INkantolo yeMantshi eKabale ngoJulayi 30, 2020 igwebe uByamukama Felix iminyaka engu-11 ebhadla ejele ngecala lokubulala URafiki, uSilverback weqembu leNkuringo Gorilla, nezinye izilwane zasendle eBwaindi Impenetrable National Park UByamukama uwavumile amacala amathathu abandakanya ukungena ngokungemthetho endaweni evikelekile kanye nokubulala i-gorilla yasentabeni kanye nedayiker. IMantshi eNkulu, u-His Worship uJulius Borere, yamgweba iminyaka engu-3, 5, kanye no-6 ngokulandelana ukuthi anikezwe kanye kanye.

Efayeleni lesibili, u-Byamukama uwavumile amacala okubulala ingulube yasehlathini, ukutholakala ne-pig pig nenyama yohlobo lwe-duiker agwetshwe ngayo iminyaka engu-5 ngecala ngalinye, ukugijima kanyekanye ngemuva kokudonsa iminyaka engu-6 yokuqala efayilini eyodwa. Ngakho-ke, uzosebenza iminyaka eyi-11 isiyonke.

The lesi sigameko kubikwe ngaso okokuqala eTurboNews ngoJuni 12 kanye nezindlu eziningi zabezindaba zamazwe omhlaba ezenza intukuthelo emhlabeni wonke abanye bafuna isigwebo eside.

UByamukama Felix uyisakhamuzi esigodini saseMurole, eNteko Parish, eNyabwishenya Sub County, esifundeni saseKisoro kanti waboshwa ngoJuni 4, 2020 kulandela ukushona kukaRafiki, waseSilverback weqembu lakwaNkuringo. Ngesikhathi eseshwa, watholakala ephethe inyama yengulube ehlathini kanye nezinsimbi zokuzingela ezibandakanya umkhonto, izingibe zezintambo, izingibe zezintambo, nensimbi yokuzingela izinja eyatholakala ekhaya lakhe. Ozakwabo abathathu okunguBampabenda Evarist, Museveni Valence, noMubangizi Yonasi bawaphikile amacala base begcinwa emajele aseKisoro.

UMqondisi oMkhulu we-Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), uSam Mwandha, usamukele isinqumo senkantolo wathi uRafiki uthole ubulungiswa. “Sikhululekile ngokuthi uRafiki uthole ubulungiswa, futhi lokhu kumele kube yisibonelo nakwabanye abantu ababulala izilwane zasendle. Uma umuntu oyedwa ebulala izilwane zasendle, sonke siyalahlekelwa; ngakho-ke, sicela wonke umuntu ukuthi asekele imizamo yethu yokonga izilwane zasendle esizukulwaneni samanje nesizayo, ”kusho yena. UMwandha uqhubeke wachaza ukuthi umthetho omusha (i-Wildlife Act 2019) unzima nokuthi noma ngubani othinteka ezenzweni ezingekho emthethweni zezilwane zasendle uzobhekana nolaka lomthetho.

NgoJuni 1, 2020, uRafiki kwabikwa ukuthi ulahlekile eqenjini kwathi ngoJuni 2, 2020, iqembu laqhamuka lafuna i-silverback elahlekile. Isidumbu sikaRafiki satholwa kamuva endaweni yaseHakato ngaphakathi kweBwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.

Ukudlula emhlabeni kukaRafiki kushiye isikhala emndenini wakwaNkuringo njengoba kungakaveli muntu ozothatha izintambo zokuhola uNjuringo. IRanger iqaphe iqembu lama-gorilla asezintabeni njengoba lihlala lisengozini yokuhlaselwa ngama-gorilla angahlali. Kucatshangelwa ukuthi uKhisimusi noma uPhoho uzothatha izintambo zokuhola leli qembu.

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In a second case file, Byamukama pleaded guilty to counts of killing a bush pig, being in possession of bush pig and duiker meat for which he was sentenced to 5 years on each count, to run concurrently after serving the first 6 years on case file one.
Byamukama Felix is a resident of Murole village, Nteko Parish, Nyabwishenya Sub County, Kisoro District and was arrested on June 4, 2020 following the death of Rafiki, a Silverback of the Nkuringo group.
On June 1, 2020, Rafiki was reported missing in the group and on June 2, 2020, a team mounted a search for the missing silverback.