Mukushambadzira mu "The New Vision" mazuva ese neElectricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) musi wa7 Chikumi, chiziviso chechikumbiro chakatarisirwa chezenisi kubva kuBonang Power and Energy (Pty) South Africa Limited chakapihwa, zvichiratidza chinangwa chavo chekuvaka hydropower dhamu padyo neMurchison Falls mudunhu reKiryandongo neNwoya.
Vachitsigirwa neBhodi neUganda Yevashanyi Mutevedzeri weMutungamiri uye Munyori Mukuru weUganda Safari Guides Association, Herbert Byaruhanga, Sachigaro weAUTO Everest Kayondo akashoropodza kushambadza mumashoko evatori venhau akaburitswa kuHotel Africana musi wa11 Chikumi, 2019. Akazivisa zvakare kuti Sangano yakashandirawo Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) nechiziviso chekupokana.
“Sezvo nyaya iyi yakasimbisa zvikuru uye yakakonzera kushushikana kukuru pakati pevemabhizimusi ezvekushanya, vane chekuita nevechidiki vanoshandirwa imomo, vari kutimanikidza kuti tiite kuratidzira murunyararo munyika yese; hapana chatingaita kunze kwekuenderera mberi sezvavanoda, hatifanirwe here kunzwa kuHurumende nezveminamato yedu mukati memasvondo maviri kubva nhasi, ”akadaro Kayondo.
"Takamirira Board, Management nenhengo dzese dzeAssociation of Uganda Tour Operators (AUTO) tinoshora kuvakwa kwedhamhu remagetsi rinozongodzikisira kuedza kwevashandi vekushanya nevamwe vanoita zvekushanya kushambadza nyika uye kukwezva vashanyi kuUganda, uye huipi hwakadai hunokanganisa chokwadi chekuti vashanyi vazhinji vanouya kuUganda, kunyanya nekuda kwechimiro chayo, ”akawedzera sachigaro.
Zvimwe zvirevo zvakaitwa neAUTO zvinosanganisira kukumbira Mutungamiriri wenyika, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, kuti vazivise pachena kumisa chirongwa ichi chinokuvadza, kuti Hurumende yeUganda itange kukurudzira nyika yose nezvekukosha kwekuchengetedza ramangwana reUganda, kutanga nevakuru vakuru mu chikamu cheveruzhinji, uye kupa mari yakawanda kune yekuchengetedza, kusimudzira kusimudzira nekusimudzira zvakasiyana siyana zvinokwezva nyika.
Brian Mugume, nhengo yeBhodi, akaona kuti nyika zhinji dziri kugadzira zvinokwezva zvakagadzirwa nevanhu, asi Uganda iri kuparadza zvinokwezva zvayo.
Mutauriri weUganda Wildlife Authority, Bashir Hangi akapika kunyorera ERA zviri pamutemo achitaura kuti, zvichitarisirwa nemakorokota akapiwa mushambadziro, chirongwa ichi chinowira mukati meMurchison Falls. Achishora kushambadzira, akati magetsi haafanire kuuya nekushayisa runako rweUganda runounza mari.
Zvemagariro venhau vakabva vatoshora ERA nekutobvuma kuisa kushambadza. Sekutaura kweMutauriri weRAA, Julius Wandera, kushambadza kuri mukati memitemo yemutemo sezvo ziviso iri pasi pekutenderwa neruzhinji mukati memazuva makumi matatu.
"Uku ndiko kupenga," akatumira pane yake Facebook peji Uganda Tourism Board CEO Lily Ajarova. "Ndiani mupfungwa dzavo chaidzo angade kuparadzwa kweMurchison Falls…. Iyo ecosystem yeMurchison Falls ine zvese zviripo uye zviri panjodzi zvipenyu zvekuti Kana ikaparadzwa haingogumiri nyika yese chete asi nharaunda yepasi rose nekutsakatika kwemarudzi, shanduko yemamiriro ekunze, pakati pevamwe. Pane mikana yekusimudzira 'Murchison Falls haifanire kuparadzwa. ”
Chikumbiro chepamhepo ne hashtag #savemurchisonfalls chakapfuura mucherechedzo wechi9000 nevezvematongerwo enyika, vatungamiriri vetsika uye huwandu hwevanhu, mukubatana kushora hurumende nekuparadza tsika dzenharaunda.
