UNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha wase-Uganda, uMhlonishwa uMaria Mutagamba, wethule iSu Leminyaka Eyishumi Likazwelonke Lobhejane enhlokodolobha yezwe, iKampala, izolo. Lokhu bekusekuqaleni kwezingxoxo zezinsuku ezintathu ebezibanjelwe e-Kampala Sheraton Hotel eziheha ongoti bezimboni endaweni, kanye nabahlanganyeli abavela esifundeni naphesheya kwezilwandle.
Ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, lapho amathafa ase-Afrika ekhanga uthando lwabahloli bamazwe basentshonalanga, i-Afrika yabamba izikhulu zezwe ezidumile kuhlanganise noMongameli waseMelika kanye nesazi semvelo uTheodore Roosevelt kanye noSir Winston Spencer Churchill, uNdunankulu waseGreat Britain kanye neqhawe labo uhambo lwabo U-Afrika ugqugquzele incwadi yakhe ethi, “My African Journey.”
Ekhasini lesembozo wukubona kwakhe ekunqobeni, phezu kobhejane ongaphili owathathwa ngo-1907 e-Ajai Wildlife Reserve, etholakala eNyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Uganda, okuyisandulela esingenangqondo sekusasa labo eliseduze.
Ngemva kweminyaka eyishumi nengxenye ngo-1924, isihloko sephephabhuku leZoological Society of New York sasizodonsela ukunaka engozini yokushabalala kobhejane abamhlophe basenyakatho lapho kwaqala khona imizamo yokusindisa obhejane ekuqothulweni.
Ngo-1951, inani lobhejane abamhlophe bebonke esifundeni saseWest Nile lalilinganiselwa ukuthi selikhuphuke lafinyelela kubantu ababalelwa ku-300 futhi lafinyelela cishe kuma-350 ngo-1955.
Ngokudabukisayo, izimpi ezilandelanayo ngeminyaka yawo-1970 kanye nama-80s zaholela ekuqothulweni okungokoqobo kobhejane abamhlophe e-Uganda. Ubhejane omhlophe wasenyakatho wagcina ukubonakala ngo-1982 e-Murchison Falls National Park, kanti ubhejane wokugcina omnyama wasempumalanga wagcina ukubonakala ngo-1983 eKidepo Valley National Park.
Kodwa-ke, ngemizamo eqinile kahulumeni wase-Uganda kanye nokwesekwa kwe-World Wildlife Fund (WWF), i-Ministry of Tourism Wildlife and Antiquities (MTWA) ibeke uhlaka oluqinile lwezomthetho kanye nesu lokongiwa kobhejane elisekelwe kulokhu:
- Ukuqondanisa noMthethosisekelo wase-Uganda wango-1995 phakathi kokunye ogunyaza umbuso kuhlanganisa nohulumeni basekhaya ukuthi bakhe futhi bathuthukise amapaki kazwelonke, izindawo zokulondoloza izilwane zasendle, nezindawo zokungcebeleka kanye nokuqinisekisa ukongiwa kwemithombo yemvelo.
- Ukuqondisa kanye nokuhlinzeka ngomkhombandlela wokongiwa nokuphathwa kobhejane e-Uganda
– Ukuhambisana Nenqubomgomo Yezilwane Zase-Uganda Yowezi-2014
- Ukuqondanisa Nohlelo Lwesu Le-UWA 2013-2018
- Futhi ukufuna ukusekelwa kwezobuchwepheshe, kwezezimali, kanye nezinto ezibonakalayo kokubili endaweni, esifundeni, nasemhlabeni jikelele okuhloselwe ukongiwa kobhejane e-Uganda
Ungqongqoshe ohloniphekile uzwakalise ukubonga kukahulumeni kulabo abasungula i-Rhino Fund Uganda (RFU) ngoMeyi 1997; URay Victorine kanye noDkt. Eve Abe imizamo yabo yokubuyisela uRhino e-Uganda yaba nesandla ekuqedeni ukushabalala koRhino okwahlupheka phakathi neminyaka yokungavikeleki.
“Kungenxa yalesi sizinda lapho izwe seliqale phakathi kwezinye intuthuko, izinhlelo zokuphatha eziqondene nezinhlobo zezilwane kanye namasu okuqinisekisa ukuthi ukongiwa kwemvelo kuhambisana nezindlela ezihamba phambili zesifunda nezamazwe ngamazwe. Lokhu kufaka phakathi i-Shoebill Action Plan kanye ne-Crested Crane Action Plan. Ngakho-ke, ukuthuthukiswa kweQhinga likaRhino kusesikhathini futhi kuhambisana nalezi zinhlelo eziqondene nezinhlobo zezilwane.”
