Kuyimba kwa mbalame zamphamvu ndi kudzuka kwa alendo omwe angayembekezere akakhala ku Paraa Safari Lodge m'mphepete mwa mtsinje wa Nile, ngakhale njira yodziwika bwino - ngati kugogoda pakhomo mwanzeru popereka mphika wa tiyi wotentha m'mawa - ingakhalenso. amasamalidwa pambuyo pokonzekera ndi phwando asanagone madzulo.
Ndinayenda madzulo a dzulo kuchokera ku Kampala kupita ku paki kukapezeka pa msonkhano wa malo omwe bungwe la Heritage Oil and Gas (U) Ltd. la atsogoleri a maboma ndi okhudzidwa ndipo ndidafika ku lodge nditagwira bwato lomaliza, kuwoloka mtsinje mumdima. ndipo kuterako kumangowunikiridwa ndi mitu ya magalimoto awiri omaliza omwe akuyenda.
Matawulo ozizira ndi madzi otsitsimula a zipatso zoziziritsa kukhosi zinapangitsa kuti njira yoloweramo ikhale yosangalatsa kwambiri, popeza ndimayenera kusaina fomuyo, ndi chidziwitso china chonse chomwe chinalipo kale kuchokera ku maulendo am'mbuyomu, zomwe zidapangitsa “kulandiridwanso” mwansangala ndi ogwira ntchito olandirira alendo.
Kuchoka ku Kampala pa msewu kumatenga pafupifupi maola 6 ndi theka, kuphatikiza kuyima ku Masindi kuti mupeze mafuta komanso kuluma mwachangu, zomwe zidatengedwa ku Masindi Hotel yokonzedwanso bwino. Mucikozyanyo, kuuluka kuzwa kubwalo lwandege lwa Kajjansi ku Kampala kapena bwalo lalikulu la ndege ku Entebbe kumatenga mphindi 45 zokha m’ndege ya injini ziwiri, kapena ola limodzi pagalimoto ya Cessna Grand Caravan, imene ndinakwanitsa kukwera ulendo wobwerera kwathu. Paraa Safari Lodge ili ndi magalimoto a 4 × 4 omwe akupezeka kuti asamutsire pabwalo la ndege komanso oyendetsa masewera, kukakumana ndi alendo omwe akuwuluka komanso Marasa - kampani yoyang'anira malo ogona a Madhvani omwe ali ndi safari ku Uganda - tsopano amaperekanso mapaketi owuluka kwa alendo omwe akufuna kuwononga. nthawi yochulukirapo pakiyi m'malo mwamsewu - nditha kuvomereza izi ndikupangira mayendedwe awa ndikuyenda paulendo.
Chiyambireni ulendo wanga womaliza ku park miyezi ingapo yapitayo, msewu wa pakati pa Masindi ndi polowera pakiwu wakonzedwanso, koma sindikufuna kudzitamandira chifukwa cha izi ngakhale ndinali kudzudzula koopsa panthawiyo ku khonsolo, ndipo misewu yambiri yopita kumaboti nawonso idasinthidwa posachedwapa, zomwe zimapangitsa kuyenda bwino ngakhale ndi galimoto ya saloon, ngakhale 4 × 4 yoyenera ndiyomwe imakonda kuyendetsa masewera nthawi zina m'malo ovuta kumadera ena a paki.
Ndinalowa nawo pagome lodyera limodzi ndi alendo ena 7 - gawo lodyeramo lamtunda linali litadzaza mpaka pakati pa sabata usiku - kuti ndimvetsere ndi kutenga nawo mbali muzokambirana zosalephereka za safari ndi kudana mwaubwenzi pa ndale za m'deralo, ndisanayambe kupita kuchipinda changa chomwe. inali pansanjika yapamwamba. Izi zinandilola kusiya chitseko cha khonde lotseguka kuti ndikasangalale ndi mpweya wabwino usiku wonse (mpweya ulipo) pamene ukonde wa udzudzu wozungulira wonse unkasamalira usiku wabata - mpaka kuwala kwa mbandakucha kunayamba kusonkhezera mbalame kuti zibwerere kumoyo.
