Khothi la ku Uganda la Standards, Utilities and Wildlife Court, pa October 20, 2022, linagamula mmodzi wa Ochiba Pascal kukhala m’ndende moyo wonse chifukwa chopezeka ndi nyama zotetezedwa popanda chilolezo.
Malinga ndi zomwe watulutsa mlangizi wa bungwe la Uganda Wildlufe Authority (UWA) Hangi Bashir, Ochiba anamangidwa pa 18 January 2022 mu zone ya Namuwongo, Kampala, atapezeka ndi zidutswa ziwiri. minyanga ya njovu olemera ma kilogalamu 9.55 popanda chilolezo chovomerezeka chogwiritsa ntchito nyama zakuthengo.
Popereka chilango kwa Ochiba, Chief Magistrate of the Standards, Utilities and Wildlife Court, Her Worship Gladys Kamasanyu adati milandu yakuba ndi nyama zotetezedwa ndi yochuluka ndipo pakufunika kuthetseratu. Ananenanso kuti dziko la Uganda ndi komwe kuli nyama zakuthengo zodziwika bwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi kuyambira pa zinyama zodziwika bwino monga njovu mpaka zazing'ono ngati ma pangolin, ndipo zonse ziyenera kutetezedwa.
Ananenanso kuti a Ochiba anali ndi chizolowezi cholakwa pomwe adazengedwa mlandu mchaka cha 2017 ndi milandu iwiri yokhala ndi nyama zotetezedwa mosaloledwa ndipo khothi lomwelo lidamugamula. Ananenanso kuti kusiya Ochiba m'magazi kumawonjezera chiopsezo chopha nyama zomwe zatsala pang'ono kutha, ponena kuti akuyenera kulandira chilango chomwe chingathandize kuti dziko lapansi likhale malo otetezeka a nyama zakutchire ndi anthu.
Pa July 4, 2017, Ochiba anamangidwa ku Namuwongo atapezeka ndi zidutswa zinayi za minyanga ya njovu ndi chikopa chouma cha Okapi popanda chilolezo chogwiritsira ntchito ndipo adagamulidwa kuti akakhale kundende miyezi khumi ndi isanu ndi itatu pamilandu yonse iwiri yomwe adagwira ntchito imodzi.
Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) Sam Mwandha wati chigamulochi ndi chipambano chopambana polimbana ndi malonda a nyama zakuthengo.
“Ndife okondwa kuwona chilango chachikulu chikuperekedwa kwa wophwanya malamulo a nyama zakuthengo. Uku ndi kupambana kwakukulu pankhondo yathu yolimbana ndi malonda osagwirizana ndi nyama zakuthengo ku Uganda. Tiyenera kuchita zonse zomwe tingathe munthawi yathu ino kuteteza nyama zakutchire apo ayi mbiri idzatiweruza moyipa,” adatero.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- Pa July 4, 2017, Ochiba anamangidwa ku Namuwongo atapezeka ndi zidutswa zinayi za minyanga ya njovu ndi chikopa chouma cha Okapi popanda chilolezo chogwiritsira ntchito ndipo adagamulidwa kuti akakhale kundende miyezi khumi ndi isanu ndi itatu pamilandu yonse iwiri yomwe adagwira ntchito imodzi.
- She said that leaving Ochiba in circulation increases the risk of killing of endangered species, noting that he deserves a sentence that will contribute to making the world a safer place for wildlife and humans.
- While sentencing Ochiba, the Chief Magistrate of the Standards, Utilities and Wildlife Court, Her Worship Gladys Kamasanyu said that offences of unlawful possession of protected species are rampant and there is need to curb them down.
