Inkundla kamantyi oyiNtloko yaseKabale nge-30 kaJulayi, 2020 igwebe uByamukama Felix iminyaka eli-11 entolongweni ngokubulala. URafiki, iSilverback yeqela leNkuringo Gorilla, kunye nezinye izilwanyana zasendle e-Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. UByamukama uvume amatyala ama-3 aquka ukungena ngokungekho mthethweni kwindawo ekhuselekileyo kunye nokubulala igorila yasezintabeni kunye neduiker. Umantyi oyiNtloko, uJulius Borere, ugwetywe iminyaka emi-5, emi-6, nemi-5 ngokulandelelanayo ukuba anikezelwe ngaxeshanye.
Kwifayile yetyala lesibini, uByamukama uwavume amatyala okubulala ihagu yasehlathini, nokuba nenyama yehagu yasehlathini kunye nenyama yehagu neduiker athe wagwetywa iminyaka emihlanu kwityala ngalinye, ukuba aqhube ngaxeshanye emva kokuthothoza iminyaka emi-5 yokuqala kwifayile yetyala. Nye. Ngoko ke, uya kukhonza iminyaka eli-6 iyonke.
The Isiganeko saqala ukuxelwa ngaso eTurboNews nge-12 kaJuni kunye neqela lemithombo yeendaba zamazwe ngamazwe ezibangela umsindo kwihlabathi jikelele abanye befuna isigwebo eside.
UByamukama Felix ngumhlali kwilali yaseMurole, kwiParish yaseNteko, kwiNqila yeNkabwishenya, kwiSithili saseKisoro kwaye wabanjwa nge-4 kaJuni ka-2020 emva kokubhubha kukaRafiki, waseSilverback weqela laseNkuringo. Ekukhangeleni kwakhe wafunyanwa enenyama yehagu yasehlathini kunye nezixhobo ezininzi zokuzingela eziquka umkhonto, izintambo zokurhintyela, iingcingo zocingo, kunye nentsimbi yokuzingela izinja ezafunyanwa kwikhaya lakhe. Oogxa bakhe abathathu uBampabenda Evarist, uMuseveni Valence, noMubangizi Yonasi bazikhabile izityholo baza bavalelwa kwiintolongo zaseKisoro.
UMlawuli oPhetheyo we-Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), uSam Mwandha, usamkele isigqibo senkundla esithi uRafiki ubufumene ubulungisa. “Sixolile kuba iRafiki ifumene ubulungisa, kwaye oku kufanele kube ngumzekelo nakwabanye abantu ababulala izilwanyana zasendle. Ukuba umntu omnye ubulala izilwanyana zasendle, sonke silahlekelwa; kungoko sicela wonke umntu ukuba axhase iinzame zethu zokulondoloza izilwanyana zasendle ukwenzela isizukulwana sangoku nakwisizukulwana esizayo,” utshilo. UMwandha waphinda wachaza ukuba umthetho omtsha (i-Wildlife Act ka-2019) unzima kwaye nabani na obandakanyeka kwimisebenzi yezilwanyana zasendle ezingekho mthethweni uya kujongana nengqumbo yomthetho.
Ngomhla woku-1 kuJuni, ngo-2020, kwaxelwa ukuba uRafiki ulahlekile kwiqela kwaye nge-2 kaJuni ka-2020, iqela laphakamisa ukukhangela i-silverback elahlekileyo. Umzimba kaRafiki wafunyanwa kamva kwindawo yaseHakato ngaphakathi kweBwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.
Ukubhubha kukaRafiki kushiye isikhewu kusapho lakwaNkuringo nanjengoko kungekaveli mntu ozakungena ezihlangwini zikaNjuringo. Oonogada babeke iliso kwiqela leegorila zasezintabeni njengoko lihlala lisengozini yokuhlaselwa kwiigorila ezingahlali bantu. Kuqikelelwa ukuba iKrisimesi okanye iPosho iza kuthatha ubunkokeli beli qela.
