Ingoma yentaka enamandla luhambo lokuvuka abatyeleli abanokulindela xa behlala eParaa Safari Lodge elunxwemeni lomlambo iNayile, nangona eyona ndlela iqhelekileyo- njengokunkqonkqoza ngobulumko emnyango ngelixa uhambisa imbiza yeti yakusasa-inokuba nayo. unyamekelwa emva kokwenza amalungiselelo kunye nolwamkelo ngaphambi kokuba ulale ngokuhlwa.
Ndandihambe ngenjikalanga edlulileyo ndisuka eKampala ndisiya epakini ukuya kuzimasa intlanganiso yesiza ebibizwe yiHeritage Oil and Gas (U) Ltd. yeenkokheli zesithili kunye nabachaphazelekayo kwaye ndifike kwindawo yokulala emva kokuba ndibambe isikhitshane sokugqibela, sele siwela umlambo ebumnyameni. kwaye ukuhla kukhanyiswe kuphela yimixholo ephambili yeemoto ezimbini zokugqibela ezithatha uhambo.
Iitawuli ezibandayo kunye nejusi yeziqhamo ebandayo ehlaziyayo zenza ukuba inkqubo yokungena ibe mnandi ngakumbi, njengoko kwakufuneka ndisayine kuphela ifom, nalo lonke olunye ulwazi esele lukhona kutyelelo lwangaphambili, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba “wamkelwe” ngovuyo ngabasebenzi bolwamkelo.
Ukuhamba ukusuka eKampala ngendlela kuthatha malunga neeyure ezi-6 ½, kuquka nokumisa eMasindi ukufumana amafutha kunye nokuluma ngokukhawuleza, okuthe kulo mzekelo kwathathwa kwiHotele yaseMasindi elungiswe kakuhle. Ngokwahlukileyo koko, ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelo-moya saseKampala eKajjansi okanye kwisikhululo seenqwelo-moya esikhulu sase-Entebbe kuthatha nje imizuzu engama-45 kwinqwelo-moya enenjini ezimbini, okanye iyure kwiCessna Grand Caravan, endathi ndakwazi ukutsiba kuyo kuhambo olubuyela ekhaya. IParaa Safari Lodge ineemoto ezi-4 × 4 ezifumanekayo ukuze zidluliselwe kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya kunye nokuqhutywa kwemidlalo, ukudibana neendwendwe ezibhabhayo kunye naseMarasa - inkampani yolawulo yeMadhvani ephethwe zii-safari lodges eUganda - ngoku ibonelela ngeepakethi ezibhabhayo kubakhenkethi abanomnqweno wokuchitha. ixesha elingakumbi epakini endaweni endleleni - ndingavuma kuphela oku kwaye ndincome kakhulu le ndlela yokuhamba ngelixa ndikwi-safari.
Ukusukela oko ndagqibela ukutyelela kule paki kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, indlela ephakathi kweMasindi nesango lokungena epakini iphinde yahlelwa kwakhona, kodwa andifuni kuzincoma ngale nto nangona ndandigxekwa kabuhlungu ngelo xesha kwibhunga, kwaye Ubuninzi bendlela yepaki esingisa kwindawo yokuwela isikhitshane nayo isandula ukuhlelwa, isenzela ukuhamba kakuhle nangemoto yesaluni, nangona i-4 × 4 efanelekileyo ikhethwa kwiindlela zokuqhuba iingoma ngamanye amaxesha kuneendlela ezirhabaxa kwezinye iindawo zepaki.
Ndijoyine itafile yokutyela kunye nezinye iindwendwe ezisi-7 - icandelo lokutyela leterrace laligcwele phama kubusuku baphakathi evekini - ukumamela kunye nokuthatha inxaxheba kwintetho yesafari engenakuthintelwa kunye nokubetha ngobuhlobo ngezopolitiko zasekhaya, ngaphambi kokuba ndiphumle kwigumbi lam. yayimi kumgangatho ongasentla. Oku kwandivumela ukuba ndilushiye ucango lwebalcony luvuliwe ukuze ndonwabele umoya omtsha ngobusuku (imeko yomoya iyafumaneka) ngelixa inethi yeengcongconi ebandakanya yonke into yayinyamekela ubusuku obuzolileyo-kwade kwasa ukukhanya kwaqalisa ukuvuselela iintaka ukuba zibuyele ebomini.
Umlambo, owawufihlwe ebumnyameni ngengokuhlwa engaphambili, wawuthwele amagwebu amagwebu ezantsi ngaphaya kwendawo yokulala, eyathi yanyamalala ngomdla emini emaqanda, umthombo welinye inqaku ukuze lifike emazantsi ale nto ingafunwayo kunye neqhina ngexesha elifanelekileyo.
