Bugoma Forest iyenera kukhalabe, atero Purezidenti wa Uganda, koma oteteza zachilengedwe sakukondwerera pano

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Kutsatira kampeni yolimbikira kukhothi yomwe idalamula kuti Bugoma Forest ipite ku Hoima Sugar Works mwezi watha, Purezidenti wa Uganda Museveni alengeza kuti Bugoma Forest iyenera kukhalabe.

Izi zikutsatira chigamulo cha khothi ndi Woweruza wa Khothi Lalikulu la Masindi, Wilson Masalu, kuti mahekitala 6,000 a malowa ndi a Omukama (mfumu ya Bunyoro), ndikupatsa ufumuwo ufulu woti ungapereke malowo ku Hoima Sugar Works kuti ikule shuga.

Malinga ndi nyuzipepala ya New Vision, nkhaniyi idamveka kwa Purezidenti pomwe nduna yake ya zachuma, Matiya Kasaija, akuwonetsa kukhudzidwa ndi zoperekazo pamsonkhano wa atolankhani womwe unachitikira ku State Lodge Masindi pa Meyi 15, 2019. "Ufumuwo udalipira Ma 22 ma kilomita lalikulu mpaka Hoima Shuga, ndipo ikukonzedwa; tidzawonongedwa, chifukwa nkhalangoyi ndi yopangira mvula ya Bunyoro, "watero nduna yolemekezeka.

"Sitilola kuti izi zichitike, tiwonetsetsa kuti tabweza," Purezidenti adayankha. Adalamula anthu omwe adalowa madambo ndi nkhalango zachilengedwe kuti atuluke asanachotsedwe. "Ndachita zonse zotheka kuti ndisunge mtsinje wa Katonga pafupi ndi famu yanga ku Kisozi m'boma la Mbarara," adatero.

Sabata imodzi izi zisanachitike, Nature Uganda idakonza zokambirana pagulu la anthu oteteza zachilengedwe motsatira lamulo la Association of Uganda Tour Operators (AUTO) lotchedwa "Mkhalidwe wa Bugoma Central Forest Reserve: Zomwe Khothi Lalikulu lalamula kuti gawo la nkhalangoyi likhale asandulika malo olimidwa nzimbe. ”

Oyendetsa ulendowu anali ndi mantha kuti zokopa alendo mdziko muno komanso malo okhala anyani ndi mbalame zikuwonongedwa ndi anthu odzipangira okha omwe akufuna kusintha nkhalango ndi udzu wa nzimbe.

Aliyense amawombera anthu, kuphatikizapo Don Afuna Adula wopuma pantchito; woyang'anira nkhalango Gaster Kiyingi; Frank Muramuzi, Wapampando, National Association of Professional Environmentalists; Achilles Byaruhanga, Director Executive, Nature Uganda; ndi Pauline N. Kalunda, Executive Director, EcoTrust Uganda.

Omwe adayitanidwanso anali a Ronald Mwesigwa, Wapampando, Bunyoro Land Board, omwe adapatsidwa ntchito yoyeretsa nkhalango.

Anatinso malo omwe ali ndi dzina loti likupezeka m'chigawo cha Kyangwali anali gawo la makolo omwe anabwezeretsedwanso muufumu womwe uli kunja kwa nkhalango.

M'mitima yawo, ampikisanowo adatsutsana ndi omwe adasamalira zachilengedwe kuti khotilo lidayang'ana pankhani yokhudza kukhala ndi malo osati kugwiritsa ntchito nkhalango.

A Stephen Galima ochokera ku National Forestry Authority (NFA) adayesetsa kuti amvetsetse chifukwa chomwe ufumu ungaperekere malo awo okhalamo kuti alime nzimbe.

Izi zati, Bugoma Forest idasindikizidwa ngati nkhalango mu 1932 ndipo mamapu a cadastral ndi mapulani amalire alipo kuti atsimikizire izi kuphatikiza mahekitala 6,000 omwe atchulidwa.

Malinga ndi Land Act ya 1998, nkhalango ndi nkhokwe sizingachotsedwe popanda chilolezo cha Nyumba Yamalamulo. Pobwereketsa nkhalango ku Hoima Sugar Ltd., Ufumu wa Bunyoro Kitara umasintha kagwiritsidwe ntchito ka nthaka komwe kumakhala kosaloledwa.

Kwa zaka zinayi zapitazi, Association for the Conservation of Bugoma Forest ACBF omwe adakonza zoyang'anira nkhalango adakumana kale ndi mkwiyo wa odula mafia omwe, malinga ndi Wapampando wa ACBF a Constantino Tessarin, a Florence Kyaligonza atsimikiza kuti apeza ndalama pogulitsa matabwa awa zivute zitani.

