James Christian anoyeuka usiku hwamakore mashomanene apfuura apo iye nomudzimai wake vakatora mumiriri weScottish vanofamba vachidzika musasa panzvimbo yavo muLaikipia Plateau yeKenya. Sezvavakanga vakagara pasi pedenga reAfrica rakazara nenyeredzi, chikomo chakatarisana navo chakaerekana kurira kurira kwepfuti nokutinhira kukuru. "Moto mutsvuku wakavhurika, uye pakave nekuputika kukuru uku - zvese izvi zvakatarisana nesu tichinakidzwa nehupenyu hwedu hwemusango reAfrica," anodaro Christian.
Dunhu reKenya reLaikipia, riri kuchamhembe kweNairobi pedyo neGomo reKenya, rinozivikanwa nenzvimbo dzaro dzakashama, zvikomo nemamiriro ekunze - kupisa masikati uye kunotonhorera usiku. Imusha wevaridzi veminda vakawanda - vamwe vavo vakatora mijenya yavo Kenya isati yawana rusununguko kubva kuBritain muna 1963 - pamwe nemhuka dzemuAfrica dzakatepfenyurwa: shumba, mbada nenzou. Izvi, uye nenyaya yekuti hakuna marariya, zvinoita kuti Laikipia ive nzvimbo ine mukurumbira yevashanyi vari kutsvaga kubuda munzira. Zvakadaro kusava nematuro kunokumbirawo mauto eBritish, ayo anga achidzidzira mudunhu iri kwemakumi emakore.
Laikipia zvino inozviona yakabatwa mune zvematongerwo enyika zvekudziya kure kure. Sezvo Britain ichiwedzera mauto ayo muAfghanistan (nhamba imomo yakapetwa kaviri kusvika zviuru gumi mumakore matatu apfuura), yakakwirisa maekisesaizi ayo ekudzidzisa muKenya, nemasoja anopfuura zviuru zvitatu achipfuura nedunhu gore rega rega. Mauto anoti Laikipia pamwe ndiyo yakanakisa nzvimbo yekudzidzira nekuti mamiriro aripo - kureba, kupisa kwakanyanya, nzvimbo ine makomo - akafanana zvakanyanya neanowanikwa muAfghanistan.
Vagari venzvimbo iyi vakatarisana nemubvunzo wakaoma panguva apo kudzikira kwepasirese uye kudonha kwemusika wekupfuya mombe kwarova vagari zvakanyanya: Vangaenderere mberi sei nekusundidzira kwavo kwemakumi emakore kuti vatengese nzvimbo iyi senzvimbo yekuenda mhuka dzesango vachigamuchirawo zvinodiwa nemauto eBritish. ? Vagari vari kuedza kuenzanisa zvose zvinodiwa. “Parizvino kudzidziswa kwakakwira. Hazvina kumbobvira zvakwirira zvakadai,” anodaro Anthony King, mukuru mukuru weLaikipia Wildlife Forum, boka rokuchengetedza. “Zviripachena, kudzidziswa kwemauto nemamwe mashandisirwo evhu [sekushanyirwa kwemhuka dzesango] zvinogona kusaenderana nguva dzose. Zvechokwadi kune vanhu vakaisa mari yakawanda mukushanya vane hanya zvikuru nemufananidzo we[dunhu]. Asi kana ikafambiswa zvakanaka, mauto haafanire kutyisidzira mhuka dzesango.”
Inozivikanwa seOperation Grand Prix, maekisesaizi ekurovedza anogona kuve makuru, anosanganisira mazana emauto, zvikopokopo, uye dhaka rinorarama uye pfuti mhenyu. Mauto anoti iyi ndiyo iri padyo nemasoja achasvika pakurwa chaiko asati aenda kuAfghanistan. Varwi vanodzidzira vari voga uye pamwe chete nemauto eKenya, dzimwe nguva nevagari veko vachitamba zvikwata zvemhirizhonga kana ruzhinji rusina kugadzikana. Kuti vagadzirise kuwedzera kwemauto, mauto atanga kuhaya nzvimbo kubva kuvagari - zvakabva pakubata nevaridzi veminda vatatu makore mashoma apfuura kusvika manomwe zvino. Vechiuto kana mapurazi havataure kuti imarii yakachinja mawoko, asi zvinotendwa kuti iri mumamiriyoni emadhora.