"Mushure mekunge tasvika zviuru gumi, tichaenda kukumbira Mutauriri weParamende, tichakumbira Prime Minister neMutungamiriri," VaAmos Wekesa, hunhu hwemaindasitiri uye muridzi we "Uganda Lodges", avo vakavimbisa kupfekenura vasina kupfeka muterevhizheni. hurukuro paNTV (Nation Television). "Zambia kana Zimbabwe hazvingambofunge kupa Victoria Falls sezvo Canada isingazomboparadza Niagara Falls," akadaro Amosi achiratidza kushatirwa.
Murchison Waterfalls, kubva kumusoro zvese nzira kusvika kudelta pakabatana kwayo neLake Albert kusanganisira Uhuru Falls, inzvimbo yeRamsar, yakasarudzwa kuve yakakosha pasirese pasi peRamsar Convention on Wetlands; chibvumirano chekudyidzana kwezvakatipoteredza chakamisikidzwa mu1971 neUNESCO, iyo Uganda yakasainawo.
Chikamu chekushanya chakatemerwa neHurumende yeUganda seimwe yezvikamu zvishanu zvakakosha-zvekusimudzira hupfumi hwenyika muNational Development Plan II. Vafambi vekushanya vanoshamisika kuti hurumende imwechete inogona kupesana neshoko rayo uye kuparadza chikamu ichi chinokwezva mari yekunze yakakura?
Tourism Sector Annual Performance Report FY 2017-2018 inoratidza kuti mukati memakore gumi apfuura, vashanyi vakapinda muUganda vakawedzera zvishoma nezvishoma kubva pa10 muna 850,000 kusvika vanopfuura mamirioni 2008 muna 1.4. Muna 2017, Tourism yakaramba ichitungamira mari yekunze. kuhupfumi hweUganda nekugadzira USD 2017 bhiriyoni uchienzaniswa neUS $ 1,453 bhiriyoni muna1,371.
Mupiro wakananga wekushanya muUganda unoyerwa muchimiro chemupiro weGDP we10% pamwe nebasa chairo rinonyanya kuvakadzi nevechidiki mumahotera, makambani ekushanya, vamiriri vezvokufambisa, ndege uye mamwe mabasa ekufambisa vanhu. Izvo zvakare zvinoyerwa zvisina kunangana maererano neakasiyana mapato anobatsira zvisina kunangana kubva pakuiswa pamwe neakasiyana kukosha kwayo cheni.
Sekureva kwenhamba yezvinyorwa zve Ministry of Tourism Wildlife and Antiquities, Murchison Falls National Park yakagamuchira kuwedzera kwe10% mukati memwedzi gumi nemaviri, ichiraira kusvika ku12% yenzvimbo dzese dzekushanya mupaka muUganda uye zvichitungamira mapaka gumi emunyika. nhamba.
Saka zvinokonzeresa kurasikirwa kuvaridzi veUganda vezvemabhizimusi ekushanya (vashanyi vekushanya, varidzi vevashanyi nevamwe) uye vazhinji vekuUganda avo vanovimba zvakananga uye zvisina kunangana neMurchison Falls kubasa nekurarama kwavo. Izvo zvakare kutorera vaUganda nhasi uye mune ramangwana mari inodiwa kwazvo yehurumende, mupiro weGDP, kugadzira mabasa, uye zvimwe zvese mabhenefiti anowanikwa kubva kuSustainable Tourism Development.
Murchison Falls National Park ndiyo National Park yakakura munyika inosvika 3850 Sq. Km pamwe neese Conservation Area inotambanudza kupfuura 5000 Sq.KM.
Gore ra1910 risati rasvika, kwaive nekugara kwevanhu mukati meMurchison Falls, yairemekedzwa nevagari veLuo se'Pajok '(imba yemweya).
