Isayithi leRamsar ku- UMfula iKatonga e-Uganda kusengozini enkulu ngabatshalizimali ababuyisa le ndawo engamaxhaphozi ukuze kwakhiwe ifektri ezokwakhiwa yinkampani yaseChina.
A Isiza seRamsar kuyindawo yamaxhaphozi ekhethwe ukuthi ibaluleke emhlabeni jikelele ngaphansi kweSivumelwano saseRamsar. I-Convention on Wetlands, eyaziwa nge-Ramsar Convention, iyisivumelwano semikhakha engaphansi kohulumeni esasungulwa ngo-1971 yi-UNESCO edolobheni laseRamsar elise-Iran.
Kutholakala endaweni enamachibi e-Lake Victoria, le ndawo eyixhaphozi ibhalwe ku-River Information System (RIS) ukusukela ngonyaka we-2006 njengendawo yesiza engu-1640. Inobude obude obuncane obusuka emaphethelweni eMasaka, eNabajjuzi Wetland System, kuye enkabeni enkulu Uhlelo loMfula iKatonga.
Inikeza indawo yokuzala i-mudfish ne-lungfish, futhi isekela nezinhlobo zezinyoni ezisongelwa umhlaba wonke kanye ne-Sitatunga esengozini. Le ndawo yakwaRamsar ilele esifundeni sendabuko saseBuddu soMbuso waseBuganda, kanti ezinye zezitshalo nezilwane zihlobene kakhulu namasiko namasiko, ikakhulukazi ama-totems.
Ukutholakala okuphazamisayo kokwakhiwa kwefektri kwaziswa umphakathi kulandela ukuqubuka kwezinkundla zokuxhumana nguJude Mbabali onguSihlalo wesiFunda sesifunda saseMasaka lapho uhlelo lwamaxhaphozi lutholakala kancane.
USihlalo uthe: “Ngishaqekile namhlanje ekuseni ngishayela ngiya eKampala (ngakuMasaka Road) ukubona ingxenye yalo mfula eduze kwebhuloho eKayabwe igcwele umhlaba wokubuyisa umhlaba wokwakhiwa kwefekthri. Lokhu akukhona esifundeni sami, ngakho-ke, anginamandla okuphatha, kodwa ngazizwa ngikhathazekile, ngama, ngahambahamba ukuze ngibone kahle ukuthi kwenzekani.
"Ngesikhathi ebuzwa ukuthi amaphoyisa anikezwe umsebenzi wokuqapha le ndawo athi le ndawo ngeyenkampani yamaShayina nokuthi bamane batshala ukuthi bayigade."
Usihlalo obambe ongezansi ukhalile wathi: “IPhalamende lisanda kuphasisa uMthetho Kazwelonke Wezemvelo wezi-2019 ikakhulukazi ngaphansi kwesigaba 52 (a) ukuhlinzekela izindaba ezivelayo zemvelo ezibandakanya ukuvikelwa kwamabhange emifula namachibi emisebenzini yabantu okungenzeka ukuthi kuthinte kabi imifula, amachibi nabaphilayo. izidalwa ezikulo. Lo Mthetho uphinde wadala izinhlawulo ezithuthukisiwe zamacala aphathelene nobubi. Kepha iziphathimandla ezithintekayo azisafuni ukwenza umsebenzi wazo ngaphandle kwalo mthetho omuhle onikeza nezijeziso ezinzima.
Kusukela lapho, iNational Environment Management Authority (NEMA) - uhulumeni kahulumeni ogunyazwe ukuba avikele futhi aphathe imvelo - ukhiphe isitatimende ngoSepthemba 29 ephendula lo mbhalo owenza imijikelezo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana.
Bayakuvuma ukuthi inkampani yaseChina yathola umhlaba ongamahektare angama-40 eKayabwe, esifundeni saseMpigi, eMwebasa eyodwa futhi yafaka isicelo sokusebenzisa lo mhlaba ukwakha izindlu zokugcina impahla. Ithimba labahloli abavela kwa-NEMA livakashele isiza futhi lathola ukuthi amahektare ayisithupha kuphela omhlaba awomile ngenkathi amanye engenawo. I-NEMA ikhiphe imvume yomsebenzisi nokuvunyelwa kwenkampani ekhawulela imisebenzi kumahektare ayi-6 omhlaba owomile kuphela.
Ukulandela isexwayiso esivela kumpempe (uSihlalo), i-NEMA ihlole indawo yathola ukuthi unjiniyela wenza imisebenzi engaphezu kwamahektare ayisithupha agunyaziwe omhlaba owomile. I-NEMA ibe isikhipha isaziso sokwenza ngcono kunjiniyela, yabayala ngokusemthethweni ukuthi basuse inhlabathi elahliwe, futhi bayeke yonke imisebenzi eyenzeka ngaphandle kwendawo evunyelwe.
Ithimba elivela kwa-NEMA selivakashele lesi siza lathola ukuthi isexwayiso nesaziso sokwenza ngcono sasinganakwa. Le nkampani iqhubekile nokulandela ukusetshenziswa komhlaba ongaphezu kwamahektare angama-40 ngokungena emgxobhozweni.
“Ngokunaka isexwayiso sangaphambilini…,” isitatimende sifunda okuyingxenye: “… manje sesiqale inqubo yokwenza izinyathelo zokujezisa inkampani, kubandakanya ukukhanselwa kwemvume yokusebenzisa, ukuboshwa kwabanikazi, ukushushiswa ezinkantolo zomthetho, kanye nokubuyiselwa kule ndawo eyehlisiwe ngokwezindleko zabo. ”
Umphakathi uhlala ungabaza ukuthi kungani uhlala uthatha impempe ngaphambi kokuthi kuthathwe izinyathelo. Ixhaphozi laseLweera ngokwesibonelo libuyisiwe ngelayisi elikhuliswa ngomunye umtshali-zimali waseChina ongaphansi kwekhala le-NEMA namanye amaxhaphozi amaningana eNsangi, eKyengeera, naseLubigi bonke abangaphakathi kwendawo efanayo ebingenelwe.
Usihlalo uMbabali unconywe ngesenzo sakhe yiNEMA, abezemvelo kanye nomphakathi wonkana ngesenzo sakhe.
