Iprojekthi yemoto yentambo ecetywayo yezigidi ngezigidi zeedola Intaba yaseKilimanjaro ujongene 'novavanyo lwe-litmus', njengoko uNdunankulu waseTanzania, uMajaliwa Kassim Majaliwa, udibanise nabachaphazelekayo ukuba bafake ukuthandabuza ukuba kunokwenzeka kwisicwangciso esiphikisanayo.
Ngo-Matshi ka-2019 uMphathiswa weMithombo yeNdalo kunye noKhenketho eTanzania (MNRT) ubhengeze izicwangciso zokufaka i-cable car kwiNtaba yase-Afrika ephezulu, njengeqhinga lokutsala iindwendwe ezininzi kunye nokunyusa amanani okhenketho.
Ijongene namathafa anamathafa aseTanzania naseKenya, intaba egqunywe likhephu iKilimanjaro iphakame ngokumangalisayo izimele yodwa ibe ziimitha ezingama-5,895 XNUMX ngaphezu komphakamo wolwandle, nto leyo eyenza ibe yeyona ncopho iphakamileyo ehlabathini.
I-MNRT yathi i imoto yekhebhula Eyona njongo iphambili yeprojekthi kukuququzelela ukonyuka kwabakhenkethi abadala nabakhubazekileyo, abasenokungabi sempilweni ngokwaneleyo ukuba bahambe intaba.
Endaweni yeembono eziqhelekileyo zekhephu kunye nomkhenkce, le moto yentambo ingabonelela ngohambo losuku lwesafari enombono wentaka, ngokuchaseneyo nohambo oluqhelekileyo lweentsuku ezintandathu.
Nangona kunjalo, impendulo evela kwi Umbutho waseTanzania wabaSebenzi boKhenketho (TATO) Amalungu akhawuleza, kunye neNkulumbuso uMajaliwa echaza ngokucacileyo ukungabaza kwakhe malunga neprojekthi yezigidi ezingama-72 zeerandi malunga neenkxalabo zolondolozo kunye nemisebenzi yabemi basekhaya.
Ukugqwesa i-Kilimanjaro Marathon ka-2022 kumathambeka eNtaba yaseKilimanjaro kumantla wengingqi yabakhenkethi yaseTanzania, uMnu Majaliwa wakubeka kwacaca ukuba abakhankasi beprojekthi banomsebenzi onzima wokuqinisekisa ukuba urhulumente anike isicwangciso esinengxabano ukukhanya okuluhlaza.
“Ndiyivile ingxoxo malunga ne iimoto zentambo iza kubekwa kwiNtaba iKilimanjaro, le ntaba inkulu inobuqaqawuli bayo obumangalisayo kubahambi abakhwela incopho ngeenyawo” utshilo u-PM, phakathi kwentswahla yezandla ephantsi.
“Sifuna uhlaza lwendalo luhlale lunjalo. Nje ukuba uqalise ukugrumba intaba ukuze ugxumeke iintsika zeemoto zentambo, ngokuqinisekileyo uya kutshabalalisa uhlaza lwendalo entabeni, ”yongezelela iNkulumbuso.
Umnumzana Majaliwa uthe xa kukho iimoto zekhebula endaweni, bambalwa abakhenkethi abaya kukhetha ukuhamba ngeenyawo kwaye emva kokuba oko kusenzeka abathwali bempahla baya kuvalelwa ngaphandle kwemisebenzi yabo efanelekileyo.
“Njengokuba nixoxa, zilungiseleleni ukusiqinisekisa kurhulumente ukuba niceba ukubasa phi aba bathwali. Kuya kufuneka ulakhe ityala lakho kakuhle ukuze uqinisekise urhulumente ngekamva labagcini-masango kunye nokugcina intaba icocekile, ”utshilo uMnu.
“Xa ugawula imithi uvula indlela yofakelo lweemoto zentambo, umkhenkce uya kunyibilika; sixelele kanye ukuba ungenza njani ukugcina ikhephu?" wabuza.
"Unomsebenzi onzima wokuqinisekisa urhulumente ngale projekthi."
