NgoLwesibili, mhla ziyi-10 kuZibandlela wezi-2019, i-Association of Uganda Tour Operators (AUTO) ihole inqwaba yababambe iqhaza kanye nozakwethu abavela kwezokongiwa kwemvelo, izinhlangano zomphakathi, izifundiswa, abafundi, indawo imiphakathi, kanye nabezindaba ukuthi baphinde ukugxeka kwabo izinhlelo nguHulumeni wase-Uganda zokuthi ugunyaze ucwaningo lokuthi kungenzeka yini i-360-Megawattd Hydropower Project e-Uhuru Falls ngaphakathi I-Marchison Falls National Park.

Lokhu kulandela isitatimende sabezindaba sangomhla zi-3 kuZibandlela wezi-2019 soMnyango Wezamandla Nokuthuthukiswa Kwezimbiwa lapho uHulumeni wase-Uganda aqinisekisa ukuthi usayine Isivumelwano Sokusebenzisana noM/S Bonang.

I-Energy and Power Ltd. evela eRiphabhulikhi yaseNingizimu Afrika kanye ne-Norconsult kanye ne-JSC Institute Hydro Project basebenzisana ukwenza ucwaningo olunemininingwane yokuthi kungenzeka yini uMklamo ohlongozwayo wamandla kagesi e-Uhuru Falls eseduze ne-Murchison Falls e-Murchison Falls National Park.

Ngesikhathi ekhuluma nabezindaba e-Murchison Falls National Park, u-Everest Kayondo, uSihlalo wenhlangano yabasebenzi bezokuvakasha e-Uganda wafuna ukuthi uHulumeni wase-Uganda avikele i-Uhuru ne-Murchison Falls ngenxa yemvelo yazo nenhlalo, kanye nenani lezomnotho eliqondile nelingaqondile e-Uganda.

“Izimpophoma zaseMurchison kusukela phezulu kuze kuyofika emfuleni lapho ihlangana khona neLake Albert, okuhlanganisa ne-Uhuru Falls iyindawo yase-Ramsar, eqokwe ukuba ibe semqoka emhlabeni wonke ngaphansi kwe-Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, isivumelwano sikahulumeni sezemvelo esasungulwa ngo-1971 yi-UNESCO ukuze okuyi-Uganda eyisayinile. Isiqongo salezi zimpophoma siphinde sibe nomlando obalulekile wamasiko nomlando obaluleke kakhulu emiphakathini esingethe lesi siqiwu evela ezifundeni eziningi ezakhele le paki, ehlomula ngokuba khona kwayo,” kusho uKayondo.

Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi sekuvele kwenziwa ucwaningo oluningi ukuze kugqanyiswe isimo esibucayi sale ndawo evikelekile, okuhlanganisa ne-Atlas ye-Environmental Sensitivity Atlas kaSepthemba 2017 ye-Murchison Falls National Park eyenziwe yi-Uganda Wildlife Authority, exhaswe yi-USAID kanye ne-Royal Norwegian Embassy egcizelela futhi ukuvikelwa kwalesi siza se-Ramsar. Ngakho-ke, besingekho isidingo solunye ucwaningo lwe-Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) esingatha izinhlobo eziningi ze-IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) ezisohlwini olubomvu.

I-Murchison Falls National Park ithole ukwenyuka ngo-10% esikhathini esiyizinyanga eziyi-12, okufike kwabangu-102,305 (31.4%) bazo zonke izindawo ezivakashelwe eziqiwini zase-Uganda futhi ehola zonke iziqiwu eziyi-10 ngenani lezivakashi, ngokombiko wezibalo woMnyango Wezabasebenzi. Tourism Wildlife and Antiquities.

I-Tour Operators selokhu yajoyinwa ekugxekeni isenzo sikaSomlomo wePhalamende lase-Uganda uMhlonishwa uRebecca Alitwala Kadaga obuze ukuthi kungani uNgqongqoshe Wezamandla, u-Irene Muloni, ekhethe ukwenza lesi simemezelo eMedia Centre esikhundleni sokuthi lolu daba ludingidwe ePhalamende. Nokho uNgqongqoshe wezaMandla ubengekho ePhalamende ngesikhathi ebizelwa phansi.