Mtsinjewo, womwe unabisidwa mumdima madzulo a dzulo, unanyamula thovu kunsi kwa mtsinjewo kudutsa malo ogona alendo, omwe mochititsa chidwi adazimiririka pakati pa masana, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti nkhani ina itsimikize chodabwitsachi komanso mwambi wake munthawi yake.
Koma kubwerera ku chifukwa chachikulu cha nkhaniyi, ntchito yofufuza mafuta yomwe ili ndi mikangano, koma yovomerezeka mokwanira ndi Heritage mkati mwa paki, zomwe m'mbuyomu zidapangitsa kuti magawo ena owonera masewerawa atsekedwe chifukwa cha magalimoto. Pambuyo pake, pakhala nkhani zobisika komanso zowonekera, ndipo zonena zambiri zanenedwa poyera komanso mwamseri, zonse zomwe zikuwoneka kuti zimayendetsedwa ndi malingaliro kuposa momwe ziliri, mkhalidwe womwe nkhaniyi mwachiyembekezo ikuthandizira kukonza.
Boma la Uganda kudzera mu unduna wa za mphamvu ndi chitukuko cha minerals, NEMA, ndi UWA, adapereka zilolezo ndi zilolezo zonse zoyeserera mkati mwa paki popeza chilolezo chofufuza mafuta ku Heritage chimakhudza mbali zina za malo osungirako zachilengedwe. Monga gawo la ulendo ndi misonkhano, osankhidwa omwe adasankhidwa adatha kuyang'ana malo awiriwa ndikuwonetsetsa momwe malowa alili komanso kuweruza zomera komanso nyama zakutchire zomwe zili pafupi, zomwe zinali m'miyezi yapitayi chifukwa cha zongopeka komanso zabodza.
Ngakhale alendo ochokera ku boma la Amuru adachedwa kufika, zomwe Unduna wa Zamagetsi ndi Kupititsa patsogolo Migodi (zotsimikizira ndalama za US $ 1 biliyoni m'gawoli mpaka pano), akatswiri azachilengedwe omwe adachita mgwirizano ndi Heritage, ogwira ntchito kukampani yamafuta, ndipo makamaka UWA inali idakali panjira, ngakhale patadutsa maola awiri kuposa momwe idakonzedwera poyamba. UWA idadabwitsa anthu ochepa ndi thandizo lawo lopanda malire pakufufuza mafuta mkati mwa "paki" yawo, koma chidwi cha dziko chikuyenera kuti chidathandizira kwambiri kupanga chisankhochi. M'malo mwake, Heritage, malinga ndi zomwe adalandira pamalopo, kuyambira pomwe akuyamba ntchito mdera lonselo adapereka boti lamtsinje ku UWA, lomwe limatha kunyamula galimoto imodzi kapena magalimoto awiri ndikuwonjezera galimoto ya 4 × 4 ndi nyumba zina zamakampu, zonse zamtengo wapatali kuposa US $ 200,000 - osati zoipa, poganizira kuti palibe udindo wotere womwe wagwirizana nawo panthawiyi. Ndili wotsimikiza kuti UWA ndi wothokoza chifukwa cha manja otere ndipo ndikuyembekeza mwakachetechete thandizo lazambiri lothandizira pantchito yawo yamapaki.
Malinga ndi magwero a malo ogona, ndi ochepa chabe mwa ogwira ntchito zasafari omwe adatsutsa kwambiri kubowola mkati mwa paki, kuphatikiza kunena ndikuwopseza kuti sanachite bwino, pomwe alendo odzaona malo sakhala ndi chidwi ndi nkhaniyi, pokhapokha atavulala. ndi otsogolera alendo omwe amalimbikitsa awo ndi abwana awo. Iwo akubwerezanso mawu omwewo, omwe akuti ndi omwewo omwe m'mbuyomu adawomberanso anthu omwe akukhala m'malo ogona a safari park - kuphatikiza kulimbana ndi eni ake a Paraa Safari Lodge pogwiritsa ntchito malingaliro osankhana mitundu - komanso omwe akhala akuyang'ana kwambiri mtolankhani uyu. kupereka malipoti pazambiri zina zokhuza ntchito zokopa alendo ku Uganda.
