Oyena mlondolozi wezilwanyana zasendle waziwayo nososayensi wendalo eAfrika, uGqr. Richard Leakey uye wafumana ubungqina obunceda ekuqinisekiseni ukuba uluntu lwabakho eAfrika.
Umongameli waseKenya, umnumzana Uhuru Kenyatta, ubhengeze ukubhubha kukaGqirha uRichard Leakey izolo eNairobi watsho ukuba ubhubhile emhlabeni wonke ipaleoanthropologist yaseKenya kunye nolondolozo lwendalo.
UKenyatta uthe kule minyaka idlulileyo, UGqr. Richard Leakey ukhonze iKenya ngokwahlukileyo kwiindima ezininzi zenkonzo yoluntu phakathi kwabo njengoMlawuli weeMyuziyam zeSizwe zaseKenya kunye noSihlalo weBhodi yeNkonzo yeZilwanyana zaseNdle yaseKenya yaBalawuli.
“Ngale mvakwemini ndifumene ngosizi olukhulu iindaba ezilusizi zokusweleka kukaGqr. Richard Erskine Frere Leakey, owayesakuba yiNtloko yeNkonzo kaRhulumente yaseKenya,” utshilo uMongameli waseKenya kwingxelo yangeCawe.
Ngaphandle komsebenzi wakhe obalaseleyo kwinkonzo karhulumente, uGqr. Leakey ubhiyozelwa ngendima yakhe ebalaseleyo kuluntu lwaseKenya oludlamkileyo apho waseka waza waqhuba ngempumelelo inani lamaziko, phakathi kwawo umbutho wolondolozo lwendalo iWildlifeDirect.
“Egameni labantu baseKenya, usapho lwam kunye nesiqu sam, ndithumela uvelwano olusuka entliziyweni novelwano kusapho, izihlobo, kunye namaqabane kaGqr Richard Leakey ngeli xesha linzima lokuzila.
“Ngamana uThixo uSomandla angawunika umphefumlo kaGqr Richard Leakey ukuphumla kwanaphakade,” utshilo uMongameli Kenyatta kwingxelo.
U-Leakey, unyana ophakathi weengcali ze-paleoanthropologists, uGqr. Louis noMary Leakey, bakhokela uhambo ngo-1970s oluye lwafumanisa izinto zakudala ze-hominid eMpuma Afrika.
Okona kudumileyo ukufunyanwa kwakhe kwafika ngo-1984 ngokutyhilwa kwethambo lamathambo iHomo erectus engaqhelekanga, ekufutshane-epheleleyo ngexesha lokugrunjwa kwakhe ngo-1984, elalibizwa ngokuba yiTurkana Boy.
Ngo-1989, uLeakey wonyulwa ngowayesakuba nguMongameli waseKenya, uDaniel arap Moi, ukuba akhokele i-Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), apho wayekhokele khona iphulo elinamandla lokuyekisa ukuzingelwa ngokungekho mthethweni kweempondo zendlovu.
URichard Leakey, uRichard Erskine Frere Leakey ngokupheleleyo, wazalwa ngoDisemba 19, 1944, eNairobi, eKenya.
Wayeyingcali yenzululwazi ngendalo yaseKenya, umlondolozi wendalo, kunye nopolitiko owayenoxanduva lokufunyanwa kwefosili eninzi enxulumene nendaleko yabantu nowayekhankasele esidlangalaleni ulawulo olunoxanduva lokusingqongileyo eMpuma Afrika.
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