Ihlathi laseBugoma kufuneka lihlale, utshilo uMongameli waseUganda, kodwa abalondolozi bendalo ababhiyozeli okwangoku

Ukulandela iphulo elomeleleyo lesigwebo senkundla sokuqeshisa ihlathi laseBugoma kwiHoima Sugar Works kwinyanga ephelileyo, uMongameli wase-Uganda uMuseveni uvakalise ukuba i-Bugoma Forest kufuneka ihlale.

Oku kulandela isigwebo senkundla yiJaji yeNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseMasindi, uWilson Masalu, sokuba iihektare ezingama-6,000 zovimba zezika-Omukama (inkosi yaseBunyoro), enika ubukumkani isandla sokukhululeka sokuqeshisa umhlaba kwiHoima Sugar Works ukuze ikhule iswekile.

Ngokwengxelo yephephandaba lemihla ngemihla, iNew Vision, esi sihloko sifike ezindlebeni zikaMongameli xa uMphathiswa wezeziMali, uMatiya Kasaija, evakalise ukukhathazeka kwakhe malunga nokunikezelwa kwinkomfa noonondaba eyayibanjelwe eState Lodge Masindi nge-15 kaMeyi ka-2019. “Ubukumkani buqeshe 22 isikwere seemayile ukuya eHoima Sugar, kwaye iyacocwa; Siza kutshabalala, kuba elo hlathi liyenzela imvula iBunyoro, ”utshilo umphathiswa ohloniphekileyo.

"Asizukuyivumela ukuba yenzeke, siza kuqinisekisa ukuba siyayibuyisa," uphendule watsho uMongameli. Uyalele abantu abangenelele kwimigxobhozo yendalo namahlathi ukuba baphume phambi kokuba bagxothwe. Ndenze konke okusemandleni ukugcina umlambo iKatonga kufutshane nefama yam eseKisozi kwisithili saseMbarara, utshilo.

Kwiveki nje edlulileyo, i-Nature Uganda yayiququzelele intetho kawonke-wonke yabalondolozi bendalo ngokuyalelwa yi-Association of Uganda Tour Operators (AUTO) enomxholo othi "Isimo se-Bugoma Central Forest Reserve: Impembelelo yenkundla ephakamileyo yokugweba ukuba indawo yehlathi iguqulwe yaba yindawo yokulima ummoba. ”

Abaqhubi bezokhenketho babenoloyiko lokuba izinto ezinomtsalane kubakhenkethi kunye nendawo yokuhlala yamatakane kunye neentaka ziyaphelelwa ngabantu abazikhohlisayo abazimisele ukutshintsha amahlathi ngengca yomhlanga.

Isandi ngasinye sasivakala kuluntu, kubandakanywa noDon Afuna Adula odla umhlala-phantsi; umlindi wehlathi uGaster Kiyingi; UFrank Muramuzi, uSihlalo, uMbutho weSizwe wooGcisa beNdalo; U-Achilles Byaruhanga, UMlawuli oLawulayo, i-Nature Uganda; kunye noPauline N. Kalunda, uMlawuli oLawulayo, i-EcoTrust Uganda.

Kwakumenyiwe noRonald Mwesigwa, uSihlalo, iBhodi yoMhlaba yaseBunyoro, owayenikwe umsebenzi wokucoca umoya kwihlathi.

Utyhola ngelithi umhlaba obizwa ngokuba yi-Kyangwali sub-county yayiyinxalenye yomhlaba wooyisemkhulu wobukumkani obulele ngaphandle kwehlathi.

Ekuhlanganeni kwabo kwakhona, ukhuphiswano lwaphikisana nabalondolozi bendalo ukuba isigwebo senkundla sasisekwe kumcimbi wobunini mhlaba hayi ekusetyenzisweni kwehlathi.

UStephen Galima ovela kwiGunya leZamahlathi kuZwelonke (NFA) wazabalaza ukuqonda ukuba kutheni ubukumkani bunikezela umhlaba wooyisemkhulu ukuze bakhule ummoba.

Oko kwathiwa, Ihlathi laseBugoma lafakwa kwigazethi njengehlathi ngo-1932 kwaye iimephu zecadastral kunye nezicwangciso zemida ziyafumaneka ukubonisa ukuba kubandakanya ii-hectare ezingama-6,000 ekubhekiswa kuzo.

NgokoMthetho woMhlaba ka-1998, amahlathi noovimba abanako ukutshitshiswa ngaphandle kwemvume yePalamente. Ngokuqeshisa ihlathi kwiHoima Sugar Ltd., i-Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom itshintsha ukusetyenziswa kwayo komhlaba okungekho mthethweni.

Kule minyaka mine idlulileyo, uMbutho woLondolozo lweeHlathi ze-Bugoma i-ACBF esele iququzelele ukujikeleza kwehlathi sele ijongene nengqumbo yabagawuli ababizwa ngokuba ngama-mafia abathi, ngokutsho kukaSihlalo we-ACBF uConstantino Tessarin, uFlorence Kyaligonza uzimisele ukwenza imali ngokuthengisa. le maplanga ngazo zonke iindleko.