Zvinoshamisa kuti kusikwa kwepaki kwakapihwa mbiri kuna Tsetse Fly iyo inoparadzira chirwere chinouraya chekurara chinotungamira mukubviswa kwevanhu uye kuwedzera kwehuwandu hwemhuka. Pakazosvika ma1960 maMurchison mapopoma akange ave nzvimbo yekutanga kuEast Africa nemapoka enzou (anosvika gumi nemashanu, 15 akasimba), makarwe, mvuu, katsi hombe uye hupenyu hweshiri.
Vanhu vane mukurumbira vakashanyira paki iyi vanosanganisira Winston Churchill muna 1907, ane chikepe chakatsamwiswa nemvuu pakuwa, Ernest Hemingway munyori mukuru wezana ramakore makumi maviri uyo akazivisa zvine mutsindo akasvika pazasi pokuwa apo ndege yake yakacheka mitsetse yeteregirafu.
Mapopoma aya akapawo mamiriro kumashure mu1950's Hollywood blockbuster African Queen yaive naHumphrey Boghart naKatharine Hepburn, Queen Queen vekuEngland vakanonoka, uye munguva pfupi yapfuura nyeredzi weHiphop Kanye West nemukadzi wake Kim Kadarshian vakashanyira nekupfura mavhidhiyo emapurojekiti avo achangoburwa muChobe Lodge pamberi kutenderera Murchison Falls.
Pamusoro peiyo Falls ndiyo nzvimbo yakatetepa pane rwizi Nile uko mvura inomanikidzwa kupinda mugeji yemamita manomwe isati yadzika 7 metres kudzika neruzha mukutinhira kunotinhira.
Ngarava inotasva kubva kuParaa kusvika pasi pemapopoma inotungamira kune yakasarudzika kukwira yakatumidzwa mushure me19th Century Briteni Explorer Sir Samuel Baker vakaona iyo ndokudoma mapopoma muna 1864.
Munguva yepashure-yekoloniwa mapopoma akapihwa zita rekuti Kabalega Falls naiye Mutungamiri Idi Amin Dada, mushure memambo mukuru weBunyoro Kitara, uyo akaramba kukunda kweBritish colonial, achingodzokera kuzita rayo rekoloni mushure mekudzingwa kwaAmin muna 1979.
VaUganda vari kunetsekana nekurasikirwa mushure mekurasikirwa nezviwanikwa zvavo, kubva kuBujagali inodonhera kuMabira Forest, kuenda kuBugoma Forest, yava kunzi Murchison Falls uye havachagone kuvimba nezviremera kuti zvidzivise muyedzo kubva mukukanganisa. Kuwedzera pakufungira kwavo kwaive nehurumende kupandukira pachibvumirano neWorld Bank chekuti isavake madamu mukati meBujagali offset nzvimbo apo veChina vaive neExpIM Bank vakauya nemari.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- Other proposals by AUTO include an appeal to the President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, to publicly pronounce an immediate termination to this damaging project, that Government of Uganda launch a nationwide sensitisation on the importance of conservation to the future of Uganda, starting with top officials in the public sector, and to dedicate more finances towards to the conservation, sustainable development and promotion of the country's varied tourist attractions.
- “On behalf of the Board, Management and entire membership of the Association of Uganda Tour Operators (AUTO) we condemn the construction of this hydropower dam which would only further undermine the efforts by tour operators and other tourism stakeholders to market the country and attract visitors to Uganda, and such acts of wickedness disregard the fact that many tourists come to Uganda, mainly for its nature,”.
- Mukushambadzira mu "The New Vision" mazuva ese neElectricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) musi wa7 Chikumi, chiziviso chechikumbiro chakatarisirwa chezenisi kubva kuBonang Power and Energy (Pty) South Africa Limited chakapihwa, zvichiratidza chinangwa chavo chekuvaka hydropower dhamu padyo neMurchison Falls mudunhu reKiryandongo neNwoya.
