Amalungu eSouth Coast Residents Association eKenya ebechulumancile izolo xa iNational Environmental Tribunal yawisa isigwebo ngokuchasene nokuvunwa kwesanti yendoda eyi-China Road and Bridge Corporation.
Kwesi sigwebo kwacaciswa ukuba akukho Phononongo lubanzi loVavanyo lweMpembelelo yokusiNgqongileyo kunye neNtlalo lufakiweyo kwaye ngenxa yokungabikho kokutsalwa kwesanti kwiingqaqa ngakunxweme olusemazantsi kuya kuvunyelwa.
Ubungqina obungeniswe ngabamangali bubonise ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo afanelekileyo ukuba amacandelo ommandla wolwandle sele efumene umonakalo omkhulu kwaye amanxweme anesanti akhukulisekile azala amatye kwindawo apho iinqanawa ezifunxa intlabathi ezifunxa isanti, ngokufuthi phantsi kobumnyama, zakhupha isanti ngokungekho mthethweni. .
Ngaphandle komonakalo ophumelele ibhaso kumanxweme onxweme olusemazantsi ikwangabalobi basekuhlaleni abaye babandezeleka njengoko ummandla ongqonge iindawo zokombiwa wawuzaliswe yintlenga kwaye intlanzi emva koko yafa ngomlinganiselo omkhulu, bebandeza abalobi ubomi babo kunye nomvuzo wabo.'
Ubhale uNobhala Jikelele weSCRA uNksk. Luciana Parazzi Basile kubulungu bakhe kwiphepha likaFacebook leSCRA:
'Amalungu amaninzi e-SCRA athe ngandlel' ithile asincedile ekuphumezeni olu loyiso. Ndizakube ndiqulunqa uluhlu lwala malungu ndize ndithumele kuni, kodwa okwangoku ndithanda ukubulela kunye nani nonke malungu ngokundixhasa kulo mba. Umbulelo ongazenzisiyo uya kwigqwetha lethu, uFelix Midikira, ngokukrelekrele nangokucokisekileyo nangokusifezekisa oku. Enkosi kwiRhuluneli yethu, HE Salim Mvurya obesemva kwethu neqela lakhe ingakumbi oHloniphekileyo u-Ali Mafimbo, oHloniphekileyo uAdam Sheik kunye noMnu Hamisi Mwandaro. Umnumzana Elias Kimaru we-WWF kunye ne-KCNRN, uMnu Onesmus Macharia ingcaphephe yethu ye-EIA, uMnu Casper Van de Geer iNzululwazi yethu yaseLwandle kunye noMnu Ali Mwafatina omele i-Tiwi Fishermen, bonke abathe banika ubungqina obuqaqambileyo eNkundleni.
Kwaye ngezi ndaba zimnandi kangaka, ndininqwenelela impelaveki emnandi nonke!'.
Impumelelo, eyaba ngenxa yokucwangciswa kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo inkcaso esemthethweni ngokugqibeleleyo kwizicwangciso zokukhutshwa kwentlabathi, iye yaqinisa ngakumbi abagcini bendalo kunye nabalondolozi bendalo eKenya, abafuna ukugcina i-Standard Gauge Railway ngaphandle kweNairobi National Park kunye nokukhusela IPaki yeSizwe yaseNakuru ngokuchasene nongenelelo ngabakhi beendlela ezinkulu. Ubhale umthombo oqhelekileyo, ovuyiswa ngokucacileyo luloyiso lweSCRA kwinkundla yamatyala: 'Olu hlobo lokuchaswa kwezicwangciso zengqondo zomvundla luxanduva lommi ngamnye.
Lilizwe lethu kwaye asinakukwazi ukulishiya lingamabhodlo kwisizukulwana esilandelayo. Kufuneka kubekho ingqiqo kunye nemali, njengakwiindleko zeeprojekthi ezinyukayo ngokomzekelo ukukhetha enye indlela kaloliwe, akufanele kube yeyona nto ibalulekileyo. Inkqubo ekugqibeleni ibonise ukuba isebenza xa inkundla yamisa ukuvunwa kwesanti eDiani. Ndiqinisekile ngekhulu leepesenti ukuba i-EIA ayisayi kuxhasa ukutsalwa kwesanti kwiingqaqa. Inkampani, ephantse yatyeshela inkcaso kunye nomonakalo obonakalayo owenziwe yinqanawa yabo ehlala ibuya ifuna isanti engakumbi, ngoku kuya kufuneka ifumane isanti kwenye indawo. Kuyo nayiphi na imeko, isanti yolwandle inetyuwa kwaye ayifaneleki ukwakha ngaphandle kokuba ihlanjwe kuqala kodwa ke, asinawo imithombo yamanzi yokuququzelela oko. Ndikholiswe kakhulu sesi sigwebo!'.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The success, which came as a result of organized and of course perfectly legal opposition to the sand extraction plans, has further emboldened environmentalists and conservationists in Kenya, who are also seeking to keep the Standard Gauge Railway out of the Nairobi National Park and protect the Nakuru National Park against encroachment by highway builders.
- I will be compiling a list of all these members and send to you, but in the meantime I would like to thank them and all you members for supporting me on this issue.
- Besides the damage to the award winning south coast beaches was it also local fishermen who suffered as the area around the extraction points were saturated with sediment and fish subsequently died on a large scale, denying the fishermen their livelihood and income.