Kodwa emva kwesona sizathu siphambili seli bali, umsebenzi wokuhlola ioyile osele uvunyiwe, kodwa wamkelwe ngokupheleleyo yiLifa leMveli ngaphakathi epakini, nothe ngaphambili wakhokelela ekubeni amacandelo athile omdlalo wokubukela umdlalo avalwe ukugcwala. Emva koko, kuye kwakho iintetho ezifihlakeleyo nezicacileyo, yaye kuye kwenziwa uluhlu lwezityholo esidlangalaleni nangasese, zonke ezibonakala ziqhutywa ziimvakalelo kunokuba kunjalo, imeko eli nqaku ngethemba lokuba liya kunceda ukulungisa.
Urhulumente wase-Uganda ngoMphathiswa wezaMandla kunye noPhuhliso lweZimbiwa, i-NEMA, kunye ne-UWA, banike zonke iimvume eziyimfuneko kunye nemvume yokwenza uvavanyo lokomba ngaphakathi epakini njengoko imvume yokuhlola i-oli yeLifa leMveli igubungela amacandelo omhlaba wepaki yesizwe. Njengenxalenye yotyelelo kunye neentlanganiso, abathathi-nxaxheba abakhethiweyo baye bakwazi ukuhlola ezo ndawo zimbini kwaye baqinisekisa ubume bendawo ekufutshane kwaye bagweba zombini izityalo kunye nezilwanyana zasendle ezikufutshane, zonke ebeziziinyanga ezidlulileyo zixhomekeke kuqikelelo oluninzi kunye namarhe.
Nangona iindwendwe ezivela kulawulo lwesithili sase-Amuru zifike emva kwexesha, iintetho zoMphathiswa wezaMandla kunye noPhuhliso lwezeMbiwa (ukuqinisekisa utyalo-mali lwe-US $ 1 yebhiliyoni kweli candelo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku), abacebisi bokusingqongileyo abaqeshwe yiLifa leMveli, abasebenzi benkampani yeoli, kwaye ngokukodwa i-UWA yayisesendleleni yonke, nangona kwiiyure ezimbini kamva kunokuba bekucwangcisiwe ekuqaleni. I-UWA yothusa abambalwa ngenkxaso yabo ebhengezwe ngaphandle kwemiqathango yokuhlolwa kweoyile ngaphakathi “kwepaki” yabo, kodwa umdla wesizwe ngokucacileyo kufanele ukuba udlale indima ebalulekileyo ekwenzeni esi sigqibo. Ngapha koko, iLifa leMveli lithe, ngokolwazi olufunyenweyo kwisiza, ukusukela oko ukuqalisa umsebenzi kwindawo ebanzi yanikela ngesikhephe somlambo kwi-UWA, esikwaziyo ukuthwala ilori enye okanye iimoto ezimbini emva koko yongeza isithuthi se-4 × 4 kunye nezakhiwo zenkampu yomsebenzi, zonke zixabisa ngaphezulu kwe-US$200,000 – hayi kakubi, kuthathelwa ingqalelo ukuba akukho sibophelelo esinjalo ekuvunyelwene ngaso ngokwekhontrakthi ngalo mzuzu ngexesha. Ndiqinisekile ukuba i-UWA inombulelo ngezenzo ezinjalo kwaye ithe cwaka inethemba lokufumana inkxaso eyongezelelekileyo enjalo ukunceda ukusebenza kwepaki.
Ngokwemithombo esekwe kwindawo yokuhlala, bambalwa kakhulu kubaqhubi be-safari abaye bathetha ngokukodwa ngokuchasene nokugrunjwa ngaphakathi epakini, kubandakanywa nokucebisa kunye nokoyikisa ekugqibeleni ukungaphumeleli okungacacanga, ngelixa abakhenkethi ngokubanzi bebonisa umdla omncinci kulo mbandela, ngaphandle kokuba xa besenza inxeba. phezulu ngabakhenkethisi babo abahlukeneyo bekhuthaza i-ajenda yabo kunye neyomphathi wabo. Baphinda bacaphula kwaloo mithombo inye, kutyholwa ukuba yayikwangaloo ndawo ngaphambili yadubula imigama enxamnye nodlame kwiindawo zokulala ze-safari park – kuquka nokujolisa kubanini beParaa Safari Lodge besebenzisa iimvakalelo zobuhlanga – nabathe bagxila kulo mbhali. ukunika ingxelo ngeminye imiba ngokubanzi malunga neshishini lezokhenketho eUganda.
