Ngokuhambelana neendaba ezoyikisayo zokubulawa ngolunya kweengonyama ezili-11 kwiQueen Elizabeth National Park (iithole ezisi-8 namabhinqa ama-3), eziqinisekiswe yi-Uganda Wildlife Association (UWA), uMbutho weeUganda abakhenkethi (AUTO) ukhuphe esi sitatimende sigweba esi senzo. Igosa le-UWA lathi kuyarhanelwa ukuba iingonyama zinetyhefu, kodwa uphando luzakuqinisekisa oyena nobangela wokufa.

“Isalathiso semiyalezo eyahlukeneyo yemidiya yoluntu iqinisekiswe linqaku lephepha-ndaba yiDaily Monitor yomhla we-13 ku-Epreli 2018, apho safunda ngokubulawa ngokumasikizi kweengonyama ezilishumi elinanye (oomama abathathu namantshontsho asibhozo) ababezingca ngeKogere yeQueen Elizabeth National Park (QENP ), ekuthiwa batyhefwe betyholwa ngokutya inkomo yomalusi ohlala kwilali yaseHamukungu.

“Egameni leBhodi, abaphathi kunye nabo bonke ubulungu boMbutho wabakhenkethi baseUganda (AUTO) siyasigxeka esi senzo singekho mthethweni njengotshaba lwezokhenketho. Ezo zenzo zijongela phantsi iinzame zabathengisi zokuthengisa ilizwe kunye nokutsalela abatyeleli eUganda, kwaye ezi zenzo zenkohlakalo ziyayihoya into yokuba uninzi lwabakhenkethi luza eUganda, ikakhulu ngenxa yendalo (ngakumbi izilwanyana zasendle). Kwaye phantse iipesenti ezingama-80 zeshishini labaqhubi bezokhenketho lixhomekeke kwindalo ebandakanya izilwanyana zasendle.

“Ayisiyilahleko kwezokhenketho kuphela, icandelo elinikela ngaphezulu kwe-10% kwilizwe lethu liphela (i-GDP) kunye nenkokeli kwimali engenayo yelizwe langaphandle e-Uganda; kodwa ukwenzakala kwilizwe lethu nakwihlabathi ngokubanzi; kwaye oku ngekhe kwenzeke ngelona xesha libi nangaphezu kokuba imibhiyozo yoSuku lweHlabathi lwezilwanyana zasendle ibikwingingqi yaseKasese kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, phantsi komxholo othi, 'ukudala indawo ekhuselekileyo ukuze kusinde iikati ezinkulu.' ”

I-AUTO icela uRhulumente wase-Uganda ukuba axhase icandelo lophando lolwaphulo-mthetho lwasendle ukuze lisiphonononge kakuhle esi sehlo kwaye libambe kwaye limohlwaye umoni kwaye limsebenzise njengomzekelo kwabanye. I-AUTO ikholelwa ukuba lixesha elifanelekileyo lokuba urhulumente waseUganda ahlalise ngokutsha uluntu oluhlala ngaphakathi kwipaki yesizwe, okanye acinge kwakhona ngesicwangciso sobukho, eboleka kumabali empumelelo afana noluntu lwaseKenya lwamaMaasai eMara.

AbaSebenzisi boKhenketho bakwacela urhulumente ukuba asungule uvakalelo kwilizwe lonke ngokubaluleka kokulondolozwa kwezilwanyana zasendle kwicandelo lezokhenketho leli lizwe kunye nozinzo lwezoqoqosho ngokubanzi eUganda ngokuqala noluntu oluhlala kwiipaki zesizwe kwaye zijikeleze kubo bonke abantu baseUganda. iminyaka. Eli qela likwafuna ukuba iinkqubo zokwabelana ngenzuzo kwiipaki zikazwelonke ziphinde zenziwe nge-UWA ukuze zixhamle ngqo kuluntu lwasekhaya.

Iingonyama zezona zidla inyama zinkulu kwaye zibalasele e-Afrika. Zizo zodwa iikati zentlalo eziyinyani, zinentsingiselo ekhethekileyo kwinkcubeko kwaye zihlala phezulu kuluhlu lwe-safari ephambili phantse bonke abatyeleli abanethemba lokuzibona kuhambo oluya eUganda. Ukusuka kwingxelo yamalungu ethu, ukuza kubo kunye nabaxhasi babo kwityholo lase-Uganda kuhlala kungamava alaliswayo. Ziikati zeemfihlakalo ezimbalwa, enye yeentlobo ezinqabileyo endle ezinokuthi zikwazi ukubonakala kunye nokuphumla; ukanti, basezinkathazweni.

Ngokwe-Statistical Bulletin Volume 4, Issue 1 yoMphathiswa Wezokhenketho, inani leengonyama laseUganda lalimi kubantu abangama-493 ngonyaka ka-2014. Umbutho woLondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle (WCS) nowe-Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) kubalo lweengonyama lubonise ukwehla kuqikelelwa ukuba ngama-2009 kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo ukuya kuma-600 namhlanje; I-WCS iqikelelwa malunga ne-400-20 yabantu kwi-Queen Elizabeth National Park. Ngamanani asezantsi kangako, asinakukwazi ukuphulukana nengonyama enye.

Ngelixa benethuba elifutshane lokumitha, ukusinda kweengonyama kuyaqhubeka nokuba sisihloko esiphikisayo ngokufa okuphezulu okuphezulu kwamathole asandul 'ukuzalwa. Izinga lokufa kwamathole eengonyama kubandakanya nalawo angaphantsi konyaka ekuthinjweni ngo-2009 laqikelelwa malunga neepesenti ezingama-30, xa kuthelekiswa neepesenti ezingama-67 zokufa kwamathole asendle). Iingonyama zijamelene nokwehla kwabemi njengoko inani labantu elihlala likhula linciphisa imihlaba yokuhlala apho banokuhlala khona.

Ngokwe-WCS, ezona zisongelo ziphambili kwiingonyama ezikwi-QENP ziyarhintyela kwaye ziyaphikisana nabalusi kulandela ukutyiwa kwemfuyo okanye ukwenzakala kwabantu. Uninzi lwabafuyi bemfuyo abazihoyi izilwanyana zabo ingakumbi ebusuku, nto leyo ebashiya besengozini yokuhlaselwa yingonyama. Oku kungqubana kwengonyama yomntu kuhlala kubangela ityhefu yokuziphindezela kwizidumbu zeenkomo ezibulewe ziingonyama kunye nokufa kwaso nasiphi na isilwanyana esizondlayo.