Kubowola kochulukira tsopano kukukonzekera, koma pomwe zokambirana zikupitilira panthawi yoboola, palibe ntchito yoboola yomwe yayambika pakadali pano ndipo ikungongokonzekera malo. Zikumveka kuti Heritage angakonde kuyesa kubowola pamalo amodzi pomwe akukonzekeretsanso malo ena kuti abwere pobowola, kuti asunthe mwachangu kuchoka pamalo amodzi kupita kwina ndikutuluka paki posachedwa. UWA inanenanso kuti zomwe amakonda ndikubowola kamodzi, asanabwezeretsedwe kwathunthu - zomwe zingawononge ndalama zosachepera za US $ 500,000 pa tsamba lililonse - kenako nkuyamba kugwira ntchito kwina, kusiya malo ambiri osungiramo masewera. , pamene zikuoneka kuti akuvomereza nthawi yotalikirapo ya zochitika zonse mkati mwa pakiyo. Malo okwana 6 avomerezedwa kale, ndipo zotheka zina zinayi ziyenera kupangitsa izi kukhala zofunikira, ndipo izi zikuwoneka ngati zogawanika pakati pa kumpoto ndi kumwera kwa mtsinje. Zokambiranazi, zikunenedwa kuti zatsala pang'ono kutha ndipo mosakayikira padzakhala mgwirizano kuti agwirizane ndi onse awiri. Chomwe chili chodziwikiratu ndichakuti mphekesera zakutchire, zonena kuti Heritage idzakumba malo onse nthawi imodzi, ndi nthano zongopeka, chifukwa chobowola CHIMODZI chokha chomwe chilipo, chomwe chimagawidwanso ndi Tullow Oil (kampani ina yofufuza mafuta yomwe ikugwirizana ndi Heritage) ndandanda yomwe idagwirizana kale. Chifukwa chake, zokamba za "zaka zambiri zoyeserera pobowola pakiyo" ndizobodza komanso zosokeretsa dala ndipo mwina cholinga chake ndi kuyambitsa kusagwirizana ndi anthu komanso kutsutsa mwachisawawa pamtundu uliwonse wakugwiritsa ntchito nkhokwe zamafuta ku Uganda, zomwe zikuyerekezedwa kuti zili mu 1. + Migolo mabiliyoni mabiliyoni kuti asungidwe zotsimikizika ndipo mwinanso zochulukirapo popeza zatsopano zimapezedwa mosalekeza. Kampaniyo ikuyerekeza kuti pakachitika bwino, atha kudutsa nthawi yawo yoyeserera pakati pa miyezi 6-9 ndipo ngati akuyenera kukhazikika panjira yayitali. ntchitoyo iyenera kumalizidwa pakati pa miyezi 9-12.
Mkangano wa "ngati zitero," komabe, wapita kale - makamaka chifukwa dziko silingakwanitse kusiya mafuta osakhudzidwa ndi cholinga chofuna kusunga malo odabwitsa, zomera, nyama, ndi zamoyo zosiyanasiyana chifukwa cha izi. za izo, ndikukhala pa mabiliyoni ambiri a madola a US amtengo wapatali a madola ndipo nthawi yomweyo kudalira ndalama za opereka ndalama kuti athe kulipira ndalama za pachaka. Malingana ngati njira zabwino zapadziko lonse lapansi zikugwiritsidwa ntchito m'magawo onse panjira ndipo zipangizo zamakono zamakono zikugwiritsidwa ntchito, malinga ngati njira zochepetsera kufufuza ndi kupanga mafuta m'madera otetezedwa ndi pafupi ndi malo otetezedwa akugwirizana kale ndiyeno atatsatiridwa mosamalitsa, kodi kudzatha kugwiritsa ntchito mafutawa, komanso kusamalira malo osungira nyama, malo osungira nyama, madambo, ndi magombe a nyanja komwe midadada yamafuta osiyanasiyana imadutsa.