NgoJuni 12, 2019, i-eTN ishicilele indatshana efanayo exwayisa ngemibhikisho emikhulu yabasebenzi bokuvakasha mayelana nezinhlelo zokuqala zedamu elihlongozwayo.

Ngemva kwalokho, ngo-August, uNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha, uProf. Ephraim Kamuntu, wabiza iNgqungquthela yabezindaba ethi iKhabhinethi yathatha isinqumo ngesikhathi sayo sakamuva sokuthi ngeke kwakhiwa idamu eliphehla ugesi e-Murchison Falls National Park kuphela kamuva ukuze “adle amazwi akhe. ” emsamo ofanayo.

Okuxakayo ukuthi ngosuku olulandelayo, uNgqongqoshe kwadingeka ahambe ibanga elingamakhilomitha angama-300 ukuya entshonalanga esifundeni saseBulisa eBunyoro ukuze anikeze isheke eliyi-UGX 4.1 million (USD 1.12 million) emiphakathini eyakhele iMurchison Falls Conservation njengengxenye yokwabiwa kwemali kwaleli paki. Uhlelo lokunikela ngama-20% emali yepaki ezifundeni ezingomakhelwane ne(ama)paki.

Kodwa-ke, abavakashi basalokhu besola izinhlelo zikahulumeni, beqiniseka ukuthi umklomelo uyiMpophoma iMurchison uma kubhekwa ukuthi i-Uhuru Falls ingeyesizini ethile. Kakhulu kangangokuthi kunemisebenzi eqhubekayo yengqalasizinda engakaze ibonwe kuleli paki okuhlanganisa nokwakhiwa kwemigwaqo kuze kufike phezulu ezimpophomeni okwenza kube nezinsolo ezingaphezulu.

Itholakala e-Albertine Rift, leli paki lihlanganisa neBugungu Wildlife Reserve (474 km2) eningizimu kanye neKaruma Wildlife Reserve (678 km²) eningizimu-mpumalanga yakha iMurchison Falls Conservation Area enkulu. Imisebenzi emikhulu kuleli paki ihlanganisa ukuhamba ngezikebhe emfuleni iNayile okwethulwa ukusuka eParaa kuya ezansi kwezimpophoma, ukuqwala izintaba ukhuphukele esiqongweni sezimpophoma ezingamamitha angu-7 ububanzi, ukundiza emfuleni okuhlanganisa nokuhlangana nonogolantethe ofunwa kakhulu wase-Uganda. , imfene ilandelela eningizimu yepaki e-Kaniyo Pabidi, namadrayivu ezilwane namabhaluni omoya oshisayo ikakhulukazi engxenyeni esenyakatho.

LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:

NgoLwesibili, mhla ziyi-10 kuZibandlela wezi-2019, i-Association of Uganda Tour Operators (AUTO) ihole inqwaba yababambe iqhaza kanye nozakwethu abavela kwezokongiwa kwemvelo, izinhlangano zomphakathi, izifundiswa, abafundi, imiphakathi yasendaweni, kanye nabezindaba ukuze baphinde basho ukugxeka kwabo izinhlelo nguHulumeni I-Uganda izogunyaza ucwaningo olunokwenzeka lweProjekthi Yamandla Kagesi engu-360-Megawattd e-Uhuru Falls ngaphakathi kwe-Marchison Falls National Park.
“Izimpophoma zaseMurchison kusukela phezulu kuze kuyofika emfuleni lapho ihlangana khona neLake Albert, okuhlanganisa ne-Uhuru Falls iyindawo ye-Ramsar, eqokwe ukuba ibe semqoka emhlabeni wonke ngaphansi kwe-Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, isivumelwano sikahulumeni sezemvelo esasungulwa ngo-1971 yi-UNESCO ukuze okuyi-Uganda eyisayinile.
Imisebenzi emikhulu kuleli paki ihlanganisa uhambo lwesikebhe emfuleni iNayile olwethulwa kusukela eParaa kuya phansi kwezimpophoma, ukugibela intaba ukuya phezulu ezimpophomeni eziwububanzi obungamamitha angu-7, ukundiza emfuleni….