Chisakanizo cha kamphepo kayeziyezi ka kusukulu ndi kutentha koopsa monga momwe zimadziwikidwira ndi mlengalenga wanyengo yachilimwe ku Africa masana, zimatengera malo apakati ndikulamulira magombe a nyanja. Mpweya ununkhiza mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya kuwonongeka, kugwedezeka kuchokera ku ngalawa zopanda anthu, kumanja, matebulo osiyidwa omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito podula nsomba, kumanzere kuli filtrate yobiriwira ya m'nyanja yomwe ikuyandama panyanja yomwe ili kutsogolo.
Pamtunda, unyinji wa nkhuni ndi makala owunjikidwa akupanga malo amphamvu, akudikirira ulendo wawo wowoloka nyanja kupita ku chiri chonse cha zisumbu zambiri za m’nyanjayo kapena wogula mwamwayi.
Msika wongomangidwa kumene uli pamtunda wa mita pang'ono. Pali odutsa ochepa, ena amawonedwa atakhala m’mphepete mwa nyanja, ali chete ndi kuyang’ana pamadzi. Ngati munaphonya chikwangwani chachikulu cha East Africa Breweries polowera, palibe chomwe chingakuuzeni kuti muli ku Port Bell, osanenapo kuti mwaima pa doko lakale kwambiri la Uganda.
Omwe adatchedwa bwanamkubwa waku Britain waku Uganda, Sir Hesketh Bell, Port Bell idatsegulidwa mu 1908 kuti azitha kunyamula katundu waku Uganda panyanja.
Kufunika kwake kunali kolimba kotero kuti pamene njanji ya Uganda Railway inatsegulidwa mu 1931, inalumikizidwa ndi doko kuti achepetse mayendedwe a katundu omwe anafika panyanja kupita ku Kampala.
Koma lero Port Bell ikuwoneka kuti yaiwalika, yagona mbali ya lee ward ya Kampala, yopanda chidwi. Kungoti ndilo doko lakale kwambiri ku Uganda ndilokwanira kuti lipezeke pakati pa malo abwino kwambiri okopa alendo mdziko muno, koma ngakhale anthu onse omwe adafunsidwa amavomereza, palibe chomwe chachitikapo kuti asangalale ndi malo oyenera kumeneko. Ndipo chifukwa chake, zomwe zikadakhala zotulukapo phindu lazachuma zilinso chinsinsi.
Malindi ndi Mombasa, madoko akale kwambiri ku Kenya, akhala ena mwa malo otsogola oyendera alendo mdziko muno. Zomwezo zitha kunenedwa za Dar-es-Salaam ndi Zanzibar, madoko akale kwambiri ku Tanzania. Onse tsopano zizindikiro zazikulu za cholowa chamayiko awo, udindo womwe Port Bell watsutsidwa kwambiri.
Kusaka kwapaintaneti kwa zokopa alendo ku Port Bell kumawulula masamba omwe amatsatsa zidziwitso zamaulendo apanyanja, mahotela ndi tchuthi ku Port Bell. Koma podina maulalo amenewo, palibe chomwe chimawonekera; chizindikiro chakuti mabungwe ambiri odzaona malo amayamikira malowa ngati malo okopa alendo koma palibe chilichonse pansi chomwe chingavomereze zonenazo.
A Richard Oyamo, Mlembi Wamkulu wa Railway Zone, akuti mtengo wa doko ukhoza kupezeka mwachidziwitso, osati kuchita. "Iyo (Port Bell) ilibe phindu, mwanjira yakuti chilichonse chiyenera kukhala padoko popeza madoko ena kulibe koma ndiye doko lalikulu pano. Ukayerekeza ndi madoko a Kisumu ndi Mwanza, ife tikutsalira m’mbuyo,” atero a Oyamo.
Iye wati palibe chomwe chakhazikitsidwa kuti chiyendetse anthu obwera kudzaona malo. “Chinthu chokha chimene chimakopa alendo odzaona malo ndi madzi; palibe china. Alendo amabwera kuno akuchoka osadziwa kuti afika ku Port Bell, "A Oyamo akuwonjezera.
Nduna yowona za zamalonda ndi ntchito zokopa alendo, a John Baptist Kayaga, wati ntchito zokopa alendo padokoli zalephereka chifukwa chochita chidwi ndi anthu omwe akufuna kuti apeze ndalama komanso boma.
"Mawonekedwe ake am'mbiri komanso mawonekedwe ake ndi abwino mokwanira koma palibe amene adaziganizira motere. Tonse takhala tikuganiza zopanga izi molingana ndi malo azamalonda,” atero a Kayaga.
Ati madoko ena monga Kisumu ali ndi malo ambiri azamalonda komwe alendo amagulako koma ku Port Bell siko.
Bambo Oyamo ati boma silinakonze zoti dokoli ligwire koma langonyalanyaza. Nduna yowona za zokopa alendo, a Serapiyo Rukundo, wati dokoli lili ndi mapulani awo. "Tikuyesera kukhala ndi maulendo apanyanja pa Nyanja ya Victoria. Anthu akubwera ndi malingaliro a momwe angalimbikitsire zokopa alendo kumeneko. "
Mkulu wa Public Relations ku Unduna wa Zantchito ndi Zamayendedwe, Mayi Susan Kataike, adatsindika kufunika kwa Port Bell pamakampani oyendetsa mayendedwe mdziko muno, koma adati ikugwirabe ntchito moyenera, makamaka chifukwa zombo zonyamula anthu zatsika.
Iye wati undunawu ukuyamba ntchito yomanga doko louma padoko komanso kukonza mayendedwe a mayendedwe a MV Kahwa ndi Pamba.
Kungoti anthu adzawononga nthawi ndi ndalama kuti asangobwera kudzadabwa ndi kukongola kowoneka bwino ku Port Bell, komanso kukwera mabwato, zikuwonetsa kuti kukopa komwe kungachitike padokoli kumamveka ndi ambiri koma sikunapezekepo.
Munthu wina woyendetsa bwato ananena miyezi itatu yapitayo kuti dokoli lasanduka malo a anthu ofuna kudzipha. "Wina adabwera, wowoneka ngati wabizinesi ndipo adapempha kuti ayende pazilumbazi. Mukafika pakati, amalumphira m'madzi ndipo mumayenera kuyang'anizana ndi zotsatira zake ngati mutabwerera nokha kumtunda," akutero.
Nkhaniyi ndi chithunzi chosavuta cha zomwe doko lakale kwambiri ku Uganda lachepetsedwa kukhala. Malingaliro omwe ali nawo omwe ali pamwambawa ndi nkhani zanu za ndale, zonena za momwe 'mapulani alili m'njira' yopangira malowa. Popeza kuti kusakhala ndi chizindikiro chimodzi cha zokopa alendo kumafotokoza zambiri za kuthekera kwa Uganda kuteteza cholowa chake, ndipo sikumadabwitsa kuti chifukwa chiyani malo ambiri osiyidwa ndi ma imperialists tsopano ali mabwinja.