Sikuti muufumu wonse wa Bunyoro Kitara mukugwirizana ndi chigamulochi, kuphatikizapo Nduna ya Zamaphunziro, Dr. Asiimwe Florence Akiiki, yemwe adadzudzula mavuto amfumuwo pa nduna yam'mbuyomu. Chaka chatha, Omukama wa ku Bunyoro, a Maj!

Akadapeza bwanji ulemu pa Ogasiti 1 ndipo nthawi yomweyo anaulemba pa Ogasiti 5, ndikudabwa a Frank Muramusi, wapampando, NAPE, akuwona kuti wakampani yomweyo yomwe ikufuna kutenga Mabira Forest tsopano ikutsatira Bugoma Forest, akuti "wina sanali kugona. ”

Mothandizana, akatswiri alangiza kuti ufumuwu ufufuze njira zina zopezera ndalama kuchokera m'nkhalango kuphatikiza pogulitsa mapangidwe a kaboni kuyambira pomwe nkhalangoyi idasokoneza mafuta kuphatikiza Tilenga kumpoto ndi Kingfisher block kumwera.

Ntchito zina zomwe zimaperekedwa kuufumu zidachokera ku zokonda zachilengedwe popeza nkhalango ndi malo a chimpanzi, anyani ena, ndi mbalame, ndipo ndi khonde la nyama zosamuka pakati pa Murchison Falls National Park komanso kuchokera ku nkhalango ya Budongo kupita ku Semiliki Wildlife Reserve. Nkhalangoyi ndiyonso malo ambiri okhala m'nyanja ya Albert komwe kumachokera mtsinje wa Nkusi ndi mitsinje yake. Ufumuwo ukhozanso kukhazikitsa ndalama pakupanga zachilengedwe; Pakadali pano Bugoma Jungle Lodge yatsopano ili m'nkhalangoyi koma itha kusokonekera ngati nkhalangoyi siyotetezedwa.

Kuti izi zitheke, a Joan Akiza Legal and Policy Officer, NAPE, adayitanitsa kafukufuku woyambira nkhalango, moyenera ndi Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) kuti chidziwitso chonse chofunikira chotsimikizira mfundo zawo chikhalepo.

Chiyambire mawu a Purezidenti, omwe adatsatira lonjezo lake ku Bunyoro Kingdom kuti Hoima Sugar Works iyenera kubwezeredwa malo omwe adalandilapo, akatswiri azachilengedwe samachita chidwi, ponena kuti Hoima Sugar Works iyenera kuweruzidwa chifukwa chopeza malowa mosavomerezeka, ndipo tsopano okhometsa misonkho akuyenera foloko ndalama zolipirira kulipira izi; Izi zikungonena zandale popeza tikupita kukasankho, watero woyang'anira nkhalango Gaster Kiyingi.

M'maphunziro ake, a Don Afuna Adula adatchula izi ngati "Presidentialism" ponena za zinthu zonse ndipo adatsutsa zomwe zimayendetsedwa ndi Purezidenti kuti anene mawu omaliza.

Zokayikitsa zawo sizingachitike chifukwa zithunzi za bulldozer yemweyo yemwe adalandidwa ku Mabira Forest opatsa mu 2007 poyera pothandizidwa ndi Purezidenti, adadziwika kuti ndi "wolakwa" yemweyo kuchokera kuma mbale ofananirako ofanana ndi utoto womwe udawoneka posachedwa ku Bugoma. Ndizomveka kuti pali "chete chete" kuchokera kwa MP Honty Betwar Anywar, wolimba mtima wakale wotsutsa ku Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) komanso womenyera ufulu yemwe adapeza kutchuka polimbikitsa zionetsero zotsutsana ndi zomwe Mabira Forest adalandira dzina loti "Mama Mabira" koma tsopano kuyambira pomwe adadutsa chipani cholamula cha National Resistance Movement (NRM).

Zomwe zikuchitika pakadali pano ndikuti ntchito yakuchotsa nkhalangoyi idayimitsidwa pa Meyi 1 popeza NFA sinalandire chidziwitso pakati pa apolisi ambiri. Zachisoni, hekitala imodzi idakonzedwa kale.

Ena akufuna kupititsa patsogolo kampeni yothana ndi Hoima Sugar, podziwa kuti kampani ya makolo, Rai International, yatchulidwapo njira yofananira, kulowerera ndale, komanso kulanda adani awo pamalonda oyendetsa matabwa mdziko loyandikana nalo la Kenya, omwe anali mfuti kale yosuta .

Dzikoli lataya nkhalango 65% pazaka 40 zapitazi ndipo likupitiliza kutaya mahekitala 100,000 pachaka. Pakadali pano, sipadzakhala nkhalango m'zaka 20. Zotsatira zakusintha kwanyengo zikumveka kale kuphatikiza Purezidenti yemwe yemwenso ndi wolusa ng'ombe; kupuma pang'ono kwa oteteza zachilengedwe.

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