Ingeniso yezokhenketho idlala indima ebalulekileyo kuluntu lwe-Uganda National Park

Ingeniso yezokhenketho idlala indima ebalulekileyo kuluntu lwe-Uganda National Park
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Uganda Igunya lezilwanyana zasendle (UWA) inikezele nge-US $ 1.2 yezigidi (i-UGX 4,189,834,069) kwimali ekwabelwana ngayo ingeniso kuluntu olumelwane ne-Murchison Falls Protected Area. Umsitho ububanjelwe kwikomkhulu lesithili saseBuliisa. Inkqubo ye- Iingxangxasi zaseMurchison Indawo ekhuselweyo ineMurchison Falls National Park, iKaruma Wildlife Reserve, kunye neBugungu Wildlife Reserve.

Igunya lezilwanyana zasendle laseUganda libuyisela iipesenti ezingama-20 kwingqokelela yamasango epaki kuluntu olumelwane neepaki zesizwe phantsi kwenkqubo yokwabelana ngengeniso. Ingeniso yezokhenketho idlala indima ebalulekileyo ekuphuculeni indlela yokuphila nophuhliso loluntu olujikeleze iipaka zesizwe.

Lo msitho wawonganyelwe nguMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, iZilwanyana zasendle kunye nezinto zakudala, uNjing u-Ephraim Kamuntu. Ugqithise iitsheki kwiinkokheli zesithili saseNwoya, Buliisa, Oyam, Masindi, Kiryandongo, nasePakwach.

UNjingalwazi Kamuntu uthe ngumgaqo-nkqubo waseburhulumenteni wokuqinisekisa ukuba abantu abangabamelwane beepaki zesizwe bayaxhamla kwingeniso evela kwiipaki. Ubongoze iinkokheli zesithili ukuba zilandelele kwaye zibeke esweni le mali ukuze ziye kwiiprojekthi ezizezabo baxhamli abafanelekileyo.

“Ndiyazibongoza iinkokheli zalapha ukuba ziqinisekise ukuba lemali iya ekuphuculeni indlela yokuphila yoluntu olumelwane nepaki yesizwe. Uluntu kufuneka luzive iimpembelelo ezilungileyo zepaki. Oku kunokwenzeka kuphela xa imali isiya kubo ngqo, kwaye babona izibonelelo ezibonakalayo kuyo, ”utshilo.

UMphathiswa usiphindaphindile isidingo sokuqinisekisa ukuba ulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle luyachuma, kuba ukhenketho lwaseUganda ikakhulu lusekwe kwindalo, kodwa lelinye lamacandelo aza kuqhubela i-Uganda kwilizwe elinengeniso ephakathi.

“Ukhenketho luza kuba lutshintsho oluza kuguqula uqoqosho lwase-Uganda luze lusiqhubele kwilizwe elinengeniso ephakathi. Ukwenza oku, nangona kunjalo, kufuneka senze indima yethu ngokuqinisekisa ukuba sinobudlelwane obuhle noluntu ukuze baxabise izilwanyana zasendle kwaye bathathe inxaxheba kwiinzame zolondolozo, ”wongeze watsho uMphathiswa.

UNjingalwazi Kamuntu ucele uluntu ukuba lisebenzisane ne-UWA ekulweni nokuzingela ngokungekho mthethweni ngokuxela abazingeli abangekho mthethweni kwiindawo zabo ukuze kujongwane nawo ngokomthetho.

Uveze ukuba urhulumente uzakuqhuba isifundo ukuhlalutya ngokwenzululwazi ukuba kunokwenzeka na ukuseka idama lokuhambisa umbane e-Uhuru Falls ngaphandle kokujongela phantsi iMurchison Falls, kuba urhulumente ufuna ukuphuhlisa ukhenketho nawo onke amafa endalo aseUganda. “IMurchison Falls intle kakhulu, kwaye sifuna ukuba zihlale zinomtsalane kubakhenkethi. Yiloo nto ke sifuna ukuba siqale ngokwenza uphando lwezenzululwazi ukuze siqiniseke ukuba xa kwakhiwa idama lamandla e-Uhuru, iMurchison Falls ayinakuchaphazeleka, ”utshilo.

UMlawuli oLawulayo we-UWA, uSam Mwandha, uthe igunya liyaqhubeka nokuphucula ubudlelwane balo noluntu, kuba ngabona bantu banomdla kulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle. Uye wababongoza ukuba bathelele i-UWA ekukhuseleni nasekulondolozeni izixhobo zasendle zaseUganda.

“Siyazi ukuba abahlali ngabathathi-nxaxheba ababalulekileyo kwishishini lethu. Sifuna ukuphucula indlela yabo yokuphila ukuze baqonde ukubaluleka kokulondolozwa kwezilwanyana zasendle kwaye bazibandakanye nathi ekukhuseleni izilwanyana zasendle, ”utshilo uMwandha.

Egameni leenkokheli zesithili, uSihlalo weSithili sikaBuliisa Simon Kinene uvakalise umbulelo ku-UWA ngokusoloko bekhumbula igalelo loluntu olumelwane nepaki kulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle.

“Abahlali badlala indima enkulu kulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle. Banengxaki yokufumana ulondolozo, kodwa bayaqhubeka nokuxhasa umsebenzi wakho. Ndibamba ngazibini ngokubakhumbula ngokuphucula indlela abaphila ngayo, ”utshilo uSihlalo.

Umnumzana Kinene uthe i-UWA idlala indima ebalulekileyo ekuncediseni uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lommandla wophuhliso loluntu kwaye ke, uliqabane lokwenyani kuphuhliso. Uthembise ukuba iinkokheli zesithili bazakuqhubeka nokuvuselela uluntu ngokuchasene nokuzingela kwaye wacela i-UWA ukuba iphinde ivuselele abahlali ngomthetho omtsha wezilwanyana zasendle onika isohlwayo esiqatha kuboni.

Lo msitho ubuzinyaswe, phakathi kwabanye, OoSihlalo, abaKomishinala beeNgingqi abaHleli, amaGosa aziiNtloko ezoLawulo, namanye amagosa ezobuchwephesha aphuma kwizithili ezi-6 ezingabamelwane bendawo ekhuselweyo ye-Murchison Falls kunye namalungu oluntu.

Inkqubo yokwabelana ngengeniso yenzelwe ukomeleza intsebenziswano phakathi kwabahlali bendawo, oorhulumente bengingqi, kunye nolawulo lweendawo zasendle ezikhokelela kulawulo oluzinzileyo lwezixhobo zasendle kwiindawo ezikhuselweyo. Iimali ezinikwa izithili phantsi kwesikimu sokwabelana ngeniso ziya kwiiprojekthi zokwenza ingeniso yoluntu ezichongwe luluntu kunye neenkonzo zoncedo zentlalo ezifana nezikolo kunye namaziko ezempilo.

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