I-Maasai yaseTanzania ilahlekelwa yicala lasenkantolo mayelana namalungelo okulawula umhlaba wezilwane zasendle

AmaMaasai asole abantu baseTanzania ngokuklanywa kwezilwane zasendle nezicebi ezizingela izivakashi eLoliondo Game Controlled Area. 

Ngaphambilini imiphakathi yamaMaasai yayifake isicelo somthetho, ifuna amalungelo okuvimba uhulumeni waseTanzania ohlelweni lwakhe oluqhubekayo lokuthuthukisa izindawo ezintsha zezokuvakasha ngokuklanywa kwendawo yezilwane zasendle ukuze kuthuthukiswe ezokuvakasha.

NgoLwesihlanu kuleli sonto, inkantolo yesifunda sase-East Africa inqume ukuthi isinqumo seTanzania sokuvala umhlaba obangwayo ukuze kuvikelwe izilwane zasendle sisemthethweni, nokujeqeza abafuyi bamaMaasai abebesiphikisa lesi sinyathelo, kusho abameli ababili bomphakathi.

Kepha uhulumeni uzichithile lezi zinsolo, ethi ufuna "ukuvikela" indawo engamakhilomitha-skwele ayi-1,500 (580 square miles) emisebenzini yabantu.

Abafuyi bomdabu baseMaasai bacele, ngabameli babo, inkantolo yaseMpumalanga Afrika ukuthi imise umsebenzi kahulumeni waseTanzania wokuklama iLoliondo Game Controlled Area ukuze kugcinwe ukongiwa kwezilwane zasendle kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha endaweni.

Ibhentshi lamajaji amathathu lisichithile isicelo sezomthetho semiphakathi yamaMaasai ngaphandle kwesinxephezelo esivela kuhulumeni waseTanzania njengoba ingazange ilahlekelwe yimpahla futhi akekho noyedwa kulaba bantu owalimala ngesikhathi sokuklanywa kwemingcele. Ngokuphambene, ayikho imindeni yamaMaasai eyaphoqeleka ukuba iphume kule ndawo. 

ITanzania ivumele imiphakathi yamaMaasai ukuthi ihlale ngaphakathi kwe-Ngorongoro Conservation Area, indawo ye-UNESCO World Heritage site kanye ne-hotspot yezivakashi e-Afrika.

Inani labantu elikhulayo le Abantu baseMaasai kanye nokungena ezindaweni ezihlala izilwane zasendle kuye kwaphakamisa ukukhathazeka kwamazwe ngamazwe, okwenza uhulumeni waseTanzania akhuthaze abelusi ukuba bafune ingcebo yabo yokuphila kwezinye izingxenye zeTanzania ngokusekelwa uhulumeni. 

Kusukela ngo-1959, inani labafuyi abangamaMaasai abahlala eNgorongoro selikhule lisuka ku-8,000 laya kwabangaphezu kuka-100,000 kulo nyaka.

Imfuyo isikhule yaba ngaphezu kwesigidi, okucindezela indawo yokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle kanye nendawo yezivakashi.

Isungulwe ku-2001, the INkantolo Yezobulungiswa yaseMpumalanga Afrika usebenzela amazwe ayisikhombisa angamalungu e-East African Community (EAC) bloc: iTanzania, iKenya, i-Uganda, iBurundi, iRwanda, iSouth Sudan, neDemocratic Republic of Congo.