Ngoku kucetywa ukomba olongezelelweyo, kodwa njengoko iingxoxo zisaqhuba kwishedyuli yokomba, akukho msebenzi wokomba uqalileyo ngeli xesha kwaye uthintelwe kulungiselelo lwesiza. Kuyaqondwa ukuba iLifa leMveli likhetha ukuvavanya ukugrumba kwindawo enye ngelixa ngaxeshanye lilungiselela indawo elandelayo esele lifikile yokufika kwendawo yokomba, ukuze kuhambe ngokukhawuleza ukusuka kwesinye isiza ukuya kwesinye kwaye kuphume epaki kwamsinyane. I-UWA yona iye yachaza ukuba ukukhetha kwabo kuya kuba kukugrumba okukodwa, phambi kokubuyiselwa kwesiza esigcweleyo- ngengozi kuxabisa isixa esingabalulekanga se-US $500,000 kwindawo nganye - kwaye emva koko baqale umsebenzi kwenye indawo, ukushiya indawo engaphezulu yepaki ivulekele iidrives. , ngelixa kubonakala ukuba bamkela ixesha elide lomsebenzi ophakathi epakini. Itotali yeziza ezi-6 sele zivunyiwe, kwaye kunokwenzeka ukuba ezine ngaphezulu kufuneka iziphumo zenze oku kube yimfuneko, kwaye oku kubonakala kukwahlulwe ngokulinganayo phakathi komntla nasemazantsi omlambo. Ezi ngxoxo, nangona kunjalo, kuxelwe ukuba sele zigqitywe kwaye ulungelelwano ngokungathandabuzekiyo luyakufikelelwa ukulungiselela amaqela omabini. Okucacileyo nangona kunjalo kukuba amarhe angalawulekiyo, atyhola ukuba iLifa leMveli liza kugrumba kuzo zonke iziza ngaxeshanye, yintsomi nje ekhoyo, njengoko LUNYE kuphela isixhobo sokomba esikhoyo, esikwabelwana ngaso neTullow Oil (enye inkampani yokuhlola ioli esebenzisana neLifa leMveli) ishedyuli ekuvunyelwene ngayo kwangaphambili. Yiyo ke loo nto ithetha "ngeminyaka emininzi yovavanyo lokomba epakini" bubuxoki kwaye iyalahlekisa ngabom kwaye ijolise ngakumbi ekuvutheni ukungavisisani noluntu kunye nenkcaso ngokubanzi kulo naluphi na uhlobo lokuxhaphaza oovimba beoyile baseUganda, ngoku kuqikelelwa ukuba bakwi-1 + imigqomo yeebhiliyoni zeebhiliyoni zeediphozithi eziqinisekisiweyo kwaye kunokwenzeka ngakumbi njengoko kufunyaniswa okutsha rhoqo. Inkampani eneneni iqikelela ukuba kwimeko efanelekileyo, baya kudlula kwishedyuli yabo yokuvavanya phakathi kweenyanga ezi-6-9 kwaye ukuba kufuneka bazinze ixesha elide. umsebenzi kufuneka ugqitywe phakathi 9-12 iinyanga.
Ingxoxo-mpikiswano yokuba "ukuba kunjalo," nangona kunjalo, kudala yadlula kwaye ihambile - ngakumbi njengoko ilizwe lingenako ukushiya ioyile ingakhange ichukunyiswe ukuze kugcinwe kuphela iindawo ezintle zomhlaba, iintyatyambo, izilwanyana, kunye nebhayoloji eyahluka-hlukeneyo yomelele. kuyo, ngelixa ehleli kwiibhiliyoni ezininzi zeedola zase-US zexabiso leoli kwaye ngaxeshanye kuxhomekeke kwinkxaso-mali yomxhasi ukuxhasa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lonyaka. Logama nje iindlela ezingcono zamazwe ngamazwe zisetyenziswa kuzo zonke izigaba endleleni kwaye kusetyenziswa ubuchwephesha bexesha lamva nje, okoko nje amanyathelo okunciphisa okuhlolwa kweoli kunye nokuveliswa kweoyile kwiindawo ezikufuphi nezikhuselweyo kuvunyelwene ngazo kwangaphambili kwaye emva koko. kuthotyelwe ngokungqongqo, kuya kwenzeka ukuba kusetyenziswe zombini ioyile, kunye nokugcina iipaki zelizwe, iindawo zokugcina iinyamakazi, imigxobhozo, kunye namachibi apho iibloko zeoyile ezahlukeneyo ezihamba kuzo.