M'malo mwake, zikuyembekezeredwa kuti ndalama zamtsogolo zamafuta zitha kugwirira ntchito limodzi njira zotetezera, makamaka m'malo omwe akhudzidwa. Zopereka zili kale patebulo ndi Heritage kuti zithandizire kutsegulira kwa mabwalo atsopano amasewera ndi ma track mkati mwa Murchisons, mphatso yowonjezeredwa ya UWA ingavomereze nthawi yomweyo koma kuvomereza kwa boma pakubweza ndalama kukadali kwabwino kwa miyezi ingapo. M'malo mwake, powona mayendedwe angapo opita kumalo obowola, funsoli lili patebulo ndipo mwachiyembekezo lidzayankhidwa ndi UWA ndi NEMA, chifukwa chiyani njanji zatsopano zotere siziyenera kukulitsidwa kukathera pamadzi akutali kwambiri kapena paphiri lapafupi, kumene rondavel yaying'ono yofoleredwa ndi udzu ikhoza kukhala ndi mthunzi ndi malo ochitirako pikiniki kapena chakudya cha kutchire kwa alendo, monga momwe zimakhalira m'mapaki ambiri ku Kenya ndi Tanzania. Kuchotsa mayendedwe onsewa ndikuwabwezeretsa kuchipululu kungaletse oyendetsa safari njira zina zotengera alendo kumasamba ena kupatula mabwalo ochepa, omwe alipo mkati mwa Murchisons. Malinga ndi magwero a UWA, ambiri ogwira ntchito zasafari akuti akufuna kudziwa kuti nyimbo zatsopano zomwe UWA zidalonjezedwa zidzapezeka liti ndipo oyendetsa safariwa atha kufuna kuyankhapo ndikupempha njira iyi. Chakudya choganizira mphamvu zomwe zilipo, ndipo mwachiyembekezo amasankha mwanzeru pa funsoli popanda kuwononga zinthu ndikugwiritsa ntchito malingaliro opanga kuti maphwando onse akhale osangalala.
Ulendo wotalikirapo ku malo awiri akale obowola mayeso adawonetsa mosapita m'mbali kuti kupatula kachidutswa kakang'ono pagawo lililonse la iwo, obisika bwino ndi njira yokhala ndi khomo lokhalo lomwe zitseko zobowola zimasindikizidwa, palibe umboni wotsalira wokhudza zomwe zachitika posachedwa. za kubowola mayeso, popeza udzu ndi zomera zina zabzalidwanso ndipo zikumera mizu, popeza kuti nyengo yamvula yafika pachimake. Pali malo ambiri opanda kanthu omwe amapezeka kudera lonse la paki komwe kulibe zomera zomwe zidakhalapo kapena pomwe madzi osefukira adasesa dothi lapamwamba ndi zomera kutali, koma malo omwe kuyezetsa kunachitika akuwoneka kuti akukulirakuliranso - komanso kukhala. Pafupi ndi misewu ikuluikulu siziwonetsa chilichonse chokhudza zomwe zidachitika kale kwa alendo omwe ali patali, ngakhale atagwiritsa ntchito ma binoculars kapena ma telelens.
