Alendo aku Uganda achenjeza za ziwonetsero zambiri pamtsinje wa Murchison Falls

Potsatsa mu "The New Vision" tsiku lililonse ndi a Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) pa June 7, chidziwitso chofuna kufunsira laisensi kuchokera kwa Bonang Power and Energy (Pty) South Africa Limited chidaperekedwa, kusonyeza cholinga chawo chopanga Damu la hydropower pafupi ndi mathithi a Murchison m'boma la Kiryandongo ndi Nwoya.

Mothandizidwa ndi Board and Uganda Tourist Association Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti ndi Mlembi Wamkulu wa Uganda Safari Guides Association, Herbert Byaruhanga, Wapampando wa AUTO Everest Kayondo adadzudzula zotsatsazi m'mawu ake atolankhani ku Hotel Africana pa 11 Juni, 2019. adaperekanso ku bungwe la Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) ndi chidziwitso chotsutsa.

“Popeza nkhaniyi yatsindika kwambiri ndikudzetsa nkhawa pakati pa amalonda okopa alendo, ogwira nawo ntchito ndi achinyamata omwe adalembedwa ntchito m’menemo, omwenso akutikakamiza kuti tichite ziwonetsero zamtendere m’dziko lonselo; sitikhala ndi chochita koma kupitiriza monga momwe akufunira, tikapanda kumva kuboma za mapemphero athu pasanathe sabata ziwiri kuchokera lero,” adatero Kayondo.

“M’malo mwa a Board, Management ndi mamembala onse a Association of Uganda Tour Operators (AUTO) tikudzudzula ntchito yomanga dziwe la hydropower yomwe ingasokoneze zoyesayesa za oyendera alendo ndi ena onse omwe akuchita nawo ntchito zokopa alendo kuti agulitse dziko lino komanso kukopa alendo. ku Uganda, ndipo zoipa zotere zimanyalanyaza mfundo yakuti alendo ambiri amabwera ku Uganda, makamaka chifukwa cha chikhalidwe chake,” anawonjezera motero.

Malingaliro ena a AUTO akuphatikizapo pempho kwa Purezidenti, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, kuti alengeze poyera kuthetseratu ntchito yowonongayi, kuti Boma la Uganda likhazikitse chidziwitso cha kufunikira kosamalira tsogolo la Uganda, kuyambira ndi akuluakulu akuluakulu ntchito za boma, ndikupereka ndalama zambiri kuti zisungidwe, chitukuko chokhazikika ndi kukweza malo osiyanasiyana okopa alendo mdziko muno.

Brian Mugume, membala wa Board, adati mayiko ambiri akupanga zokopa zopangidwa ndi anthu, komabe Uganda ikuwononga zokopa zake zachilengedwe.

Mneneri wa bungwe loona za nyama zakutchire ku Uganda, Bashir Hangi, adalonjeza kuti adzalembera ERA kuti, malinga ndi zomwe zaperekedwa pamalonda, ntchitoyi ili mkati mwa mathithi a Murchison. Podzudzula malondawo, adati magetsi asabwere potengera kukongola kwa Uganda komwe kumabweretsa ndalama.

Ma social media nthawi yomweyo adadzudzula ERA chifukwa chovomera kuyika malondawo. Malinga ndi mneneri wa ERA, Julius Wandera, zotsatsazi zili m'malamulo chifukwa chidziwitsochi chikuyenera kuvomerezedwa ndi anthu mkati mwa masiku 30.

"Uwu ndi misala," adalemba patsamba lake la Facebook, CEO wa Uganda Tourism Board Lily Ajarova. "Ndani ali ndi malingaliro abwino angafune chiwonongeko cha Murchison Falls .... Zachilengedwe za ku mathithi a Murchison zili ndi zamoyo zomwe zatsala pang'ono kutha komanso zomwe zatsala pang'ono kutha, zomwe Zikawonongedwa sizidzakhudza dziko lonse lapansi komanso dziko lonse lapansi lomwe likutha, kusintha kwanyengo, ndi zina. Pali zosankha zachitukuko chofunikira' Murchison Falls sayenera kuwonongedwa. ”

Pempho la pa intaneti lolembedwa ndi hashtag #savemurchisonfalls ladutsa 9000 ndi andale, atsogoleri azikhalidwe komanso anthu wamba, mogwirizana akudzudzula boma chifukwa chophwanya chikhalidwe cha chigawochi.

"Tikafika 10,000, tipempha sipikala wa Nyumba Yamalamulo, tipempha Prime Minister ndi Purezidenti," a Amos Wekesa, yemwe ndi katswiri pamakampani komanso mwini wake wa "Uganda Lodges", omwe adalonjeza kuvula maliseche pawailesi yakanema. kuyankhulana pa NTV (National Television). “Zambia kapena Zimbabwe sangaganize konse zopatsa mathithi a Victoria Falls popeza dziko la Canada silingawononge mathithi a Niagara,” anatero Amos mooneka ngati akukwiyitsidwa.

Murchison Waterfalls, kuchokera pamwamba mpaka ku delta polumikizana ndi Nyanja ya Albert kuphatikizapo Uhuru Falls, ndi malo a Ramsar, omwe adasankhidwa kukhala ofunika padziko lonse pansi pa Msonkhano wa Ramsar pa Wetlands; Pangano lapakati paboma lachilengedwe lomwe linakhazikitsidwa mu 1971 ndi UNESCO, lomwe Uganda idasayinanso.

