Ukudilika kwenhlabathi okukhulu emithambekeni engezansi yeNtaba i-Elgon kubangele inhlekelele enkulu empumalanga ye-Uganda, lapho amadolobhana amathathu agqitshwa udaka lwamamitha ambalwa ukuphakama. Uphenyo olwengeziwe lwembula ukuthi lezi zindawo zokuhlala zazingaphakathi kwemingcele yepaki kazwelonke ehlukanisiwe ezindaweni lapho i-Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) yazama izikhathi eziningi ukumisa ukungenela, ukuxosha ama-squatters angekho emthethweni, nokubuyisela ukumboza kwehlathi ukuze kubambe inhlabathi ndawonye. Ukukhishwa kwabantu ezindlini kuhlulekile esikhathini esidlule ngenxa yezizathu ezahlukene, kodwa ikakhulukazi okubangelwa osopolitiki bendawo abangazibophezeli noma abafuna ipolitiki, ababekhuthaza abantu basemakhaya ukuthi bahlale ngaphakathi epaki, noma bangene epaki bayofuna umhlaba kwasekuqaleni.
Eceleni kokungena nokuhlaliswa kwabantu ngokungemthetho bekugawulwa izihlahla budedengu ukuze kugawulwe iziqephu ezincane zamapulazi, ezikhathini eziningi emithambekeni njengakuleya ndawo ekhahlamezekile, ezosetshenziswa kwezolimo. Kodwa-ke, ngokungafani nakwezinye izingxenye zezwe, akukho kumiswa kobukhulu obufanele okwenzekile, okushiya izingxenye ezifuywe zemithambeka zichayeke emigodini yemvula enamandla kanye nokuguguleka kodaka okungenzeka.
Amasonto emvula enamandla kakhulu nezinsuku zemvula enamandla ngaphambi kwale nhlekelele manje sekwenze kwacaca iqiniso elibabayo nelingathandeki lokuthi lezi zindawo zokuhlala bezisengozini yezinhlekelele zemvelo ezinjalo, futhi izakhamuzi zedolobhana kwakufanele zikhishwe lapho i-Uganda Wildlife Authority ifuna. ukwenza kanjalo, ukuvikela ipaki, ukuvikela ukumboza ihlathi, ukuvikela indawo ebamba amanzi, futhi okubaluleke kakhulu ukuvikela abantu abangena endaweni eyingozi futhi abadukiswe ukuba bahlale lapho.
I-UWA manje isixwayise ngokuthi kunezinye izingxenye zepaki, nazo ezike yangenwa futhi zabhekana nezimo ezifanayo, njengoba kungekho zihlahla ezisele ukuze zibambe inhlabathi ndawonye futhi manje zisengcupheni yokubihlika kwenhlabathi efanayo. I-Wildlife Authority inikele ngokuphana kwabahlukunyezwa yinhlekelele yaseBududa kodwa yaphinde yaveza ukuthi ukukhishwa kwezinye izindawo ezihlaselwe ngaphakathi kwesiqiwu kufanele kuqhubeke ukuze kugwenywe ezinye izinhlekelele, kunikeze indawo ephephile yokuhlala kubantu abahlala lapho ngokungemthetho, futhi ngokushesha ukubuyisela ikhava yehlathi ngokusebenzisa umsebenzi omkhulu wokutshala kabusha.
Iseluleko sochwepheshe be-UWA kufanele silalelwe. Akuzange kufike njengokucatshangelwa kwamuva futhi akuzange kunikezwe icala lokwaba kodwa ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngendawo yethu ezungezile, ukuvikelwa kombhoshongo obalulekile wamanzi, ukulondoloza izinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo ezintekenteke kanye nesimiso semvelo emithambekeni yeNtaba i-Elgon, futhi okubaluleke kakhulu, ukuvikela abantu ukuze kuzuze bona ekuweni kwezinhlekelele zemvelo zezinga elinjalo eziphindaphindwayo futhi. Abaphathi bendawo kanye nohulumeni omkhulu kufanele manje bakhiphe ngokushesha futhi bahlalise kabusha unomphela labo abahlala ngokungemthetho ngaphakathi kwe-Mt. Elgon National Park futhi banwebele lo msebenzi nakwamanye amahlathi, amapaki, neziqiwi lapho kwaqubuka khona ukuhlaliswa kwabantu ngokungemthetho esikhathini esidlule futhi kwanakekelwa ngonkulunkulu bezombusazwe. kanye nokungenelela kwabo okungacatshangwa kahle.