Enyanisweni, kulindeleke ukuba ingeniso yeoli yexesha elizayo inokuthi inxalenye yenkxaso-mali yenkxaso yolondolozo, ngakumbi kwiindawo ezichaphazelekayo. Isipho sele sisetafileni yeLifa leMveli ukuxhasa ngezimali ukuvulwa kweesekethe ezintsha zokuqhuba umdlalo kunye neengoma ngaphakathi kweMurchisons, isipho esongeziweyo i-UWA ingasamkela ngokukhawuleza kodwa imvume karhulumente yokubuyisela iindleko isaphuma ngoku kangangeenyanga ezininzi. Ngapha koko, ekuboneni iingoma ezininzi ezisingise kwiindawo zovavanyo lokomba, umbuzo usetafileni kwaye ngethemba lokuba uya kuphendulwa zizo zombini i-UWA kunye ne-NEMA, kutheni le nto ezo ngoma zintsha zinganwetshwa ukuba ziphele kumngxuma omde okanye induli ekufutshane, apho uronta wengca ofulelwe ngengca unokunika umthunzi kunye nendawo yokwenza ipikniki okanye ukutya kwasendle kubakhenkethi, njengoko kunjalo kwiipaki ezininzi zaseKenya naseTanzania. Ukususa zonke ezi ndlela zisebenzayo kunye nokuzibuyisela entlango kunokukhanyela abaqhubi be-safari ukhetho olongezelelweyo lokusa iindwendwe kwezinye iisayithi ngaphandle kweesekethe ezimbalwa, ezikhoyo ngoku ngaphakathi kwe-Murchisons. Ngokwemithombo ye-UWA uninzi lwabaqhubi be-safari baye babika ukuba bafuna ukwazi ukuba iingoma ezintsha ezithenjiswe yi-UWA ziya kufumaneka nini kwaye aba baqhubi be-safari banokunqwenela ukuwuthatha lo mbandela kwaye baphembelele olu khetho. Ukutya okucingayo kumagunya anokubakho, kwaye ngethemba ukuba bathatha isigqibo ngobulumko kulo mbuzo ngaphandle kokuchitha izibonelelo kwaye basebenzise ukucinga okunobuchule ukugcina onke amaqela onwabile.
Utyelelo olwandisiweyo kwiziza ezibini zokomba ezidala zibonise ngokucacileyo ukuba ngaphandle kwesakhiwo esincinane kwindawo nganye kuzo, efihlwe kakuhle yindlela enocango olubonakalayo kuphela apho iingcingo zokomba zitywinwe khona, akukho bungqina buseleyo malunga nezinto zamva nje. wokuvavanya ukugrumba, njengoko ingca nezinye izityalo ziye zaphinda zatyalwa kwaye zikhula, ngoku njengoko ixesha lemvula liguquguquka ngokupheleleyo. Kukho iindawo ezininzi ezingenanto ezifunyenwe kuyo yonke ipaki apho kungazange kubambe zityalo okanye apho amanzi abalekayo atshayele umhlaba ongaphezulu kunye nezityalo, kodwa iindawo apho uvavanyo lokwembiwa lwenzekile zibonakala zilungile ukuba ziphinde zikhule kwakhona - kwaye kakuhle kwiindlela ezinkulu azibonakalisi nto yomsebenzi wangaphambili kwiindwendwe ezisuka kude, naxa usebenzisa i-binoculars okanye iilensi zocingo.
UBryan Westwood, intloko yeLifa leMveli eUganda, naye wayeseParaa kwaye emazi okoko wafikayo eUganda ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1990 njengomdlali odubulayo, lo mbhaleli akanamathandabuzo ngale ngxelo yakhe ilandelayo: “Siza kwenza konke esinako yenza le ndawo ilungileyo yokuvelisa i-oli kwiLifa leMveli. Ndifuna ukubuya kwixesha elizayo kunye nabazukulwana bam, sityelele iMurchisons Falls National Park, kwaye ndibabonise into esiyenzileyo kwaye sizingce ngayo. Ndifuna ukusebenzisana nabantu abalapha ukuze kwenzeke oku.”
