ITanzania, ilizwe elinobutyebi bendalo eMpuma Afrika, livumile ukukhutshwa kwesithuthi sombane kwipaki yelizwe laseSerengeti, kumzamo wokunciphisa ukukhutshwa.

I-Mount Kilimanjaro Safari Club (MKSC) yinkampani yokhenketho esebenza kumhlaba waseTanzania ukukhulula imoto yokuqala ye-100 yeepesenti ye-safaris yombane (i-e-car) kwingingqi yaseMpuma Afrika, kwinyathelo layo lamva nje lokuhlisa ungcoliseko lwezithuthi kwiipaki zelizwe.

Isungulwe ngempelaveki kwipaki yesizwe yaseSerengeti, i-e-car ye-e-moto yitekhnoloji yasimahla yekhabhoni, isithuthi esithembekileyo nesitofotofo kuphela ngokuxhomekeke kwiipaneli zelanga ukuze zibuyisele injini yayo.

“I-e-car iyazehlisa iindleko zokuyilungisa, ayisebenzisi amafutha njengoko itshaja i-ecology ngeepesenti ezili-100, ngenxa yeepaneli zelanga,” uMlawuli oLawulayo weMKSC, uMnumzana Dennis Lebouteux, uxelele abaphulaphuli ngethuba bekusungulwa isithuthi eSerengeti, ephumelele. iintliziyo neengqondo zabalondolozi bendalo.

Wongeze wathi: “Izithuthi ze-e-safari ezithuleyo nezinobuhlobo nokusingqongileyo zinokusondela kwizilwanyana zasendle ngaphandle kokuphazamisa”.

Ekuqaleni, uMnu Lebouteux wayengaqinisekanga ngokupheleleyo ukuba iteknoloji ingasebenza e-Afrika, njengoko kunjalo ngeYurophu apho kukho iziseko esele zenziwe.

“Kodwa ndazixelela ukuba, ndingazama kuba sinamandla ombane omninzi okwaziyo ukuhlawulisa izithuthi. Sizamile ngeemoto ezimbini zokuqala ngoJuni kwaye emva kweenyanga ezine zokusebenza akukhange kubekho kuphazamiseka okanye inkonzo,” ucacise watsho.

“Ndanelisekile, iimoto zinike inkonzo encomekayo kwiindwendwe. Siza kuzisa ezinye iimoto ezintlanu ze-e-safas kungekudala ukuze sizenze zibe sixhenxe,” utshilo uMnu Lebouteux.

Umphathi wepaki yaseSerengeti uWilliam Mwakilema uthe uzifumene ngentliziyo epheleleyo ezi moto, nanjengoko ekholelwa ukuba ziya kunceda ukunciphisa iqondo longcoliseko.

Ngelixa ixesha eliphakamileyo phakathi kwama-300 kunye nama-400 eemoto zabakhenkethi zingena yonke imihla kwi-Serengeti National Park, ngexesha elisezantsi ipaki yeflegi iphatha phakathi kwe-80 kunye ne-100 yeemoto suku ngalunye.

“Obu bugcisa busibonisa ukuba imisebenzi yethu yexesha elizayo iza kuthoba njani iindleko zolawulo, kuquka amafutha kunye nokugcinwa kwemoto. Obu buchwephesha bucocekileyo buza kusinceda kwimisebenzi yethu yolondolozo nokhenketho,” ucacise watsho uMwakilema.

Kwelakhe icala, uMlondolozi oyiNtloko weNgorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA), uGqr Fred Manongi, ugxininise imfuneko yokuba ilizwe lamkele i-e-vehicles ukuze kuxhamle iphulo lolondolozo.

“Njengelizwe, kufuneka sicinge ngokuthatha itekhnoloji kuba isithuthi asikhuphi msi okanye ingxolo. Ungcoliso luye lwalawuleka ngokupheleleyo. Kwimisebenzi yethu yolondolozo asiwuthandi umsi nengxolo” utshilo uGqirha Manongi.

Enye into yayicace gca ukuba iteknoloji idinga utyalo-mali kwiindlela ezilula zokuvelisa amandla. Ngezityalo ezimbini okanye ezintathu zelanga epakini kunye ne-e-vehicles, bangayenza.

Kuyaqondwa ukuba, iNgilani kunye neJamani, umzekelo, zizimisele ukuphelisa iimoto ze-fossil ukuza ngo-2025.

“Siza kunciphisa iindleko zokuqhuba ngexabiso elikhulu ukuba senza okufanayo, sichitha isixa esikhulu semali ekuthengeni izithuthi zefosili. Kodwa i-e-moto nayo inobomi obude; ayipheli lula” wagxininisa.

Ubuchwephesha likamva leTanzania njengelizwe, utshilo uGqirha Manongi, ebongoza urhulumente ukuba acinge ngokubusebenzisa kancinci kancinci ukunciphisa iindleko kunye nokonga indalo.

USihlalo weTanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO), uMnumzana Wilbard Chambulo, uyincomile le projekthi, esithi iimoto ze-e-car zilungile, ngokunjalo nezoqoqosho.

“Oyena mceli mngeni ziindleko kuba ubuxhakaxhaka busentsha, kodwa xa abanye bengena emarikeni, iindleko ziyakwehla” ucacise watsho uMnu Chambulo.

“Sithathela ingqalelo into yokuba amaxabiso epetroli ayenyuka, i-e-vehicles ifanelekile, kuba iza konga imali yangaphandle esetyenziselwa ukuthengwa kwe-oli. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba icandelo lezokhenketho liza kufumana itekhnoloji ngentliziyo iphela,” utshilo.

Ummeli we-Embassy yaseFransi, uMnumzana Philippe Galli, uthe ilizwe lakhe linomdla wokuxhasa iinkampani zaseFransi, ngakumbi ekulweni nemiphumo emibi yokutshintsha kwemozulu ngokukhusela indalo.

“Le projekthi inxulumene ngqo nokonga umbane. Ndiyazingca ngenkampani yaseFransi isebenzisana neengcali zaseJamani ukuphumeza le projekthi, "waphawula uMnu Galli oyintloko yeSebe lezoQoqosho kwi-Embassy yaseFransi eTanzania.

Uphinde wagxininisa ukuba iTanzania izimisele ngokukhusela iindawo zokugcina izilwanyana zasendle kwaye izithuthi aziyi kwenza monakalo kwindalo okanye ziphazamise izilwanyana.

"Njengentloko yeSebe lezoQoqosho kwi-Embassy yaseFransi, ndiya kuqinisekisa ezinye iinkampani zaseFransi naseYurophu ukuba zilandele eli nyathelo elihle kakhulu" UMnu Galli waphawula.