Kwiveki ephelileyo ngolwesiHlanu, uninzi lwabantu baseUganda ingakumbi abo bakwizangqa zokhenketho nolondolozo bothukile xa isibhengezo sivele kwiphephandaba lelizwe nguGunyaziwe woLawulo loMbane (i-ERA) apho babhengeza isaziso sesicelo esenziwayo sephepha-mvume kwiinkampani ezimbini ezinenjongo yokwenza sakha idama elisebenzisa amandla ombane ecaleni kweeNgxangxasi zaseMurchison, apho sibhalela ukugweba eli yelenqe libi kwicandelo lezokhenketho.
Isibhengezo esivele kwiphephandaba likarhulumente sifundeka ngokuyinxenye “I-ERA phantsi kwecandelo lama-29 loMthetho woMbane ka-1999 ifumene isaziso sesicelo esenziwayo sephepha-mvume elivela kwaBonang Power and Energy (Pty) Limited ukulungiselela ukuveliswa nokuthengiswa kombane ovela kumbane wombane. Kucetywa ukuba kusekwe umzi kufutshane ne-Murchison Falls kwisithili sase-Kiryandongo nase-Nwoya. ”
Olu luvo lubangele impikiswano eshushu, kubandakanya ileta evulekileyo ka-Facebook engezantsi ebhalwe ngu-blogger wase-Uganda kunye nomfoti wendalo, uJonathan Benaiah.
Kwabaninzi, ndingavakala ngathi "yingxolo ekrakra". Ndiyazi ukuba ndingumkhuthazi ophambeneyo wezokhenketho eUganda, ngokuyinxenye kuba kulapho isonka sam sixutywe khona, kodwa masicinge ngqo.
Ndiyalithanda eli lizwe, ndicinga ukuba lihle kwaye ndinokholo olukhulu kubutyebi balo.
Enye yeenkolelo zam kukuba ukhenketho lolunye (ukuba akunjalo) lolona shishino luzinzileyo londla uqoqosho lwethu, nokuba kunzame encinci kakhulu kurhulumente, inzala notyalo mali.
Sivuna kakhulu ngohlobo lwerhafu karhulumente, iirhafu, amanani e-GDP, ukuTshintshiselwa kwamanye amazwe, ukudala imisebenzi; ngokubekwa phambili ngokubaluleka. Khawufane ucinge ukuba sikwenze ngabom.
Ndivumele ndikuthathe iminyaka emi-2 ukubuyela kumasifundisane wokubonisana namacandelo amaninzi eBrovad Sands Kalangala ngo-2017 owawubanjwe yi-Ofisi yoMphathiswa Wezokhenketho, apho sasinabafana abavela kwi-Ofisi yoMphathiswa Wezimali, i-URA, i-UNRA, i-UWA, kunye nezinye iiarhente zikaRhulumente. Ndiyakhumbula ukuba yayilukhuthazo lotyalo-mali kukhenketho.
Ndibe nethamsanqa lokuba ndim kuphela ummeli ovela kwicandelo labucala kwelo gumbi; Ndaye ndanoxanduva lokuthetha ngendlela aba bantu abayinikezela ngayo iMurchison Falls National Park (MFNP) kwintshabalalo kwaye ngelo xesha, kwathiwa ndibizwa ngokuba ngumlumkisi onengxolo lelinye lamagosa aphezulu kwi-Ofisi yoMphathiswa owayengusihlalo wentlanganiso. Ewe, ukungenisa kwam ngekhe kwenzeke kwimizuzu yentlanganiso.
Ndifunde ngokubanzi malunga "neNkampani yeoyile yesiqhelo yokuthetha rosy" eqhele ukwenzeka ngexesha lesigaba sokubonisana; emva koko ihlala ijika kwicala elingelolakho.
Namhlanje ndiza kuvakala njengomprofeti wentshabalalo. Ngexesha lesigaba sokuhlola, kuyakubakho isoyikiso eliqhelekileyo kwindawo ekungoku yenye yezona ndawo zithandwayo nezityelelweyo.
Ndibuyele entlanganisweni eKalangala. Njengomntu owayekhathalela ikamva leli lizwe, bendicinga ukuba ndiza kuphakamisa iflegi ebomvu, kodwa abafana abavela kuRhulumente babonakala bengathembekanga okanye andinxibelelani ngokufanelekileyo.
Kwakule ntlanganiso inye, ndabuza ukuba bayazi na malunga neelori ezingama-200 ezinobunzima obuzakufuneka zingene ziphuma epakini yonke imihla. Kodwa abafana abavela kuRhulumente babesacinga ukuba iyahlekisa.
Awungekhe ucinge ngokuthe tye, ndwendwela uMurchison, kwaye ubukrelekrele engqondweni, usacacisa iiprojekthi zomlinganiso omkhulu njengokwakhiwa kweDama kunye nomsebenzi wokuhlola ioyile (kubukhulu obuya kuba njalo) eMurchison Falls.
