Ihlokondiba elikhululwe kwiveki ephelileyo ngabantu abasebenza nzima kwi-Buganda Kingdom kuluntu ngokubanzi lenze umonakalo omkhulu kwi-Uganda xa amacandelo abo ekhwaza ukuhlukumeza iindwendwe ezivela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya samazwe aphesheya njengoko iimoto zabo zokuhambisa kwakufuneka zingene embindini wedolophu ukufikelela kwiihotele zabo. Kwinkqubo, ukuphanga eminye imithwalo kwenzeka kwakhona.
Kwaxelwa nokuba abantu baseUganda base-Asiya batyholwa ngokungenasizathu ngokobuhlanga, njengokuba kunjalo ngee-muzungus okanye abantu abamhlophe abahlala eKampala. Ngapha koko, enye ivenkile enkulu yaseAsia yatshiswa yaphela kumzi ophantsi wedolophu yaseBwaise. Kucingelwa ukuba unobangela usenokuba sisenzo sokuziphindezela kuluntu lwaseUganda ngokuthembeka nokuxhasa urhulumente. Uxanduva lwezi zinto, kunye nezinye ezihambelanayo, zibekwe zema emnyango kwabo bantu bangalawulekiyo abathi baqala baxhokonxa abavukeli, abaphangi, nabaphangi ukuba baqhubeke nobundlongondlongo, kwaye amajelo eendaba alapha ashiye ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo malunga nokufutshane, okuphakathi , kunye nefuthe lexesha elide kwiziganeko zeveki ephelileyo.
Ngokuphathelele ukhenketho, omnye wabakhokeli babakhenkethi nohambo lwee-safari wathi: “Le yinto yokugqibela ebesiyifuna. Icandelo lethu liphuma nje emngxunyeni imeko yezoqoqosho kwihlabathi isibeke kulo nyaka uphelileyo. Silungiselela iphulo elikhulu kunye ne-Uganda Wildlife [iGunya] ukukhuthaza ii-primates zethu. Ukuthumela imigulukudu ezitratweni ukudala isiphithiphithi kwimiba emincinci kuye kwayonakalisa kakhulu ukhenketho. Ukwenza abakhenkethi kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ukuba bashiye iimoto zabo kwaye bahambe phakathi kwezihlwele ezinomsindo kwaye baphange ezinye zeengxowa zabo phantse kufana nokungcatsha ukhenketho. Ndiyambongoza urhulumente ukuba asincede ngoku ngenkxaso mali engaphezulu yokunyusa kwaye sigcine izitalato zethu zikhuselekile. ”
Ngeli xesha, ezinye izikhululo zikanomathotholo zakhutshwa emoyeni ukuze ziqhubeke nokukhuthaza amahlelo, athi omnye umthombo osondeleyo kule kholomu wabonisa ukufana kusasazo lwangaphambi kokubulawa kwabantu eRwanda ngo1994, olukhokelele kumanani amakhulu abemi bawo emva koko bathatha krwada. iingalo ngaphambi kokuya kubulala. Ndwendwela www.newvision.co.ug ngolwazi oluhlaziyiweyo malunga neUganda.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The responsibility for these, and related developments, have been laid squarely at the doorstep of those irresponsible hotheads who initially incited the rioters, hooligans, and looters to go on a rampage, and the local media left no doubt about the short-, medium-, and long-term implications of last week's events.
- Meanwhile, some radio stations were taken off the air for continued sectarian incitement, which one source close to this column claimed to have shown similarities to the pre-genocide broadcasts in Rwanda in 1994, which led to large sections of its population then taking up crude arms before going on a killing spree.
- The mob let loose last week by Buganda Kingdom hardliners on the general public also caused yet more damage to Uganda's reputation when sections of them shouted abuse at visitors coming from the international airport as their transfer vehicles had to enter the city center to reach their hotels.
