Amalungu eSouth Coast Residents Association eKenya abejabule izolo ngesikhathi iNational Environmental Tribunal ikhipha isinqumo esivuna wona ngokumelene nokuvunwa kwesihlabathi kwendoda eyisikhohlakali iChina Road and Bridge Corporation.
Esahlulelweni kwachazwa ukuthi alukho Ucwaningo Olubanzi Lokuhlola Umthelela Wezemvelo Nomphakathi olwaluthunyelwe futhi ngenxa yokungabikho kokudonswa kwesihlabathi emanzini asogwini oluseningizimu kwakuzovunyelwa.
Ubufakazi obulethwe abamangali bubonise ngaphandle kokungabaza ukuthi izingxenye zezixhobo zasezilwandle zase zinomonakalo omkhulu nokuthi amabhishi anesihlabathi aguguleke asala amatshe ezindaweni lapho imikhumbi edonsa isihlabathi emunca isihlabathi yayikhiphe khona isihlabathi ngokungemthetho ngaphansi kobumnyama. .
Ngaphandle komonakalo wokuklonyeliswa kwamabhishi asogwini oluseningizimu kwaba nabadobi bendawo abahlukumezekile njengoba indawo eseduze nezindawo zokumbiwa kuzo yayigcwele inhlabathi futhi izinhlanzi zabe sezifa kakhulu, zancisha abadobi indlela yokuziphilisa nemali engenayo.'
Ubhale uNobhala Jikelele we-SCRA uNkk. Luciana Parazzi Basile ebulungwini bakhe ekhasini le-SCRA Facebook:
'Amalungu amaningi e-SCRA asisize ngandlela thize ukuze sizuze lokhu kunqoba. Ngizobe ngihlanganisa uhlu lwawo wonke la malungu bese ngithumela kini, kodwa okwamanje ngithanda ukubonga wona kanye nani nonke malungu ngokungeseka kulolu daba. Ukubonga okukhulu kuya kummeli wethu, uFelix Midikira, ngokukhalipha nangokucophelela nokusizuzisa lokhu. Sibonga uMbusi wethu, HE Salim Mvurya obelokhu esemva kwethu nethimba lakhe ikakhulukazi uMhlonishwa u-Ali Mafimbo, uMhlonishwa u-Adam Sheik noMnuz Hamisi Mwandaro. UMnu Elias Kimaru we-WWF kanye ne-KCNRN, Mnu Onesmus Macharia uchwepheshe wethu we-EIA, uMnu Casper Van de Geer Usosayensi wethu Wasolwandle kanye noMnu Ali Mwafatina omele i-Tiwi Fishermen, bonke abanikeze ubufakazi obukhaliphile eNkantolo.
Futhi ngalezi zindaba ezimnandi, nginifisela impelasonto enhle nonke!'.
Impumelelo, eqhamuke ngenxa yokuhleleka nokuphikisana ngokusemthethweni kwezinhlelo zokumba isihlabathi, isiqinise izazi zemvelo kanye nabalondolozi bemvelo eKenya, abafuna futhi ukugcina i-Standard Gauge Railway ingangeni eNairobi National Park futhi ivikele umgwaqo. INakuru National Park ngokumelene nokungenelwa abakhi bomgwaqo onguthelawayeka. Ubhale umthombo owodwa ojwayelekile, ojabuliswe ngokusobala ngokunqoba kwe-SCRA esigcawini: 'Lolu hlobo lokuphikisana nezinhlelo ezinobuchopho obungajwayelekile kuwumthwalo wesakhamuzi sonke.
Yizwe lethu futhi ngeke sikwazi ukulishiya liyincithakalo esizukulwaneni esilandelayo. Kufanele kube nomqondo ophusile kanye nemali, njengezindleko zamaphrojekthi akhuphuka ngokwesibonelo ukukhetha omunye umzila kaloliwe, akufanele kube yiwona mphumela. Lolu hlelo selukhombisile ukuthi luyasebenza ngenkathi inkantolo imisa ukuvunwa kwesihlabathi eDiani. Nginesiqinisekiso samaphesenti ayikhulu ukuthi i-EIA ngeke ikuvumele ukumbiwa kwesihlabathi emanzini. Le nkampani, ecishe yanganaki ukuphikisa kanye nomonakalo obonakalayo owenziwe umkhumbi wabo ubulokhu ubuya ukuze izofuna isihlabathi esengeziwe, manje kuzomele ithole isihlabathi kwenye indawo. Kunoma ikuphi, isihlabathi sasolwandle sinosawoti omningi futhi asifaneleki ukwakha ngaphandle kokuthi siqale sigezwe kodwa-ke, asinayo nemithombo yamanzi yokwenza lokho kube lula. Ngijabule kakhulu ngesinqumo!'.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- 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.