Bryan Westwood, mutu wa Heritage ku Uganda, nayenso anali ku Paraa ndipo atamudziwa kuyambira pomwe adafika ku Uganda kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1990 ngati wowombera molunjika, mtolankhaniyu alibe kukayika ndi mawu ake otsatirawa: "Tichita zonse zomwe tingathe kupanga malo abwino kwambiri opangira mafuta a Heritage. Ndikufuna kubweranso mtsogolomu ndi adzukulu anga, kudzacheza ku Murchisons Falls National Park, ndi kuwawonetsa zomwe tachita ndikunyadira nazo. Ndikufuna kugwira ntchito ndi anthu pano kuti izi zitheke. "
Ndalama zamafuta, ngati zitagwiritsidwa ntchito mwanzeru, zitha kupangitsa dzikolo kukhala ndi zipatala zapadziko lonse lapansi, malo ophunzirira, ndi malo otukuka kwambiri, poganizira chitsanzo cha momwe, mwachitsanzo, dziko la Norway linagwiritsira ntchito mafuta ake olemera. Ndizowona kuti dziko la Norway lati likufuna kuthandiza boma la Uganda kuti lipite komwe likufuna m'malo motengera misampha yachitsanzo cha Nigeria ndi zolakwa zawo zonse, ndikugawana chuma chomwe mafuta amabweretsa. dziko lonse popanga phindu losatha la zomangamanga, thanzi, ndi maphunziro, mwala wapangodya wa chipambano cha dziko lotukuka. Zomwe Nigeria zakumana nazo mumtsinje wa Niger ziyenera kukhala chenjezo kwa makampani amafuta, mabungwe oteteza ndi zokopa alendo, boma, ndi mabungwe wamba, kuti kusamala kwambiri kuyenera kuchitidwa kuteteza chilengedwe ndikuchepetsa zovuta zonse pakubowola mayeso. ndipo makamaka pamene kupanga kukupitirira. Kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe komanso kusamutsidwa kwa nyama zakuthengo mdera la Niger Delta kwadzetsa mtolo waukulu kwa anthu amderali ndikuthandiza ndikuthandizira kusinthika kwa anthu amderalo, zomwe zidapangitsa kubera anthu, kugwidwa, kupha, ndi kuwononga, zomwe sizinathandize zifukwa zomveka za anthu akumaloko kapena kugwiritsiridwa ntchito mwadongosolo kwa zinthu zachilengedwe zoterozo. Makampani amafuta, mwachilengedwe chawo, ali ndi bizinesi komanso phindu, ndipo kuwongolera mwamphamvu, kuyang'anira mwatcheru, komanso kupanga mapulatifomu a upangiri ndi maupangiri adzapita kutali kuti akhazikitse magawo omangirira mwalamulo kwamakampani amafuta, kupereka kuchepetsa, kuyankha, komanso kuwonekera komanso kupewa mikangano yomwe ingachitike ku Nigeria. Ubalewu pakati pa Uganda ndi makampani amafuta akunja suyenera kusiyidwa mwakufuna kwawo koma uyenera kukhala mumgwirizano wamapangano okhala ndi zotulukapo zoyezeka.
Chofunikira ku Uganda ndikuti bizinesi yamafuta ndi zokopa alendo zoyendera zachilengedwe zitha kukulirakulira limodzi ndikuthandizira tsogolo lazachuma m'dzikolo, ndipo palibe gawo lomwe liyenera kuyesetsa kuchita bwino lina. Kukambitsirana kosalekeza komanso kuchita zinthu moona mtima kudzathandiza kwambiri kuthetsa nkhawa za mabungwe oteteza zachilengedwe ndi zokopa alendo ndikuthandizira kukonza njira yopita patsogolo pomwe mbali zonse zimagwirizana m'malo motsutsana nthawi zonse. Zomwe zikuchitika pano, makamaka pambuyo pa msonkhano wa okhudzidwa ndi zochitika zina zochitira umboni za Heritage ndi madera omwe akhudzidwa ndi omwe angapindule nawo, ndi/kapena omwe akhudzidwa, zikuwonetsa kuti kukhalirana pamodzi ndi mgwirizano ndizowona kale pankhani ya ubale ndi anthu amderalo komanso mgwirizano waukulu, kubweretsa pamodzi. onse okhudzidwa kuti agwire ntchito limodzi, atha kukwaniritsa izi.
Pomaliza, ndemanga imodzi yomaliza: palibe makampani ena amafuta omwe adatsimikizira kuti akubwera, otseguka, komanso achangu monga Heritage, ndipo titha kuyembekezera kuti nawonso, pamapeto pake afika pamlingo womwewo ndikuwonetsa kuwonekera komanso kumasuka pochita nawo. anthu onse komanso atolankhani. Kusunga zochita zawo mobisa sikungawathandize.
Kwa owerenga omwe ali ndi chidwi ndi zambiri za mutuwu, chonde lembani ku [imelo ndiotetezedwa], Jacob Manyindo Esq., kuti apemphe kuti atumizidwe lipoti laposachedwapa la bungwe la Uganda Wildlife Society pa nkhani yomweyi yomwe yafotokozedwa m’nkhaniyi.
