NgoLwesine i-26th kaJulayi 2018, amalungu oMbutho we-Uganda Tour Operators (i-AUTO), umbutho omkhulu wezokhenketho weenkampani zezokhenketho e-Uganda, badibana kwiNtlanganiso yabo yoNyaka kwi-Mestil Hotel Nsambya. Phakathi kwezinto ezininzi kwi-ajenda kunyulo lweBhodi yesiGqeba esitsha kwixesha le-2018 - 2020. I-AUTO idibanisa kunye iinkampani zokhenketho ezibhalisiweyo kunye neengcali ezijongene nemisebenzi enxulumene nokhenketho e-Uganda.
Ngokuhambelana nomgaqo-siseko we-AUTO ofuna ukuba iinkokeli zombutho zitshintshe rhoqo emva kweminyaka emibini, iKomiti yoNyulo ezimeleyo ekhokelwa nguMnu Raymond Engena, owayesakuba nguMlawuli woPhuhliso lwezoKhenketho kwi-Uganda Wildlife Authority, ichonge inkqubo yonyulo ngoLwesine.
UMnu. Kayondo Everest we-Ever Based Tours and Travel wonyulwa njengoSihlalo weBhodi omtsha welona qela likhulu lezokhenketho elizweni, i-Association of Uganda Tour Operators. UMnu. Kayondo woyise uNkosazana Civy Tumusiime kunyulo obelushushu ngexesha leAGM yombutho eKampala, wafumana iivoti ezingama-87 ngelixa uNksz Tumusiime, obesebenza kwiBhodi ephumayo njengelungu leKomiti efumene iivoti ezingama-80.
Kwintetho yakhe uMnu. Everest Kayondo, phakathi kwezinye izinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka, uthembise ngokuphembelela uRhulumente kwimiba yabakhenkethi, asebenze ngokusondeleleneyo nokugcina ubudlelwane obuhle phakathi kwe-AUTO namahlakani ayo kwaye abethelele ululeko phakathi kwamalungu. “Siza kuqinisa iinkqubo zoluleko zombutho ngokuhambelana nomgaqo wokuziphatha, siphembelele uRhulumente ukuba alawule eli candelo kwaye aphucule ngakumbi ubungcali kweli candelo”, uthembise ngelitshoyo uMnu. Wathembisa ukusebenzisana neqela lakhe elitsha ukuqhubela phambili umdla wabakhenkethi kunye nokuphucula umfanekiso kunye nokuqatshelwa kwe-AUTO nguRhulumente wase-Uganda.
UMnu. Kayondo, oza kuqhuba i-AUTO isithuba seminyaka emibini kude kube ngu-2020, uza kuba ngusekela-Mnu. Benedict Ntale we-Ape Treks Ltd. ngelixa uMnu. Farouk Busuulwa evotelwe njengoNobhala weBhodi kunye noNksk. Charlotte Kamugisha weBunyonyi Safaris. unondyebo.
Amalungu ekomiti asanda kuqeshwa aquka u-Mohit Advani we-Global Interlink Travel
Services Ltd, uMnu. Brian Mugume we-Adventure Consults eUganda kunye noMnu Robert Ntale weCheetah Safaris Uganda.
USihlalo weBhodi ephumayo, uNksk. Babra A. Vanhelleputte we-Asyanut Safaris kunye ne-Incentives uvuyisene neKomiti Elawulayo esandula kuqeshwa waza wabacela ukuba baqhubeke nokusebenza ngokuzinikela ngokuthanda kwamalungu ombutho aphambili.
Uye wabulela i-AUTO Secretariat ekhokelwa yi-CEO uGloria Tumwesigye ngokuququzelela i-AGM eyimpumelelo kunye nenkxaso yabo engagungqiyo kwiKomiti yesiGqeba ekuboneleleni ngeenkonzo zobulungu ngokufanelekileyo. Uqhubekile nokukhuthaza iBhodi engenayo ukuba isebenze ngokubambisana ne-Secretariat ukuqhubela phambili umbono kunye neenjongo zombutho.
“Siyishiya i-AUTO inamaSebe, iiNkqubo kunye naBasebenzi abangcono kunoko besikufumene ekuqaleni kwexesha lethu kwaye ndicela ukuba wakhe phezu kwezo zokuphucula ukuhanjiswa kweenkonzo kumalungu nokukhulisa ukhenketho eUganda ngokubanzi”, uBabra ucebise ngoku ubunkokeli obutsha.
UBabra usebenze noJacqueline Kemirembe wePlatinum Tours kunye nokuHamba njengoSekela Sihlalo, uDennis Ntege weRaft Uganda Adventures njengoNobhala weBhodi, uCostantino Tessarin weDestination Jungle njengoNondyebo kunye namalungu amathathu ekomiti angala, uLydia Nandudu weNkuringo Walking Safaris, Civy Tumusiime weAcacia Safaris. kunye noDona Tindyebwa waseJewel
Safaris.
Abanye ababekhona kwi-AGM yayingabanye abadlali kwicandelo lezokhenketho e-Uganda kuquka i-Ofisi yoKhenketho, iBhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Uganda, i-Wildlife Authority, i-Private Sector Foundation yase-Uganda, i-Tourism Police, i-Chimpanzee Sanctuary kunye ne-Wildlife Conservation Trust kunye ne-Kampala Capital City Authority.
Ethetha kwiNtlanganiso Jikelele enye, umphathi we-UTB, uMnu. Stephen Asiimwe uthembise ukusebenzisana nenkokeli entsha ye-AUTO ukukhuthaza ukhenketho eUganda. Ucele isiGqeba esingenayo ukuba sisebenze kunye neBhodi yezoKhenketho ukuthengisa nokukhuthaza iimveliso zokhenketho zase-Uganda.
UMnu. Masaba Stephen, uMlawuli woPhuhliso lwezoKhenketho kwi-Uganda Wildlife Authority uye wazisa indibano malunga nezicwangciso zikaRhulumente zokusebenza ngokusondeleyo ne-AUTO ekuthengiseni iimveliso zokhenketho ingakumbi ukhenketho lweegorila kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba iinkonzo zokhenketho zisetyenziswa kuphela kwiinkampani zokhenketho ezibhalisiweyo e-Uganda.
Ukhenketho lelinye lawona macandelo akhula ngokukhawuleza nelikhulu eUganda, elidala amathuba engqesho ingakumbi kulutsha kunye nabasetyhini, linegalelo elikhulu kwipesenti kutshintshiselwano lwangaphandle nokukhuthaza ukukhula koqoqosho kwiindawo apho ukhenketho lwenzeka khona. Abakhenkethi badlala indima ebaluleke kakhulu nengundoqo ecaleni kwekhonkco lexabiso lokhenketho njengoko bethengisa indawo ekusingwa kuyo kwaye beqinisekisa abakhenkethi ukuba batyelele eUganda; babhukisha iinkonzo ezahlukeneyo kwangaphambili zabakhenkethi kwaye babakhokela kwimisebenzi yokhenketho yelizwe.