Ingeniso yeoli, ukuba isetyenziswe ngobulumko, inokubonelela ilizwe lonke ngamaziko ezempilo abanzi, amaziko emfundo, kunye neziseko eziphuculwe kakhulu, kuqwalaselwa umzekelo wendlela, ngokomzekelo, iNorway eyasebenzisa ngayo imithombo yeoyile etyebileyo. Kuyinyani ukuba iNorway ivakalise umnqweno wayo wokunceda urhulumente wase-Uganda ukuba aye kwicala labo kunokuba awele kwimigibe ye-booby, phakathi kwezinye, umzekelo waseNigeria nazo zonke izenzo zabo ezigwenxa ezinxulumene nazo, kwaye ngenene babelane ngobutyebi obuziswa yioyile. isizwe siphela ngokudala ixabiso elihlala lihleli kwiziseko ezingundoqo, ezempilo, nezemfundo, iintsika zempumelelo yelizwe elisaphuhlayo. Amava eNigeria kwi-delta yaseNiger kufuneka, eneneni, ibe sisilumkiso esicacileyo kwiinkampani zeoyile, ulondolozo kunye nokhenketho, urhulumente, kunye noluntu, ukuba kufuneka kuthathelwe ingqalelo kakhulu ukukhusela okusingqongileyo kunye nokunciphisa yonke imiba engalunganga yovavanyo lokomba. kwaye ngakumbi xa imveliso iqhubeka. Ukonakaliswa kwemekobume kunye nokufuduswa kwezilwanyana zasendle kwindawo ye-Niger Delta kubangele umthwalo onzima kuluntu lwengingqi kwaye kwanceda kwaye kwaxhasa ukwenziwa kweradicalization yabantu basekhaya, ekugqibeleni okubangele ukuxhwilwa, ukuthinjwa, ukubulawa, kunye nezenzo zokonakaliswa, ezingazange zibe luncedo kuluntu. izizathu ezivakalayo zabemi basekuhlaleni okanye ukuxhatshazwa okulawulwayo kwezo zixhobo zendalo. Iinkampani ze-oyile, ngokwendalo yazo, ziyishishini kunye nenzuzo, kwaye ulawulo oluluqilima lolawulo, ukubeka iliso olusondeleyo, kunye nokwakhiwa kwamaqonga okucebisa kunye nokubonisana kuya kuhamba indlela ende ukwazisa iiparameters ezibophelela ngokusemthethweni kwiinkampani zeoli, ukubonelela ngokunciphisa, uxanduva, kunye nokungafihli kunye nokuphepha ukungqubana okunokubakho kohlobo lwaseNigeria. Obu budlelwane phakathi kwe-Uganda kunye neenkampani ze-oyile zangaphandle akufuneki kwaye azinakuyekwa kwiinzame zokuzithandela kodwa kufuneka zibe kwifomathi yezivumelwano ezibophelelayo ezineziphumo ezinokulinganiswa.
Yintoni ebalulekileyo e-Uganda kukuba zombini ishishini leoyile kunye nokhenketho olusekwe kwindalo lunokuphuhla ngokudibeneyo kwaye ludlale indima kuphuhliso loqoqosho lwelizwe elizayo, kwaye akukho candelo ekufuneka lizame ukwenza ngcono kwelinye. Incoko yarhoqo kunye nonxibelelwano olunyanisekileyo luya kuhamba indlela ende ukulungisa iinkxalabo zolondolozo nokhenketho kunye nokunceda ukwenza imephu yendlela eya phambili apho amaqela omabini asebenzisanayo endaweni yokuchasana rhoqo. Amava akhoyo, ngakumbi emva kwendibano yocweyo yabachaphazelekayo kunye nolunye unxibelelwano olungqiniweyo lweLifa leMveli kunye noluntu oluchaphazelekayo nolunokuba luncedo, kunye/okanye noluntu oluchaphazelekayo, lubonisa ukuba ukuhlalisana kunye nentsebenziswano sele iyinyani ngokubhekiselele kubudlelwane kunye noluntu lwasekuhlaleni kunye nentsebenziswano esekelwe ngokubanzi, ukudibanisa ndawonye. Onke amaqela achaphazelekayo malunga nokusebenza ngokubambisana, angakuphumeza oku.
Ekuvaleni, uluvo lokugqibela: akukho nanye kwiinkampani zeoyile ezithe zafika, zivulekile, kwaye zisebenza njengeLifa leMveli, kwaye kunokuthenjwa kuphela ukuba nazo, ekugqibeleni ziza kubude obufanayo kwaye zibonise ukungafihli kunye nokuvuleleka okulinganayo xa zisebenza. uluntu ngokubanzi kunye namajelo eendaba. Ukuzigcina ziyimfihlo iinkqubano zabo ngokuqinisekileyo akuyi kuwanceda.
Kubafundi abanomdla kulwazi oluninzi malunga nesi sihloko, nceda ubhalele [imeyile ikhuselwe], ingqalelo kaJacob Manyindo Esq., yokucela ukuthunyelwa kwengxelo yakutshanje yeUganda Wildlife Society ethetha ngombandela ofanayo nalowo ukhankanywe kweli nqaku.
