ARUSHA, Tanzania (eTN) - Amwenye amtundu wa Maasai sadzathamangitsidwa ku Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism Shamsa Mwangunga alengeza, kutumiza uthenga woti "pulumutsa miyoyo yathu" kwa anthu okhumudwa.
Komabe, Mwangunga anachenjeza kuti kuthamangitsidwa kwakukulu kwa anthu obwera ndi ziweto kuti apulumutse Ngorongoro Conservation Area ya 8,292-sq-km, yotchuka padziko lonse lapansi sikudzasiya aliyense amene akuchita ulimi wosaloledwa m'dera lotetezedwa.
"Kuthamangitsidwa kwakukulu kwa mabanja achilendo ndi ng'ombe ndi diso lofuna kuthetsa NCA sikukhudzana ndi abusa amtundu wa Maasai," adatero pamsonkhano wawo ndi bungwe loopsya la Abusa ku Ngorongoro posachedwapa.
“Mmwenye Amasai abwera kudzakhala. Kuthamangitsidwaku kumangokhudza mabanja obwera kumene abusa oyendayenda ndi ziweto zawo,” adatero Mwangunga, pothetsa mkangano pakati pa anthu amtundu wa Maasai, potsatira malingaliro omwe afala akuti anthu pafupifupi 60,000 asamukira.
Undunawu unanena kuti kale mu 1959, mu NCA munali abusa amtundu wa Maasai 8,000, koma pazaka 50 zikubwerazi, chiwerengero cha anthu chakwera kufika pa 64,800, zomwe zapangitsa kuti chigwa chachisanu ndi chitatu padziko lapansi chitsike.
"NCA ili ndi anthu opitilira 64,844 - pafupifupi kasanu ndi katatu kuchokera pa anthu 8,000 pomwe boma la NCA [lidakhazikitsidwa]," adatero, ndikuwonjezera kuti palinso ng'ombe 13,650 ndi mbuzi ndi nkhosa 193,056.
Malinga ndi iye, mabanja a anthu othawa kwawo akakhala kudera la Oldonyo Sambu komwe kuli anthu ochepa kwambiri pafupi ndi tawuni ya Loliondo, komwe ndi likulu la boma la Ngorongoro.
Koma pakadali pano, anthu 538 asamukira kumudzi wawo watsopano mwakufuna kwawo, ndipo akukonzekera kusamutsira alendo otsala kumalo ena, adatero Mwangunga.
Wogwirizira wamkulu wa NCAA, Bernard Murunya, adati chilengedwe chimatha kuthandiza anthu 25,000 okha.
Wapampando wa khonsolo ya abusa a Ngorongoro a Metui Olle Shaudo anapempha boma kuti lipeze njira ina yoperekera chakudya kwa abusa amtundu wa Maasai pofuna kuti asiye ulimi wamba.
Posachedwapa, anthu anjala a Amasai mu NCAA ayamba kulima m'derali kuti moyo wawo upitirire, zomwe zachititsa bungwe la United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) kukweza mbendera yofiira NCA, kuwopseza kuchotsa. idachokera pa mndandanda wa malo a World Heritage pa kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe, ponena kuti kukwera kwa ntchito za anthu sikukugwirizana ndi zoteteza zachilengedwe mkati mwa NCA ndi chigwa chake chodziwika bwino chomwe chili kumpoto kwa Tanzania.
UNESCO idalengeza kuti chigwa cha Ngorongoro ngati Natural World Heritage Site kale mu 1979, zaka makumi awiri kuchokera pamene Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) idakhazikitsidwa mu 1959, ndi diso loteteza malo okwana ma kilomita 8,300.
Malinga ndi lipoti laposachedwa la UNESCO la ntchito yowunikiranso yomwe mtolankhaniyu adawona, malo otchuka oyendera alendo mdziko muno akuwoneka kuti ayamba kutayika pang'onopang'ono koma ulemerero wake wakale.
UNESCO siyikukondwera ndi ntchito zolima mkati mwa NCA, kuchulukana kwa magalimoto m'chigwachi, anakonza zomanga mahotela akuluakulu m'mphepete mwa chigwachi, komanso mfundo zokopa alendo.
NCA ili kumpoto kwa Tanzania, yomwe imatchedwa kuti zodabwitsa zachisanu ndi chitatu padziko lonse ndipo imadutsa pafupifupi masikweya kilomita 8,300, ili ndi madera osiyanasiyana, nyama zakuthengo, anthu, ndi zinthu zakale zokumbidwa pansi zomwe zili mu Africa muno.
M’mapiriwa, m’zigwa, mathithi, ndi m’nkhalango za m’mapiri muli nyama zambirimbiri komanso Amasai.
Chigwa cha Ngorongoro ndi chimodzi mwa zinthu zachilengedwe zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi; malo ake amatsenga ndi nyama zambiri zakuthengo sizilephera kukopa alendo. Imadutsa Serengeti National Park kumpoto ndi kumadzulo.
