UMongameli Ohloniphekile uYoweri Kaguta Museveni wase-Uganda uthume uthango lukagesi lokuqala lokuvimbela izindlovu Ukongiwa kwe-Uganda umlando ku I-Queen Elizabeth National Park ngo-Agasti 1, i-2019.
Uthango lwakhiwe njengongenelelo lokuqeda ingxabano yabantu nezilwane zasendle kubandakanya izindlovu ezihlaselayo ezaziwa kakhulu ngokucekela phansi izitshalo zemiphakathi eyakhelene namapaki. Isuka ku-10 km ukusuka eKyambura Gorge kuya emngceleni osempumalanga weQueen Elizabeth National Park esifundeni iRubirizi. Le phrojekthi ixhaswe yiGiants Club, okuyisinyathelo sabaphathi abane bezwe baseBotswana, eGabon, eKenya nase-Uganda ukusindisa uhhafu wezindlovu ezisele emhlabeni ngo-4.
UMongameli uncome uMnyango Wezokuvakasha, Izilwane Zasendulo Nezinto Zakudala kanye nebhodi le-Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) ngokuqalisa uhlelo lukahulumeni obelulindwe ngabomvu.
Uxwayise abantu bendawo ngokungahambisani nokongiwa kwemvelo, wathi ezokuvakasha manje zihola kakhulu kunekhofi neminye imisebenzi yezolimo yingakho abantu kumele bayeke ukucela umhlaba wepaki abazolima kuwo. Utshele lo mbuthano ukuthi uhulumeni uzolungisa uhlelo lokubiya ngogesi futhi wacela abantu ukuthi bangazingeli noma baphazamise uthango.
Ubuye waveza nezinhlelo zokufakwa kwamakhamera e-CCTV ukuze aqaphe ukubulawa kwabantu abazingela ngokungemthetho.
Ekhuluma kulo mcimbi ofanayo, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, iWildlife & Antiquities, uSolwazi u-Ephraim Kamuntu, uthe uthango luyisinyathelo sikahulumeni sokuqeda ingxabano phakathi kwezilwane zasendle nabantu. Iyasebenza ngoba izothusa izilwane zasendle ngaphandle kokubabulala.
UMongameli unikeze uNgqongqoshe ohloniphekile ukwethula amasheke abiza u-UGX 5 billion (USG 1.36 million) enza u-20% wemali etholwe epaki kule minyaka emi-2 edlule ezodluliselwa ezifundeni ezingomakhelwane.
Ngo-Ephreli 2018, amabhubesi ayi-11, afaka phakathi amawundlu angamabhubesi ayisishiyagalombili, afakwa ubuthi ngabelusi ukuziphindiselela ngokubulawa kwezinkomo zawo ngamabhubesi ngaphakathi kwepaki okwadala isiyaluyalu ezweni nangaphandle.
Eminyakeni edlule, ipaki lethule ezokuvakasha ezinamava eziholwa nguDkt Ludwig Siefert ngaphansi kohlelo i-Uganda Carnivore Programme (UCF) njengesinyathelo sokunciphisa ukungqubuzana kwabantu nezilwane zasendle. Lo msebenzi uvumela izivakashi ukuthi zisondele eduze kwezilwane, zibambe iqhaza elibonakalayo ekuqapheni izinyoni nezilwane ezincelisayo ezingaphandle zisebenzisa amadivayisi we-locator ukuze zifunde izingcingo ezijwayele ukujwayela, kanye nokuqapha indawo ezungezile, isimo sezulu, nokuziphatha kwama-mongoose namabhubesi. Ingxenye yemali engenayo isetshenziselwa ukunxephezela imfuyo yemiphakathi noma izilimo ezidliwe noma ezacekelwa phansi yizilwane zasendle.