Ndihlala phantsi ndicinga, "yima kancinci, aba bantu baphambene, kunjalo!" Bamele baphume ezingqondweni zabo ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo. Ndincede ndiqonde ukuba umgaqo olinganayo nothango olwenziweyo olwenziwe kwiPaki yeSizwe kunye nomsebenzi wokuhlola i-oyile uqhubeka, kwaye ezinye iinkampani zaseMzantsi Afrika zibhida ukwakha iDama le-Hydropower ngaphezulu kweyona ndawo intle yelizwe, eyona ndawo yomeleleyo kweyona mlambo mde emhlabeni, UMlambo umNayile. Kwaye ucinga ukuba aba bantu abatshayi uhlobo oluthile lweziyobisi?
Ukwakhiwa kweoyile kunye nedama akuze kube kuhle naphina apho ikhoyo, kwihlabathi liphela. Lishishini elibi, kwaye apha sibukele abantu benika enye yeepaki ezilungileyo zelizwe. Ndicinga ukuba bubudenge (ukutsho nje okuncinci) ukuba iinkokheli zethu zitshabalalise ngokuzinikela ubutyebi bethu bendalo kwaye sihlale phantsi sibukele ngokwenkolo.
Onke la mandla enzelwa yindlela? Ngaba sinyanzelekile ukuba sizonakalise iipaki zethu ukuze sithengise umbane kubamelwane bethu?
Kutheni le nto sibaninzi kangaka emva kweenzuzo ezifutshane ezikhawulezileyo kulungelelwaniso lwezixhobo zendalo ezinokuthi ezinye izizwe zinqwenele ukuba nazo. Abantu abaphambeneyo bathi kancinci.
Ngenye imini nje besigxininisa isidingo sokulondolozwa kwamahlathi, imeko ye-Bugoma Central Forest Reserve (ikhaya leChimpanzees zasendle kunye nezinye iintlobo zezilwanyana zasendle ezinqabileyo) ezazinikwe iNkampani yeSwekile engumnini waseIndiya ukuba imisele isityalo sommoba. Apha sijamelene nolunye uhlaselo lwentliziyo.
Izinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka kweli lizwe; Andikayifumani. Mhlawumbi kufuneka baqhubele phambili babuyekeze abatyali zimali bezokhenketho kunokuba bacule iindumiso malunga necandelo lezokhenketho njengenkokeli ekurholweni kwangaphambili, kodwa bajike nje bazise izembe entanyeni emva koko.
Kuba iinkokheli zethu ziye zangqina kaninzi ukuba azikho kulo msebenzi wokukhusela ilifa lethu lemveli, ndithi ukuqala ngoku sidinga indlela enamacala amaninzi yokulwela oko kubalulekile kuthi; enye efuna ukuba bonke abantu baseUganda bazi, onke amajelo eendaba apha ukuthumela umyalezo onamandla.
Sikwadinga nokufumana amajelo eendaba apho ezi nkampani zibizwa ngokuba ngabatyali zimali zivela khona ukubalisa ibali lethu koorhulumente babo malunga nendlela iinkampani, ezinje ngeBonang Power and Energy (Pty) Limited, eziza apha zize kutshabalalisa ilifa lethu.
UJonathan Benaiah osuka eUganda Safari News uthe: “Wonke umntu waseUganda kufuneka aphikise ngokuqatha nayiphi na iprojekthi yamandla ebulala iiMurchison Falls. Wonke umdlali wezokhenketho wokwenyani kunye nomhlobo weli lizwe kufuneka ayichase le projekthi kumdla wesizwe wokukhusela izibonelelo ezivela kuyo, kubandakanya utshintshiselwano lwangaphandle kunye nemisebenzi kubantu baseUganda. Sinezizukulwana ezizayo. ”
By Jonathan UBenaiah, Iindaba zeUganda zeUganda: www.ugandatourist.com
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The advert which appeared in the government newspaper read in part “ERA has under section 29 of the Electricity Act 1999 received a notice of intended application of a license from Bonang Power and Energy(Pty) Limited for the generation and sale of electricity from a hydropower plant proposed to be established near Murchison Falls in Kiryandongo and Nwoya districts.
- Kwiveki ephelileyo ngolwesiHlanu, uninzi lwabantu baseUganda ingakumbi abo bakwizangqa zokhenketho nolondolozo bothukile xa isibhengezo sivele kwiphephandaba lelizwe nguGunyaziwe woLawulo loMbane (i-ERA) apho babhengeza isaziso sesicelo esenziwayo sephepha-mvume kwiinkampani ezimbini ezinenjongo yokwenza sakha idama elisebenzisa amandla ombane ecaleni kweeNgxangxasi zaseMurchison, apho sibhalela ukugweba eli yelenqe libi kwicandelo lezokhenketho.
- Help me understand that an equivalent of a tarmacked highway created in the National Park with oil exploration activity going on, and some South African company bidding to build a Hydropower Dam over the country’s most beautiful falls, the strongest point on the world’s longest river, the Nile River.
