Izindaba ezidabukisayo zivele ngempelasonto lapho uphenyo kanye nemibuzo yekomiti lephalamende iveza ukungakhokhi okuqhubekayo kwe-Uganda ezinhlanganweni ezibalulekile zezokuvakasha nezokongiwa kwemvelo.
The I-UN World Tourism Organisation manje ukweleta cishe izigidi ezingama-700 zamasheleni e-Uganda (US$325,581), anqwabelene iminyaka eminingi futhi ewuqinisekisa njalo umkhakha wezokuvakasha nguhulumeni wokuthi bazokhokha ukuze kubuyiswe ubulungu obugcwele balo mgwamanda obalulekile futhi baphinde babambe iqhaza ezinhlanganweni zabo. Ukwenza kanjalo kungasho ukufanelekela ukuthola usizo olutholakala kalula eqenjini lamazwe athuthuke kancane, okuvamise ukuba inani elikhulu lokubhaliselwe kwaminyaka yonke okukhokhelwa indikimba ye-UN.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, kutholwe ukuthi izikweletu ezinkulu ezikweletwayo sezinqwabelene kubulungu be-World Conservation Union kanye ne-CITES, elinganiselwa ezigidini ezingu-600 zamasheleni e-Uganda. Ezinye izinhlaka zezwekazi nazo zifuna isikweletu esisilele emuva. UMnyango Wezokuvakasha, Wezohwebo, Nezimboni wasola uMnyango Wezezimali ngokungawaniki imali eyanele ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nezibopho zamazwe ngamazwe zalolu hlobo, kodwa lolu hlobo lwezaba lufakwe ekomitini lePhalamende, abezindaba, imboni yezokuvakasha, kanye umphakathi wonkana isikhathi eside kakhulu, ngaphandle kwamanyathelo abonakalayo athathwayo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The Ministry of Tourism, Trade, and Industry predictably blamed the Ministry of Finance for not allocating them enough funding to meet international obligations of this nature, but this sort of excuse has been peddled to the parliamentary committee, the media, the tourism industry, and the public at large for too long now, without any visible action being taken.
- The UN World Tourism Organization is now owed nearly 700 million Uganda shillings (US$325,581), accumulated over many years and belying constant assurances to the tourism sector by government that they would pay up to restore full membership to this crucial body and resume participation in its organizations.
- Doing so would mean eligibility to receive assistance readily availed to the group of least-developed nations, which is ordinarily a great multiple of the annual subscriptions paid to the UN body.
