- Lokhu kuza ngemuva kokuthi iZRWR ne-UWA bevumelene ukuphatha ngokuhlanganyela nokuqhubeka nohlelo lokuzalisa.
- Lokhu kwenzeka ngemuva kokushiya kweRhino Fund Uganda (RFU), iNhlangano Engekho Kahulumeni ebiphethe indawo engcwele.
- La maqembu womabili asezinhlelweni zokuxoxisana ngesivumelwano sokubambisana esizokhuthaza ukuzaliswa kobhejane nokuphathwa kwemisebenzi yezokuvakasha ethempelini.
Ngokwesitatimende esihlanganyelwe esikhishwe okhulumela i-UWA uHangi Bashir futhi sisayinwe nguMqondisi oMkhulu i-UWA, uSam Mwandha, kanye no (ZRWR) uCaptain Charles Joseph Roy, uMqondisi Ophethe (ZRWR), la maqembu womabili asezinhlelweni zokuxoxisana ngesivumelwano sokubambisana lokho kuzothuthukisa ukuzalaniswa kobhejane nokuphathwa kwemisebenzi yezokuvakasha ethempelini.
I-UWA ne-ZRWR ngokuhlanganyela bazothumela abasebenzi endaweni engcwele ne-UWA ebambe iqhaza elibalulekile lokuqapha nokuphepha. I-UWA izoqhubeka nokuhlinzeka ngemisebenzi yokwelashwa kwezilwane endaweni engcwele njengoba bekwenzeka selokhu obhejane baphinde bangeniswa kuleli.
"I-ZRWR izibophezele ekuhlinzekeni umhlaba wezindawo ezingcwele kanye nezinhlelo zokuzalela nokunikeza izinhlelo zokuphatha ezinengqondo ngokwakha nokusebenzisa uhlelo lokuphathwa kwale ndawo," kusho isitatimende.
I-UWA yavala indawo engcwele ngo-Ephreli 20, 2021, isebenzisa igunya layo lokuvikela imithombo yezilwane zasendle ngokwe-Wildlife Act ka-2019. Ukuvalwa kwendawo engcwele kwaba ngumphumela wokungavumelani okungafani phakathi kweRFU nabaphathi beZRWR, abanikazi bomhlaba ku okwasungulwa indawo engcwele. Lo mehluko uholele ekutheni i-RFU inikeze abaphathi i-UWA.
I-UWA ikuqinisekisile ukuthi obhejane abakhona njengamanje abangama-33 abatholakele basesimeni esihle sempilo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ukuvalwa kwendawo engcwele kwaba umphumela womehluko ongenakulungiseka phakathi kweRFU kanye nabaphathi beZRWR, abanikazi bomhlaba okwamiswa kuwo indawo engcwele.
- "I-ZRWR izibophezele ekuhlinzekeni umhlaba wezindawo ezingcwele kanye nezinhlelo zokuzalela nokunikeza izinhlelo zokuphatha ezinengqondo ngokwakha nokusebenzisa uhlelo lokuphathwa kwale ndawo," kusho isitatimende.
- La maqembu womabili asezinhlelweni zokuxoxisana ngesivumelwano sokubambisana esizokhuthaza ukuzaliswa kobhejane nokuphathwa kwemisebenzi yezokuvakasha ethempelini.