Asingabo bonke ubukumkani baseBunyoro Kitara abavumelana nesigwebo, kubandakanya noMphathiswa Wezemfundo wobukumkani, uGqirha Asiimwe Florence Akiiki, otyhola iingxaki zobukumkani kwikhabhinethi yangaphambili. Kunyaka ophelileyo, u-Omukama wase-Bunyoro, u-His Majuk Rukirabasaija Agutamba Solomon Gafabusa Iguru, wagxotha ikhabinethi yangaphambili ngezityholo zokubandakanyeka kwamanye amalungu ayo kwintengiso ethandabuzekayo yepropathi yobukumkani, ukungakwazi ukusebenza kakuhle nokusetyenziswa gwenxa kweofisi.

Bangasifumana njani isihloko ngo-Agasti 1 kwaye baphantse basiqeshisa nge-5 ka-Agasti, bezibuza ukuba uFrank Muramusi, uSihlalo, NAPE, unomsindo obonakalayo ukuba ubona kwa le nkampani ifuna ukuthatha iMabira Forest ngoku ilandela iBugoma Forest, isithi "umntu ndandingalali. ”

Kumxolelaniso woxolelwaniso, iingcali ziye zacebisa ukuba ubukumkani buphonononge ezinye iindlela zokufumana ingeniso evela ehlathini kubandakanya ukuthengisa iikhredithi zekhabhoni ukusukela oko amahlathi atyhoboza iibhloko zeoyile kubandakanya iTilenga emantla kunye neKingfisher block emazantsi.

Olunye usetyenziso olucetyiswayo kubukumkani lwalususela kukhenketho lwezendalo kuba ihlathi likhaya leetshimpanzi, ezinye iinkawu, kunye neentaka, kwaye yipaseji yezilwanyana zasendle ezifudukayo phakathi kweMurchison Falls National Park kunye nehlathi laseBudongo ukuya kwindawo yokugcina izilwanyana zasendle eSemiliki. Eli hlathi likwangumthombo omkhulu weLake Albert apho uqukuqela khona umlambo iNkusi kunye nemijelo yawo. Ubukumkani bunokutyala imali kwi-ecolodging; Okwangoku iBugoma Jungle Lodge entsha isehlathini kodwa iya kuba sengozini enkulu ukuba ihlathi alikhuselwanga.

Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, u-Joan Akiza iGosa lezomthetho kunye ne-Policy, i-NAPE, icele ukuba kwenziwe uphando olusisiseko ngehlathi, ngokuchanekileyo ngoVavanyo lweMpembelelo kokusiNgqongileyo (EIA) ukuze lonke ulwazi olufunekayo ukuxhasa ingxoxo yabo lubekhona.

Ukusukela kwingxelo kaMongameli, eyalandela isithembiso sakhe kwi-Bunyoro Kingdom sokuba iHoima Sugar Works kufuneka ibuyiselwe lo mhlaba uqeshiweyo, abezemvelo abonwabanga, besithi i-Hoima Sugar Works kufuneka itshutshiswe ngokufumana umhlaba ngokungekho mthethweni, ngoku abahlawuli berhafu kufuneka foloko imali oyisebenzele nzima ukuhlawulela oku; Le nto yipolitiki okokoko sisinge kulonyulo, watsho umlindi uGaster Kiyingi.

Ngexesha lesifundo sakhe, uDon Afuna Adula ukubize oku njengo "Mongameli" ngokubhekisele kuyo yonke imicimbi kwaye waphikisana ukuba oko kuphelela phantsi kolawulo lukaMongameli ukuba athethe ilizwi lokugqibela.

Izikrokro zabo azikho kude kuba iifoto ze-bulldozer enye eyabanjwa kwi-Mabira Forest yanikezelwa ngo-2007 yaxhaswa esidlangalaleni nguMongameli, yachongwa ngokuqinisekileyo njengoyena "mntu unetyala" ovela kwiipleyiti zokubhalisa ezifanayo kunye nombala osandula ukubonwa ususa iBugoma. Kuyaqondakala ukuba, “kuthulekile” ngelungu lePalamente elingu-Honourable Betty Anywar, owayesakuba ligorha eliphikisayo kunye netshantliziyo elathi lazuza udumo ngokuxhasa uqhankqalazo oluchasene nokunikelwa kwehlathi laseMabala elifumana igama lesiqhulo elithi “Mama Mabira” kodwa ngoku ukusukela oko wawela kwiqela elilawulayo le-National Resistance Movement (NRM).

Imeko esikuyo ngoku yeyokuba umsebenzi wokugawulwa kwehlathi wamiswa ngoMeyi 1 nanjengoko i-NFA ingazange ifumane saziso ngokusesikweni phakathi kokuthunyelwa nzima kwamapolisa. Ngelishwa, ihektare enye sele icociwe.

Abanye bafuna ukwandisa eli phulo lokuthintela iHoima Sugar, besazi ukuba inkampani yabazali, iRai International, ikhankanyiwe ngendlela efanayo, ukupolitika, kunye nokuthathwa ngenkani kweentshaba kwishishini leemithi kwilizwe laseKenya elingumakhelwane. .

Ilizwe liphulukene neepesenti ezingama-65 zehlathi lalo kule minyaka ingama-40 idlulileyo kwaye liyaqhubeka nokulahlekelwa ziihektare ezingama-100,000 ngonyaka. Ngeli nqanaba, akuyi kubakho kugqunywa kwehlathi kwiminyaka engama-20. Iziphumo zotshintsho lwemozulu sele zivakala kubandakanya noMongameli onguye umfuyi weenkomo okhutheleyo; okunye ukuphumla kwabalondolozi bendalo.