UMbutho weZizwe eziManyeneyo woKhenketho lweHlabathi (UNWTO) umcimbi wavulwa nguNdunankulu weRiphabhlikhi yaseMauritius, uPravind Kumar Jugnauth, eMauritius.
Ngokutsho kwengxelo yeendaba ekhutshwe nguGessa Simplicious, intloko yoBudlelwane boLuntu kwiBhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Uganda (UTB), igqiza lase-Uganda lalikhokelwa nguMphathiswa oHloniphekileyo wezoKhenketho kunye ne-Antiquities (uMhlalaphantsi) Col. Buttime, ohlangene neBhodi ye-UTB. UMlawuli uMnu Mwanja Paul Patrick kunye ne-CEO ye-UTB uLilly Ajarova, phakathi kwabanye. Iqela lisasaze ilizwe “Jonga iUganda, iPerile yaseAfrika” uphawu kubathunywa kwaye kwatywinwa ukuzinikela kwelizwe kukhenketho oluzinzileyo nolunoxanduva. Oku kuvule amathuba entsebenziswano yaseUganda noluntu lwabakhenkethi behlabathi.
I-Uganda iyakuqonda ukubaluleka kokwenza ulungelelwano phakathi kokukhula kokhenketho kunye nolondolozo lwendalo esingqongileyo. Ngokuthatha inxaxheba ngokubonakalayo koku UNWTO intlanganiso, i-Uganda iphinde yaqinisekisa ukuzinikela kwayo ekukhuthazeni izenzo zokhenketho ezizinzileyo ezinceda uluntu lwasekuhlaleni, ukukhusela ubutyebi bendalo, kunye nokugcina ilifa lenkcubeko.
Kumazwi akhe okwamkela, UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele uZurab Pololikashvili wathi: “Ii UNWTO I-Ajenda yeAfrika sele ilungisiwe. Umbono wethu ngokhenketho lwase-Afrika ngowolawulo oluluqilima, imfundo eyongezelelekileyo, kunye nemisebenzi engaphezulu nengcono. Ukuyiphumeza, sijolise ekukhuthazeni izinto ezintsha, ukuxhasa i-Brand Africa, ukuququzelela uhambo, kunye nokuvula ukukhula ngotyalo-mali kunye nentsebenziswano phakathi kukarhulumente namashishini abucala.
UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseUganda, oHloniphekileyo. UTom Buttime, ecaleni kwesi siganeko wachaza ukuba inxaxheba yelizwe kwi UNWTO imisebenzi ibonisa ukuzinikela okungagungqiyo kweUganda ekulondolozeni ubutyebi bayo bendalo, ukukhuthaza ukutshintshiselana ngenkcubeko, kunye nokuxhobisa uluntu lwengingqi ngokuqhelisela ukhenketho olunenkathalo. “Sichulumancile ukusebenzisana noluntu lwezokhenketho lwehlabathi kwaye sibe negalelo elibonakalayo kumbono okwabelwana ngawo wophuhliso lokhenketho oluzinzileyo,” utshilo.
Njengelungu le UNWTO, I-Uganda ikulungele ukuxhamla kwiingenelo ezininzi, ezibandakanya ukufikelela kuphando oluxabisekileyo lokhenketho kunye neenkcukacha, uncedo lobugcisa, amanyathelo okwakha amandla, kunye namathuba okunxibelelana neenkokeli zezoshishino ezivela kwihlabathi jikelele. Ukongeza, ubulungu base-Uganda buza kuqinisa isidima sayo njengendawo ephezulu yabakhenkethi, etsala iindwendwe ezingakumbi ezifuna amava angenakulibaleka.
UNWTO Idatha yamva nje ibonisa ukuba ukhenketho kwi-Afrika iphela lubuyela kumanani angaphambi kobhubhane kunye nokufika kwamanye amazwe kwi-Afrika iphela ukuya kuma-88% amanqanaba angaphambi kobhubhane ekupheleni kwekota yokuqala yalo nyaka. Ehlabathini jikelele, iirisithi zokhenketho zamazwe ngamazwe zifikelele kwi-1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zaseMelika ngo-2022, ukukhula nge-50% xa kuthelekiswa no-2021.
I-CEO ye-UTB u-Ajarova uthe: “I-Uganda iyaqhubeka nokuchacha kwimingeni ebangelwe ngubhubhani wehlabathi. I UNWTO ubulungu buya kusebenza njengesixhobo sokuvuselela icandelo lezokhenketho. ukukhuthaza ukukhula koqoqosho nokubonelela ngamathuba okuziphilisa kuluntu lwasekuhlaleni.”
Le ntlanganiso ilungelelanise indima yecandelo njengomqhubi wophuhliso namathuba kuwo wonke ummandla. Ingxoxo ekhethekileyo yanikezelwa kumathuba avela kukhenketho afana nemisebenzi kunye notyalo-mali.
