ʻAhahui Kanaka o ʻApelika Hema Komohana, a ua noho mana ma Namibia kakaikahi ma mua o kanakolu makahiki i kēia manawa. I nā koho balota i hala aku nei, ua loaʻa iā ia he 57% o nā balota.
Aia ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i waena o nā ʻāina Komohana 10 kiʻekiʻe loa, me ka United Kingdom, Kelemānia, Farani, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italia, Sepania, Kanada, a me Austria, nona ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hele pinepine i Namibia.
