Umlondolozi wezilwane zasendle owaziwa kakhulu futhi usosayensi wemvelo e-Afrika, uDkt. Richard Leakey wavumbulula ubufakazi obusiza ukufakazela ukuthi isintu savela e-Afrika.
UMengameli waseKenya, uMnuz Uhuru Kenyatta, umemezele ukudlula emhlabeni kukaDkt Richard Leakey izolo eNairobi wathi usedlulile emhlabeni isazi saseKenya esidume umhlaba wonke.
UKenyatta uthe eminyakeni edlule, UDkt. Richard Leakey ukhonze iKenya ngamalengiso ezindimeni ezimbalwa zenkonzo yomphakathi phakathi kwazo njengoMqondisi WeNational Museums of Kenya kanye noSihlalo Webhodi Labaqondisi Besevisi Yezilwane Zasendle laseKenya.
"Namhlanje ntambama ngithole ngokudabuka okukhulu izindaba ezibuhlungu zokudlula emhlabeni kukaDkt. Richard Erskine Frere Leakey, owayeyiNhloko Yezemisebenzi Kahulumeni eKenya," kusho uMengameli waseKenya esitatimendeni ngeSonto.
Ngaphandle komsebenzi wakhe ovelele emsebenzini womphakathi, uDkt. Leakey uhlonishwa ngeqhaza lakhe elivelele emphakathini waseKenya lapho asungula futhi waphatha ngempumelelo izikhungo eziningi, phakathi kwazo okuyinhlangano yezokongiwa kwemvelo i-WildlifeDirect.
“Egameni labantu baseKenya, umndeni wami kanye nami egameni lami, ngithumela amazwi enduduzo nokuzwelana nomndeni, abangani, kanye nozakwabo bakaDkt. Richard Leakey ngalesi sikhathi esinzima sokulila.
"Sengathi uNkulunkulu uSomandla angawunikeza umphefumulo kaDkt. Richard Leakey ukuphumula kwaphakade," kusho uMongameli Kenyatta esitatimendeni.
U-Leakey, indodana ephakathi yezazi ze-paleoanthropologists ezidumile, uDkt. Louis noMary Leakey, bahola uhambo ngo-1970s olwathola izinto eziyisisekelo zezinsalela zasendulo ze-hominid eMpumalanga Afrika.
Ukuthola kwakhe okudume kakhulu kwatholakala ngo-1984 lapho kwembulwa uhlaka lwamathambo eHomo erectus olungajwayelekile, olucishe luphelele ngesikhathi sokumba kwakhe ngo-1984, okwaqanjwa ngokuthi uTurkana Boy.
Ngo-1989, u-Leakey waqokwa ngowayenguMongameli waseKenya, uDaniel arap Moi, ukuthi ahole i-Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), lapho ahola khona umkhankaso onamandla wokuqeda ukuzingelwa kwamazinyo endlovu okwakudlangile.
URichard Leakey, uRichard Erskine Frere Leakey ngokugcwele, wazalwa ngo-December 19, 1944, eNairobi, eKenya.
Wayeyisazi sesayensi yezinto eziphilayo saseKenya, isazi sezokongiwa kwemvelo, kanye nomuntu wezombusazwe owayenomthwalo wemfanelo wokuthola izinsalela eziningi eziphathelene nokuziphendukela kwemvelo kwabantu futhi owakhankasela esidlangalaleni ukuphathwa ngendlela efanele kwemvelo eMpumalanga Afrika.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Richard Leakey served Kenya with distinction in several public service roles among them as Director of the National Museums of Kenya and Chairman of the Kenya Wildlife Service Board of Directors.
- Ngo-1989, u-Leakey waqokwa ngowayenguMongameli waseKenya, uDaniel arap Moi, ukuthi ahole i-Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), lapho ahola khona umkhankaso onamandla wokuqeda ukuzingelwa kwamazinyo endlovu okwakudlangile.
- “On behalf of the people of Kenya, my family and on my own behalf, I send heartfelt condolences and sympathies to the family, friends, and associates of Dr.
