I-UGANDA (eTN) - Entuthukweni ebikezelwayo, izinhlangano zomphakathi kanye nabakhulumeli bamagugu baye eNkantolo Ephakeme eKampala ukuze bamise izinhlelo zoMnyango Wezokuvakasha zokudiliza iMuseum yase-Uganda futhi esikhundleni salokho bamise i-60 - yebo SIXTY - isakhiwo sezindaba. esikhundleni salokho.
Okungenani izinhlangano ezi-4, okungenzeka ukuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi zijoyinwe ngamanye amaqembu kanye nabantu ngabanye uma icala liqulwa, bafuna isimemezelo sokumisa inkonzo ukuthi iqhubeke nomsebenzi wokulungiselela, ziyeke ziqale ukubhidliza izakhiwo ezikhona, ngenhloso yokuqeda. gcina isakhiwo esiyingqophamlando ngemuva kwenkululeko futhi silondoloze umlando namagugu ezizukulwaneni ezizayo, njengoba omunye wabathintekayo ekubeka kulo mbiko.
Lokhu kuzophinde kuxabanise ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha nabamelene nezinqumo zakhe nezinhlangano zomphakathi, okufana necala ahlulwa ngalo ngesikhathi iNkantolo eNkulu ichitha ukuqokwa kwakhe ebhodini le-Uganda Wildlife Authority ngesizathu sokuthi babengenazo iziqu ezidingekayo ngaphansi kweWildlife Act.
Icala lizolalelwa ngoMashi 21 kanti uhulumeni, osevele ethi lesi sakhiwo esisha sizothuthukisa futhi sithuthukise ingqalasizinda yase-Uganda, uzomelwa uMshushisi Jikelele ngenkathi abamangali kubikwa ukuthi bahlele ezinye zezingqondo zezomthetho zaseKampala ukuze bamise inkonzo. . Khonamanjalo, uMnyango uzamile ukushweleza umphakathi ngokuthi uzonikela ngezitezi ezimbili zesakhiwo ukuze kugcinwe imibukiso etholakala kulesi sigcinamagugu.
Abagxeki, nokho, baveze ngokushesha ukuthi iLugard Fort eyingqophamlando nayo yayizovikelwa nguhulumeni futhi ibe nencwadi yenkantolo kuyo, kodwa isadilizwa ukuze kunwetshwe i-mosque kazwelonke e-Old Kampala. Lapho ekugcineni yakhiwe kabusha endaweni ehlukile, yayingenazo izimfanelo ezibalulekile ezimbalwa, okuyenza ingabi yigugu futhi ingasenalo iqiniso. Kwesatshwa ukuthi okufanayo kungase kwenzeke ezintweni zobuciko eziyigugu nemibukiso emnyuziyamu wamanje.
Omunye umthombo ojwayelekile ongaphakathi komnyango utshele le ntatheli izolo kusihlwa ukuthi ungqongqoshe kungenzeka asho okuthile ngecala elizayo futhi, uma ukuphawula kwakhe sekubhaliwe, kuzokhishwa isibuyekezo. Kuphinde kwashiwo, ngaphandle kwerekhodi, ukuthi isicelo sakamuva samalungu eSishayamthetho SaseMpumalanga Afrika, kanye nozakwabo abambalwa abenza umthetho ePhalamende lase-Uganda, sokungaphephi uMnyuziyamu wase-Uganda siye saphazamisa ubuholi enkonzweni njengoba sidonsela ukungezwani kwendawo. , ukunakwa kwesifunda, ngisho nakwamanye amazwe ezinhlelweni zabo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Okungenani izinhlangano ezi-4, okungenzeka ukuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi zijoyinwe ngamanye amaqembu kanye nabantu ngabanye uma icala liqulwa, bafuna isimemezelo sokumisa inkonzo ukuthi iqhubeke nomsebenzi wokulungiselela, ziyeke ziqale ukubhidliza izakhiwo ezikhona, ngenhloso yokuqeda. gcina isakhiwo esiyingqophamlando ngemuva kwenkululeko futhi silondoloze umlando namagugu ezizukulwaneni ezizayo, njengoba omunye wabathintekayo ekubeka kulo mbiko.
- It was also said, off the record, that the recent demand by members of the East African Legislative Assembly, and several of their lawmaking colleagues in the Ugandan Parliament, to spare the Uganda Museum had rattled the hierarchy in the ministry as it drew additional local, regional, and even international attention to their plans.
- In a predictable development, civil society organizations and heritage advocates have gone to the High Court in Kampala to stop the plans by the Ministry of Tourism to demolish the Uganda Museum and instead put up a 60 – yes SIXTY – story building instead.
