Chirevo chitsva chakaratidza kuti indasitiri yekuKenya inovimba nemhuka dzesango ichiri kutyisidzirwa nezviito zvisiri pamutemo.
The Kenya Wildlife Services Annual Report inoratidza kuti zvinopfuura 1,200 mikombe yakachengetwa zvisiri pamutemo yakawanikwa gore rapfuura kubva kune vanovhima zvisiri pamutemo.
Mikombe yakawanikwa inosanganisira makanda, nyanga dzenzou, nyanga dzezvipembere uye mhuka mhenyu dzakange dzadzingwa kubva kumapaki eNational, matura uye mhuka dzesango.
Mugore rimwe chete, 2,134 vanofungidzirwa vakasungwa nekuda kwemhosva dzakasiyana dzemhuka dzesango.
Sekutaura kuri kutangwa nhasi negurukota rezvemahusango nemhuka dzesango Dr Noah Wekesa, vatatu vanochengeta mhuka vaurawa vamwe vatatu vakakuvara zvakaipisisa nevanhu vanofungidzirwa kuti ndivo vanovhima zvisiri pamutemo.
Anopfuura mazana maviri ezviuru makirogiramu eakagurwa zvisiri pamutemo muAfrica sandalwood yakawanikwa gore rapfuura. Chirevo chinoratidza kuti dambudziko raenda kunzvimbo dzisina kuchengetedzwa zvichitevera kuongororwa kwakawanda kwekutemwa kwesandalwood munzvimbo dzakachengetedzwa.
Munguva imwecheteyo, kupinzwa kwezvipfuyo mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzesango dzakachengetedzwa kwaive kwakakwira zvisinei nekuedza kudzinga kunze. Dzakazosvika 397,137 mhuka dzakadzingwa kunze kwenzvimbo dzakarambidzwa uye vafudzi mazana mashanu nemakumi masere nevatanhatu vakasungwa.
Panguva imwecheteyo maChinese maviri, Shubo Ling naTao Oiri, vakapomerwa mhosva yekuve nemanyoko enzou akakosha kudarika Sh391,000 vasina chitupa chevaridzi kubva kuKenya Wildlife Service.
Vaviri ava vakasungwa panhandare yeJomo Kenyatta International Airport kuNairobi vachiedza kubuda munyika nemikombe yemitambo. Nyaya idzi dzichanzwikwa musi waMay 22, 2008.
Mukuru wezvekudyidzana nekambani yeKWS VaPaul Udoto vakati mhosva dzezvakatipoteredza dzave kukanganisa nyika zvakanyanya sezvo vachikuvadza indasitiri yekushanya
“Mutengo wezviitiko izvi haugone kuverengwa nekuti kukuvara kwavanoita kwakakura kwazvo. Inokanganisa indasitiri yese yezvekushanya iyo inosvika zvikamu makumi maviri nezvishanu kubva muzana zveupfumi hweKenya, ”vakadaro VaUdoto.
Iye zvino mutumbi wekutarisira mhuka dzesango urikusvikira padare redzimhosva kuti ubate zvine mutsindo nemhosva dzezvakatipoteredza.
Mutungamiri weKWS Dr Julius Kipng'etich akumbira mitongo yakaomarara kune vanhu vanobata zvitunha zvemhuka dzesango. "Vatongi vanofanirwa kuziva kuti masango nemhuka dzesango zvinhu zvisina kusimba zvinoda kuchengetedzwa kwakasimba," vakadaro Dr Kipng'etich.
Kuedza kwekuchengetedza zvakadaro kwabereka michero uye huwandu hwemhuka dzesango huri kuramba huchiwedzera.
Huwandu hwezvipembere zvitema hwasvika mazana mashanu nemakumi matanhatu kukwira kubva pa560 makore mashoma apfuura apo huwandu hwenzou hwakapora kubva panguva dzese dzakadzika pasi pe234 pakakwirira poaching kusvika kune zviuru makumi matatu nezvitatu zviripo. Shumba dzave 16,000 ikozvino.
Zvakadaro, mhando nhatu dzedzemombe munyika dzave mhando dzave panjodzi uye huwandu hwadzo huri kudzikira nekuda kwekushaikwa kwenzvimbo nekuvhima.
Izvi zvinosanganisira makumi maviri neshanu eSable antelopes muShimba Hills, 120 Hirola antelopes kuGarissa uye 90 Roan antelopes muSuba.
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