Enkulumeni yakhe yokwamukela, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-Uganda Wildlife Authority, uDkt. Andrew Seguya, uthe: “I-Uganda njengezwe lobhejane iyilungu le-East Africa Rhino Management Group (ERMG) kanye ne-African Rhino Specialist Group (AfRSG). ) futhi uyakuthokozela ukuthatha isikhundla sakhe esifanele nokuphatha obhejane ngokuhambisana namazinga aphezulu nemigomo yeqembu. Ukuthuthukiswa kanye nokuqaliswa kwe-National Rhino Strategy yase-Uganda kuqondiswa yizo zombili i-Uganda Wildlife Policy 2014 kanye ne-Uganda Wildlife Act Cap 200 of 2000, ngokwengxenye, egunyaza uMqondisi oMkhulu ukuthi enze izinhlelo zamasu zokuqondisa iSiphathimandla ekufezeni izinhloso zaso. .”
Izinkinga eziyinhloko okubhekwana nazo zihlanganisa: Ukulahlekelwa nokuguqulwa kwendawo yokuhlala, ukuphepha, ukuzingela ngokungemthetho, izimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe kanye ne-geopolitics, izifo kanye nezinye izinselele zezempilo, ukucindezeleka kwe-inbreeding, ukungqubuzana kwezilwane zasendle, uwoyela, ingqalasizinda kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha.
Mhlawumbe uChurchill kanye noRoosevelt bangase bakhululwe ngokuhluleka ukubikezela iziMpi Zomhlaba ezimbili ingasaphathwa emashumini eminyaka kamuva ukuthi obhejane babezoqothulwa e-Uganda.
Imizamo yokuhlenga phansi, nokho, isiqala ukuthela izithelo, ngoba ngaphansi kwe-Rhino Fund Uganda eholwa ngu-Angie Genade, i-Uganda izalanisa obhejane bayo abasha abafinyelela kwabayishumi nesithupha okuhlanganisa nababili e-Uganda Wildlife Education Centre e-Entebbe kanye nabanye eZiwa Rhino. Indawo engcwele lapho kulindeleke ukuzalwa okwengeziwe kulo nyaka.
Itholakala amahora amabili ukusuka enhloko-dolobha, eKampala, iZiwa Rhino Sanctuary iyindawo ekahle yokumisa izivakashi ezihamba noma ezibuya eMurchison Falls noma eKidepo Valley National Parks, ngekhefu langempelasonto noma uhambo lokuyolandela izilo ezingamathani amabili. I-Amuka Lodge eyakhelwe ngaphakathi kwendawo engcwele ihlinzeka ngendawo yokuhlala yezivakashi.
Indawo engcwele iphinde ibe nezilwane eziningi ezihlala izinyoni ezihlanganisa indawo yokuhlala ku-Shoebill Stork, i-oribi, i-bushbuck, i-Uganda kob, imvubu kanye nezinhlobo ezingu-15 zezilwane ezincelisayo. Izinkomo ezinezimpondo ezinde eziphuma emiphakathini eyakhelene nazo zinikezwe amadlelo yisikhondlakhondla ngokubambisana nabelusi bendawo abafuywayo izinkomo zabo kanti bona basiza ekulondolozeni utshani.
Emashumini eminyaka azayo, kwethenjwa ukuthi obhejane bazobuyiselwa endaweni yabo yokuqala, mhlawumbe lapho isipoki sikaChurchill sisalokhu siqapha amathafa angenalutho ase-Ajai, eminyakeni engamashumi amahlanu ngemuva kokushona kwakhe.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “Uganda as a rhino range state is a member of both the East Africa Rhino Management Group (ERMG) and the African Rhino Specialist Group (AfRSG) and is delighted to take her rightful position and manage rhinos in accordance with the highest levels of standards and ideals of the group.
- The development and implementation of the National Rhino Strategy for Uganda is guided by both the Uganda Wildlife Policy 2014 and the Uganda Wildlife Act Cap 200 of 2000 that, in part, mandates the Executive Director to develop strategic plans to guide the Authority in achieving its objectives.
- Ngemva kweminyaka eyishumi nengxenye ngo-1924, isihloko sephephabhuku leZoological Society of New York sasizodonsela ukunaka engozini yokushabalala kobhejane abamhlophe basenyakatho lapho kwaqala khona imizamo yokusindisa obhejane ekuqothulweni.
