UGunyaziwe weZilwanyana zasendle zaseUganda utyikitya izivumelwano ezitsha zokuxhasa uKhenketho loLondolozo

I-Uganda ye-Wildlife Authority (UWA) namhlanje isayine izivumelwano zemvumelwano kunye ne-Wildplaces Afrika kunye neQela le-Tian Tang ukuphuhlisa iindawo zokuhlala zokhenketho eziphezulu kwi-Murchison Falls National Park kunye ne-Kyambura Wildlife Reserve kwi-Queen Elizabeth Area ekhuselweyo.

Umsitho wokutyikitya uchotshelwe nguMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, iZilwanyana zaseNdle nezaMandulo, oHloniphekileyo. Tom Buttime, kwiiOfisi Zobulungiseleli eKampala. Lo msitho ubuzinyaswe nguSosiba osiSigqeba weSebe lezoKhenketho, iZilwanyana zaseNdle nezinto zakudala, uDoreen Katusiime; USihlalo weBhodi yeTrasti ye-UWA, uGqr. Panta Kasoma; UMlawuli obambeleyo we-UWA, uJohn Makombo; kunye noMlawuli weLizwe woLondolozo lweNdawo ye-NGO yeZigebenga, uJustus Karuhanga; phakathi kwabanye.

Izivumelwano zemvumelwano zisayinwe ngenxa yenyathelo eliphakathi kwe-Space for Giants kunye ne-Uganda Wildlife Authority ukutsala ababoneleli bokhenketho abaxhasa ulondolozo ukuba batyale imali kwiiPaki zeSizwe zase-Uganda. Iqaliswe nguHE Uganda uMongameli Yoweri Museveni, iGiants Club Conservation Investment Initiative ifuna ukufumana imithombo emitsha yemali ukunceda ukuxhasa i-Uganda Wildlife Authority ukuphumeza igunya layo ngempumelelo, umzekelo ngokwandisa ukhenketho kwiindawo ezikhuselweyo.

Obekekileyo. UButime uyavuya ukuqaphela ukuba iUganda iyaqhubeka nokutsala abatyali-mali kwiindawo zokuhlala ezikumgangatho ophezulu kwiindawo ezikhuselweyo esithi ezi ziza kuthengisa indawo yaseUganda kunye neendawo ezithile ezikhuselweyo apho banotyalo-mali. Wathi: “Ndinethemba lokuba:

“Abatyali-mali abakumgangatho ophezulu baya kutsala abatyeleli abakumgangatho ophezulu kwaye babuyele kweli lizwe ngelixa begcina ulondolozo kunye nokuthembeka kokusingqongileyo.

Ubongoze abatyali-mali ukuba baqinisekise ukuba bayalugqiba utyalo-mali lwabo ngexesha ekuvunyelwene ngalo njengoko kuchaziwe kwizivumelwano zemvumelwano ezityikityiweyo.

UMphathiswa wachaza kwakhona ukuba urhulumente uqalise uphawu lwesizwe oluza kukhokela ukukhuthazwa kwendawo yase-Uganda kwaye wabakhuthaza ukuba baqhelane nayo. “UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho kutsha nje uphehlelele igama lesizwe, Explore Uganda, iPearl of Africa. Oku kuya kunika umkhombandlela kwisicwangciso sethu sokuthengisa kunye nokulungelelanisa iinzame. "

USihlalo weBhodi yeTrasti ye-UWA, uGqr. Pantaleon Kasoma, otyikitye egameni le-UWA, uthe ugunyaziwe unethemba lokuba abatyali-mali bazakuqala kwaye bagqibe ukwakha ngexesha kwaye bakhuthaze iindawo ezikhuselweyo njengeendawo zokhenketho. Uthe ngaphandle kokuba negalelo kuphuhliso lwesizwe, utyalo-mali phakathi kweendawo ezikhuselweyo zenza ingeniso ye-UWA yenze umsebenzi wolondolozo.

I-Space for Giants Country Director, uJustus Karuhanga, uthe: “Linyathelo elibalulekileyo ukubona izivumelwano zokuqala ezityikitywe yi-UWA phantsi kweGiants Club Conservation Investment Initative. Ubhubhani kunye nefuthe lawo kukhenketho kwenze ukuba kube nzima, kodwa namhlanje sibona kwakhona indlela abatyali-zimali abacinga ngolondolozo abanqwenela ngayo ukutyala imali kubuhle bendalo baseUganda. Oku kuya kunyusa imali kwi-UWA kwaye kudaleke imisebenzi notyalo-mali kweli lizwe. Sisebenza nzima ukuqinisekisa izibhengezo ezininzi ezifanayo kwiinyanga ezizayo. ”

UMlawuli oLawulayo we-Wildplaces Afrika, u-Jonathan Wright, uvakalise umbulelo kweli nyathelo lokubeka imeko yotyalo-mali ebakhuthaze ukuba bongeze utyalo-mali olongezelelekileyo e-Uganda ukongezelela kolunye asele benalo. Ubone imfuneko yeehotele zodidi oluphezulu eziza kutsala iindwendwe eziza kuzisa kweli lizwe izibonelelo ezifunekayo zokuxhasa ulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle. “Iindawo zokulala ezikumgangatho ophezulu zibonelela ngeenkonzo ezikumgangatho ophezulu nezizakutsalela abantu kweli lizwe; bakufika aba bantu, bashiya ngasemva isixa esikhulu semali; yile nto ifunwa yi-UWA okwangoku,” utshilo.

Usekela-Mphathi Jikelele we-Tian Tang Group, u-Shawn Lee, uthe emva kokutshala imali ngempumelelo kwamanye amacandelo aquka imveliso, bayakuvuyela ukutyala imali kwiindawo ezikhuselweyo ze-UWA, wongeza ukuba baya kutsala iindwendwe ezininzi zaseTshayina e-Uganda. Udize ukuba baceba ukuba eli ziko laseMurchison Falls National Park ligqitywe ekupheleni kwalo nyaka.

Ukusayinwa kwezivumelwano zeminyinyiva kulandela isicelo sokuvakalisa umdla wotyalo-mali kwiindawo ezikhuselweyo ze-UWA ngo-2020. Ezi nkampani zimbini zihlangabezane nazo zonke iimfuno.

IQela le-Tian Tang liphumelele i-concession yeminyaka engama-20 yokuphuhlisa nokusebenza indawo yokuhlala eneebhedi ezingama-44 eziphezulu/ezinempembelelo ephantsi eKulunyang eMurchison Falls National Park kuMazantsi eBhanki. I-Wildplaces iphumelele iimvume ezimbini ze-20-year-enye yokuphuhlisa i-high-end / low-impact-low-bed 24-bed-luxury camp camps kwi-Kibaa Southern Bank ye-Murchison Falls National Park kunye ne-Katole, i-Kyambura Wildlife Reserve kwindawo e-Queen Elizabeth eKhuselweyo.