Umbutho wabaSebenzi boKhenketho baseUganda Ukuqhuba uZinzo
Kwintlanganiso kaWonke-wonke yoNyaka (AGM) ye Umbutho wabaSebenzi boKhenketho baseUganda oZinzileyo kuphela (ESTOA) ebibanjwe ngoJulayi 28 kwiHotele yaseKampala Serena, amalungu asebenzise lo msitho ukuze akhuphele “iPhulo lePlastiki!” ukukhetha ukusebenzisa iibhotile zeglasi endaweni yokusebenzisa iibhotile zamanzi ezimbiwa enye. Iinjongo kukuguqula ukusetyenziswa okuqhelekileyo kweebhotile zeplastiki ezisetyenziswayo kwindawo enye ezithe zaba yingozi koomasipala basezidolophini ngokuvala imijelo yokuhambisa amanzi, ukuzalisa iingcongconi, zide ziphelele emachibini, emilanjeni, nakwimigxobhozo.
I-AGM iqale ngengxelo kaSihlalo ethiwe thaca nguSihlalo uBonifence Byamukama (i-CEO yeLake Kitandara Tours), ingxelo kaNondyebo nguYvonne Hilgendorf (u-CEO weManya Africa Tours), kunye nesiCwangciso-qhinga.
“Umbono wethu ngowokuba zonke iihotele neendawo zokulala zitshintshele kuloo nto (iibhotile zeglasi). Ngoko ke, inkampani yeebhotile i-Aquelle ebikulo msitho yeza noluhlu lweemveliso zebhotile zeglasi kunye netanki yayo enkulu ye-18 litre yamanzi enokuthi isetyenziswe kwiimoto zabakhenkethi,” utshilo uYvonne kulo mbhaleli we-ETN.
Amanye amaqabane oshishino abonise izisombululo ezikhethekileyo zokuxhasa ishishini- “My Gorilla App” kunye “noSapho lwam lweGorilla – olunika imvume yokungena kwikhaya labangaphezu kwama-50% eegorila zehlabathi eziseleyo. UCostantino Tessarrin weNdawo yokuFikela ubonise imisebenzi eqhubekayo eBugoma Forest kunye neprojekthi yokutyalwa kwemithi eyi-5-acre. U-Tinka John we-KAFRED (i-Kibale Association for Rural and Environmental Development) e-Bigodi Wetland kwimida ye-Kibale Forest National Park, uvakalise ukuba i-ESTOA ityale imithi ye-170 kunye neenkampani ezininzi zokhenketho ezithatha inxaxheba ukususela ngo-Agasti wonyaka ophelileyo.
Isiganeko sonke sathweswa isithsaba se-cocktail ye-networking event kunye nokutyhilwa kwe-ESTOAs "Hamba ibhotile ye-bamboo eluhlaza" enokuthengwa ngabaqhubi bezokhenketho kubaxhasi babo. “Sibonelele ngoluhlu lweemveliso kunye nezisombululo zawo onke amalungu ethu kwaye sinethemba lokuba iinkampani ezininzi ziya kusilandela kolu hambo,” wongeze watsho uYvonne.
Iiprojekthi zexesha elizayo ze-ESTOA ziquka ukutyalwa kwemithi ngomlinganiselo omkhulu kwiNtaba ye-Elgon ngokunjalo nolondolozo lwengonyama nolawulo lwenkunkuma e-Queen Elizabeth ngentsebenziswano ne-Uganda Wildlife Authority.
Kunyaka wayo wesibini ukusukela oko yasungulwa, i-ESTOA iqhuba ngombono wokwenza iUganda ibe ngaphezulu indawo ezinzileyo yokusingwa ngokubonelela ngeendibano zocweyo; uqeqesho; kunye noozakuzaku, imibutho engekho phantsi kukarhulumente, i-Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), kunye neBhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Uganda (UTB).
“Sizama ukufumana izisombululo kwimisebenzi yokhenketho yemihla ngemihla kunye neehotele kunye neendawo zokulala ngaxeshanye. Sikwathatha inxaxheba kuyo yonke imiboniso yokhenketho efanelekileyo ehlabathini kwaye sinika amalungu ethu iqonga lokuzithengisa. Sikwanceda ekukhupheni iilayisensi zabakhenkethi kunye ne-UTB ukuze balandele imigangatho neenkqubo zase-Uganda,” uvale ngelo uYvonne.
Kutsha nje, icandelo lezokhenketho liye lamkela izenzo ezizinzileyo kunye nenkxaso yeZiko leCBI lokuPhakanyiswa kokuThuthwa kweMpahla, umbutho oxhaswe ngurhulumente waseDatshi onomsebenzi wokuxhasa utshintsho oluya kuqoqosho olubandakanyayo kunye noluzinzileyo kunye ne-SUnx Malta, imozulu enobubele. inkqubo yohambo ukunceda icandelo lezokhenketho lwehlabathi litshintshe libe ngunothi we-GHG ekhutshwayo ngo-2050 exhaswa nguGunyaziwe woKhenketho waseMalta. Umnqweno wayo kukudala i-100,000 ye-Climate Friendly Champions ngo-2030. Isahluko sase-Uganda simelwe ngulo mbhaleli, kwaye i-ESTOA yenza indawo enkulu yokungena.