Abakhenkethi, ingakumbi abo baziingcali kwiindlela zokukhwela intaba, baqhankqalazele isigqibo sikarhulumente sokwazisa ngeemoto ezihamba ngeentambo entabeni.
Kwintlanganiso yabo ebibanjelwe e-Arusha kutsha nje, abakhenkethi besichasa isicwangciso sikarhulumente waseTanzania sokuzisa imoto esebenza ngentambo kwiMount Kilimanjaro- umsebenzi abathi uza kunciphisa ingeniso yokhenketho efunyenwe kubakhweli bentaba.
USihlalo weTATO, uWilbard Chambulo, uthe ukuqaliswa kwentambo yemoto kule ntaba kuyakuchaphazela imeko enkenenkene yale ntaba ngaphezu kokuyenza iphulukane nesidima sayo, phezu kokuphulukana nengeniso yabakhenkethi.
Baphantse babe ngama-56,000 abakhenkethi abakhwela iNtaba iKilimanjaro kwaye bashiye ngasemva i-50 yezigidi zeedola ngonyaka, kodwa amanani abo aya kuthi ahle kwaye achaphazele umjelo wengeniso kunye nokuphila kwamawakawaka abantu basekhaya abaxhomekeke kuphela kumzi-mveliso wokuhamba ukuze baqhubele phambili ubomi babo.
Kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo, uMphathiswa wezeNdalo kunye noKhenketho, uGqr. Damas Ndumbaro, uthe uceba ukudibana nabakhenkethi kwingingqi yaseKilimanjaro nge-8 kaMatshi 2022 ukuze baxoxe ngokubanzi kwaye beze nendlela eya phambili.
Iiarhente zokundwendwela zamazwe ngamazwe nazo ziphakamise iflegi ebomvu ngokuchasene neprojekthi ecetywayo yeemoto ezinentambo, besoyikisa ngokuyeka eyona ngqungquthela iphakamileyo yase-Afrika kuluhlu lwabo olukhethwayo oluphezulu.
Iarhente yokuhamba ese-US, uWil Smith, othe wathengisa ngempumelelo iMount Kilimanjaro amashumi amabini eminyaka ngoku, wenze isibhambathiso sokungayeki nje ukukhuthaza ingqungquthela eyothusayo yehlabathi, kodwa nokucebisa abathanda ukukhenketha ukuba bayiphephe indawo ekuyiwa kuyo.
Umnumzana Smith ongumalathisi we-Deeper Africa outfitter uthi i-cable car ekwiNtaba iKilimanjaro iya kuba liliso elingaqhelekanga kunye nenkathazo yoluntu.
Iinqobo ezisisiseko zikaKilimanjaro ezitsala amawaka abakhenkethi minyaka le yindawo yayo yasendle, ebukekayo kunye nomngeni wokuhamba ukuya kwingqungquthela, ubhalela uMphathiswa wezeNdalo kunye noKhenketho, uGqr. Damas Ndumbaro, wongeza ngelithi:
“Ukwakhiwa kwendawo yokuthutha abakhenkethi ekumgangatho ophezulu kuya kwenza intaba ibe yidolophu kwaye bonakalise imbonakalo yomhlaba. IKilimanjaro iya kuphulukana nodumo lwayo njengomangaliso omkhulu nomhle, endaweni yoko ibe sisiphazamiso esingabizi kakhulu nesilula esingenaziphumo zinkulu ”.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The Chairman of TATO, Wilbard Chambulo, said that introduction of the cable car on the mountain will affect the mountain's fragile environment in addition to making it lose its status, on top of losing revenues for tour operators.
- In their meeting held in Arusha recently, the tour operator's opposed Tanzania government's plan to introduce a cable car on Mount Kilimanjaro – an exercise they said would minimize tourism revenues accrued from the mountain climbers.
- “I've heard discussion about the cable cars to be installed on Mount Kilimanjaro, this majestic mountain has its own splendid glory to the adventurers who scale up to the peak on their feet” PM said, amid applause from the floor.