Gawo la zokopa alendo lidasankhidwa ndi Boma la Uganda ngati limodzi mwa magawo asanu okulitsa chuma cha dziko lino mu National Development Plan II. Oyendetsa maulendo amadabwa kuti boma lomwelo lingagwirizane ndi mawu ake ndikuwononga gawo ili lomwe limakopa ndalama zambiri zakunja?

Lipoti la Tourism Sector Annual Performance Report FY 2017-2018 likuwonetsa kuti pazaka 10 zapitazi, alendo obwera ku Uganda akwera pang'onopang'ono kuchoka pa 850,000 mu 2008 kufika pa ofika 1.4 miliyoni mu 2017. ku chuma cha Uganda popanga USD 2017 biliyoni kuyerekeza ndi USD 1,453 biliyoni mu 1,371.

Kupereka kwachindunji kwa zokopa alendo ku Uganda kumayesedwa ngati gawo la GDP la 10% komanso ntchito zachindunji makamaka kwa amayi ndi achinyamata m'mahotela, makampani oyendera alendo, mabungwe apaulendo, ndege ndi zina zonyamula anthu. Imayesedwanso mwanjira ina potengera anthu omwe akukhudzidwa nawo omwe amapindula nawo mwanjira ina chifukwa choyikidwa pamtengo wake wosiyanasiyana.

Malinga ndi ziwerengero za Ministry of Tourism Wildlife and Antiquities, Murchison Falls National Park idawonjezeredwa ndi 10% m'miyezi 12, zomwe zidachititsa kuti 31.4% ya maulendo onse aku Uganda ayendere komanso kutsogolera ma park 10 omwe ali ndi alendo. manambala.

Chifukwa chake ndi kubweretsa chiwonongeko kwa eni mabizinesi okopa alendo ku Uganda (oyendetsa malo, eni malo ogona ndi ena) ndi anthu ambiri aku Uganda omwe mwachindunji kapena mwanjira ina amadalira mathithi a Murchison kuti apeze ntchito ndi moyo wawo. Ndikonso kulanda anthu aku Uganda lero komanso mtsogolomo ndalama zomwe boma likufunikira, zopereka za GDP, kupanga ntchito, ndi maubwino ena onse omwe amabwera kuchokera ku Sustainable Tourism Development.

Murchison Falls National Park ndiye National Park yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi yokhala ndi 3850 Sq. Km yokhala ndi Conservation Area yonse yotambasula kuposa 5000 Sq.KM.

Chaka cha 1910 chisanafike, munali malo okhala anthu mkati mwa mathithi a Murchison, olemekezedwa ndi anthu a mtundu wa Luo monga 'Pajok' (nyumba ya mizimu).

Chodabwitsa n'chakuti kulengedwa kwa pakiyi kunachitika chifukwa cha Tsetse Fly yomwe imafalitsa matenda ogona omwe amachititsa kuti anthu asamuke komanso kuchuluka kwa ziweto. Pofika m’ma 1960 mathithi a Murchison anali malo abwino kwambiri opitako ku East Africa okhala ndi njovu (zamphamvu mpaka 15), ng’ona, mvuu, amphaka aakulu ndi mbalame zamoyo.

Anthu otchuka omwe adayendera pakiyi akuphatikizapo Winston Churchill mu 1907, yemwe bwato lake linakwiyitsidwa ndi mvuu pa mathithiwo, Ernest Hemingway wolemba wamkulu wazaka za zana la 20 yemwe adagwa pansi pa mathithiwo pomwe ndege yake idadula mizere ya telegraph.

Mathithiwa adaperekanso zochitika muzaka za m'ma 1950 Hollywood blockbuster African Queen 'yokhala ndi Humphrey Boghart ndi Katharine Hepburn, malemu Mfumukazi Amayi waku England, komanso posachedwapa nyenyezi ya Hiphop Kanye West ndi mkazi wake Kim Kadarshian adayendera ndikujambula makanema antchito zawo zaposachedwa ku Chobe Lodge m'mbuyomu. kuyendera Murchison Falls.

Pamwamba pa Mathithi ndiye malo opapatiza kwambiri pamtsinje wa Nile pomwe madzi amakakamizika kulowa mumpata wamamita 7 asanagwe ma mita 40 kumunsi kwa mtsinje kukhala mkokomo wabingu.

Maboti okwera kuchokera ku Paraa kupita kumunsi kwa mathithiwo amatsogolera kuulendo wosankha womwe umadziwika kuti Sir Samuel Baker wazaka za m'ma 19 wa ku Britain yemwe adawona malowa ndipo adawatchula kuti mu 1864.

Pambuyo pa utsamunda mathithiwo adatchedwanso mathithi a Kabalega ndi Purezidenti wa nthawiyo Idi Amin Dada, pambuyo pa mfumu yayikulu ya Bunyoro Kitara, yomwe idakana kugonjetsedwa ndi atsamunda a Britain, koma idabwereranso ku dzina lake lachitsamunda atachotsedwa Amin mu 1979.

Anthu a ku Uganda akukumana ndi mavuto chifukwa cha kuwonongeka kwa zachilengedwe, kuchokera ku Bujagali mpaka ku Mabira Forest, mpaka ku nkhalango ya Bugoma, yomwe panopo ndi Murchison Falls ndipo sakukhulupiriranso kuti akuluakulu a boma angathe kukana mayesero. Chowonjezera kukayikira kwawo chinali choti boma lakana pangano ndi Banki Yadziko Lonse loletsa kumanga madamu m'dera la Bujagali pomwe banki yaku China ya EXIM Bank idabwera ndi ndalamazo.