Kuvepo kwemauto muKenya kwave kusina matambudziko, zvakadaro. Muna 2002 hurumende yeBritain yakabhadhara mari inosvika mamiriyoni manomwe emadhora semuripo kuvanhu 7 vakanga vakuvara kana kuti vakaurayiwa nehama dzavo munzvimbo iyi. Masoja ekuBritain aipomerwa kubata chibharo vakadzi vangangosvika zviuru zviviri mumakumi emakore apfuura, asi muna 233 ongororo yakaitwa nemauto yakagumisa kuti pakanga pasina humbowo hwakakwana hwekuunza mhosva iyi kudare.
“Hatizvimanikidzire kunzvimbo dzemapurazi idzi. Tiripo nekuti vanhu vanotibvunza kana tichida kunodzidzira ikoko,” akadaro Colonel Neil Hutton, mukuru wechirongwa chekudzidziswa kweBritain muKenya. "Sezvinoitika, chinhu chakanaka kune wese munhu. Hatiuye tichigogodza pamasuo avo, tichivadheerera. Hushamwari hwakanyanya. "
Asi nemasoja akawanda ari kuenda kudunhu iri reKenya gore rega rega, zvicharamba zvichionekwa kuti indasitiri yekushanya nemhuka dzesango zvichatanga kutambura here. Kana maekisesaizi ari kuitika, kurira kwepfuti kunogona kunzwika kwemakiromita. Muna 2006 mauto eBritain aifamba-famba akarasika ndokupfura nekuuraya chipembere chichena chainge chichivatyisidzira. Varidzi veminda vakaratidzira apo mauto akashandisa zvikopokopo kubvisa miseve yenzou nedzimwe mhuka dzaipfurwa.
Asi mauto anga achishanda zvakabudirira nevagari mumakore achangopfuura kuti aderedze kukanganisa kwaanotipoteredza. KuMpala Ranch, uko mauto anodzidzira mauto, vakuru vakuru vakabvumirana kuti vaendese maekisesaizi avo kunzvimbo isingapesani nevaridzi veminda vanoita mabasa ekushanya. Mpala Research Center, chiteshi chakazvimirira chesainzi-ongororo muLaikipia, chatanga ongororo yekuona mhedzisiro yekudzidziswa kwemhuka dzesango. (Mauto anopikisa kuti hapana kumbova nekuvhiringika kukuru kumhuka kubva payakasimudzira chirongwa chayo chekudzidzira.) Uye panosvika 2011, mauto anoti, haachazoita maekisesaizi makuru ekudzidzira mukati memwaka wevashanyi wepamusoro.
"Mauto eBritish anotora hukama nevanhu veko zvakanyanya ... uye anongwarira kuderedza chero zvakaipa zvinokonzerwa nekuvapo kwavo," mutauriri wemauto muLondon akadaro. “Kuchengetedza mhoteredzo yomunzvimbomo chinhu chinokosha. Pamusoro pezvo, takatsigira hupfumi hwemuno nezvivakwa nekupa mari zvikoro zvitsva nekubhadhara vashandi veko. "
Chokwadi, vamwe vagari venzvimbo vari kufara nekuvapo kwemauto - uye nekuwanda kwemari munharaunda dzenzvimbo. “Sekuona kwangu, zvakanakira upfumi hwenyika. Mune vanhu 1,000 XNUMX pano panguva imwe chete,” anodaro Jamie Roberts, uyo anoona nezvekambani yeTropic Air inobhadhara ndege uye anoshanda apo neapo nemauto.
Mukristu akatanga kuuyawo. "Chokwadi zvinhu zvave nani," anodaro. "Uto reBritish rave kutarisisa mukuona kuti kushanya kunobata kumeso kana zvasvika pakuputika kukuru."
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- As Britain increases its troop levels in Afghanistan (numbers there have doubled to about 10,000 in the past three years), it has ramped up its training exercises in Kenya, with more than 3,000 soldiers passing through the region each year.
- To accommodate the increase in troops, the army has begun renting land from residents — it went from dealing with three landowners a few years ago to seven now.
- But with more soldiers heading to this part of Kenya every year, it remains to be seen whether the tourism industry and the wildlife will begin to suffer.
