- Unobhala weKhabhinethi yeKenya kwezoKhenketho kunye neZilwanyana zasendle, uNajib Balala, ucele abachaphazelekayo kwicandelo lezilwanyana zasendle kunye nolondolozo ukuba basebenzisane norhulumente ukomeleza ubuhlakani phakathi kukarhulumente namashishini abucala ekunqandeni ukungavisisani kwabantu nezasendle.
- “Amanyathelo okunciphisa exeshana. Incoko yababini ifuna ukuntywila ngokunzulu ngezemali, ukwenza imephu, kunye nokuthatha izigqibo ezingqongqo kodwa zibalulekile kulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle. Uluntu lwehlabathi maluxhase ngokupheleleyo imizamo yolondolozo lweendlovu ngazwi nangohlobo, ”utshilo uBabala.
- I-CS ithethe la mazwi izolo nge-webinar ebone ukuhlolwa kunye nengxoxo ye-'Ukuphila kwi-Edge ', ifilimu ebhaliweyo ye-Black Bean Productions ebalaselisa ubunzima be-Afrika-Indlovu.
I-webinar, eyonganyelwe liSiseko soKhuseleko lweNdlovu (EPIF) soMlawuli wezoBudlelwane bakaRhulumente, uGqr Winnie Kiiru, ibonise iingxoxo ngabantu abaziwayo bezilwanyana zasendle kunye nabenzi bemigaqo-nkqubo yolondolozo, iingcali, abatyali mali kunye nabalawuli ababandakanya:
- UNjingalwazi Lee White, i-CBE: UMphathiswa wamahlathi, iiLwandle, ezeNdalo nokuTshintsha kweMozulu, eGabon
- Greta Lori: UMlawuli woPhuhliso lweNkqubo, i-EPIF
- UGrant Burden: Umcebisi okhethekileyo kwimpikiswano yabantu, ye-EPIF
Ethetha ngexesha lewebhu, uNjingalwazi White uthe utshintsho lwemozulu luyabachaphazela abantu beendlovu ezibenza bashiye indawo yokuhlala baye kufuna ukutya kwiindawo zokuhlala abantu.
UGrant Burden kwelakhe icala, egxininise kwimfuno yokubandakanya uluntu lwasekhaya xa kuxoxwa ngezisombululo zexesha elide zeengxabano zabantu nezasendle.
Ukwakha kwingcaciso kaMnu.White, uGreta Lori waphinda wachaza ukuba utshintsho olwenzeka ebantwini, kwezolimo, kwimizi-mveliso nakwimozulu luchaphazela njani izilwanyana zasendle, kunye nesidingo sokuchaza iindlela ezintsha esinokuhlala ngazo ngoxolo nabo.
U-CS Balala ugxininise kumba wokuvalwa kweemarike zase-Ivory kwi-European Union nase Japan kuba besithi ukubakho kwezi marike sesonayikiso sikhulu kulondolozo lweendlovu.
“Ngo-2020, imikhombe eyi-0 kunye neendlovu ezili-9 zazingelwa eKenya. Eli linyathelo elihle lokugcina izilwanyana zethu zasendle. Nangona kunjalo, siphulukana nezilwanyana ezininzi ngenxa yongquzulwano lwezilwanyana zasendle kunabantu abazingelayo. Kufuneka ke ngoko siwuqwalasele lo mba ngoku kungenjalo siza kuphulukana nomoya wabantu onokuba yingozi kulondolozo lweNdlovu, ”wongeze watsho uBhala.
I-CS ithe, xa siphulukana nentando yabantu, yonke i-ajenda yolondolozo iyakulahleka. Kungenxa yoko le nto kufuneka sithathe amanyathelo ngoku, ukukhusela abantu kunye nokutyala imali kumanyathelo okuthomalalisa ukungqubana kwezilwanyana zasendle okuhlala ixesha elide nokwenza ukuba abantu bazive bekhuselekile kwizilwanyana zasendle.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- U-CS Balala ugxininise kumba wokuvalwa kweemarike zase-Ivory kwi-European Union nase Japan kuba besithi ukubakho kwezi marike sesonayikiso sikhulu kulondolozo lweendlovu.
- The CS made the remarks yesterday during a webinar that saw the screening and discussion of ‘Living on the Edge', a documentary film by Black Bean Productions that highlighted the plight of Africa's human- Elephants crisis.
- This is why we need to take action now, to protect the people and to invest into human-wildlife conflict mitigation measures that are long term and that make people feel they are protected from wildlife.
