Ua hoʻopaʻi ka ʻaha Standards, Utilities and Wildlife i nehinei i ka lāhui Congolese i kapa ʻia ʻo Mbaya Kabongo Bob i 7 mau makahiki i loko o ka hale paʻahao no kēlā me kēia helu 2 o ka lawe ʻana mai i nā ʻano holoholona hihiu i Uganda me ka ʻole o ka laikini kūpono a me ka loaʻa ʻole ʻana o nā ʻano holoholona hihiu i pale ʻia e kūʻē i nā pauku 62(2 ),(a)(3) a me 71(1),(b) o ka Uganda Wildlife Act 2019.
Hiki mai ka hoʻopaʻi ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana o Mbaya i nā hewa, a e lawelawe ʻo ia i nā ʻōlelo ʻelua i ka manawa like.
Ua hopu ʻia ʻo Mbaya ma ʻApelila 14, 2022, i ka wā o kahi hana hui i alakaʻi ʻia e ʻO Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF), a me nā mākaʻi o Uganda ma ke kauhale ʻo Kibaya o ka ʻaha kūlanakauhale ʻo Bunagana ʻo Kisoro. Ua loaʻa iā ia he 2 mau hīnaʻi i loko o 122 African Grey Parrots, 3 o ia mau mea i make a he 2 hou i make ma hope.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hangi Bashir, Luna Hoʻokele o UWA: "ʻEhiku mau makahiki no Mbaya i loko o ka hale paʻahao e lilo i ʻōlelo aʻo i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i ka ʻoihana o ke kālepa holoholona hihiu a i ʻole ka poʻe i manaʻo e komo i kēia ʻoihana ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Uganda ma ke ʻano he ala hele a i ʻole. he wahi huakaʻi no nā ʻano holoholona hihiu i kālepa ʻia. Hoʻomaikaʻi mākou i ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo a ʻo ia hoʻi, ka luna hoʻokolokolo nāna i alakaʻi i ka hihia no ka hāʻawi wikiwiki ʻana i ka hoʻopono no nā kao i kālepa ʻia a me ka poʻe i make i ke kaʻina hana.
"ʻO ka African Gray Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) kekahi o nā ʻano ʻano ʻino e pili ana i ka emi ʻana o ka heluna kanaka ma muli o ka ʻohi ʻana no ke kālepa honua a me ka nalowale o ka noho ʻana ma waena o kekahi."
"ʻO ka heluna honua o ka African Grey Parrot i kēia manawa i manaʻo ʻia ma waena o 40,000 a 100,000. No laila, pono kākou e hoʻomalu i kēia manu i ʻole e pau loa.
Hāʻawi ka Wildlife Act o 2019 i ka hoʻopaʻi ola a me ka uku o UGX 20 biliona, a i ʻole ʻelua, no ka ka hewa holoholona hihiu e pili ana i nā ʻano ʻano pōloli.
I ka makahiki 2018, ua helu ʻia nā parrots ma ke ʻano he ʻano pōʻino e ka International Union of Conservation of Nature. ʻO ka parrot hina, ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo Congo grey parrot, he manu kahiko-sha honua ma ka ʻohana Psittacidae.
Wahi a Wildlife Conservation Society, he hui non-government i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ʻAmelika nona ka manaʻo e mālama i nā wahi hihiu nui loa o ka honua ma 14 mau ʻāpana koʻikoʻi, ua ʻike ka ʻApelika hina ʻeleʻele i ka emi ʻana o ka heluna kanaka ma kona wahi ma West, Central, a me East Africa. He mea kakaikahi loa ia a i ʻole ma ka ʻāina ma Benin, Burundi, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, a me Togo. ʻAʻole naʻe i kēia manawa ke hoʻoweliweli ʻia nei kēia ʻano nui loa o ka nahele e ke kālepa honua ʻole.
Inā hiki i ka manu hina ke kamaʻilio, a ʻoiaʻiʻo nō, mahalo ʻo ia i ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana iā Mbaya, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo "bad" a i ʻole "egregious" i unuhi ʻia mai ka Swahili i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “ Seven years for Mbaya in jail will serve as a warning to others in the business of wildlife trafficking or those who intend to get involved in this business that Uganda cannot be used as either a transit route or a destination for trafficked wildlife species.
- Ua hoʻopaʻi ka ʻaha Standards, Utilities and Wildlife i nehinei i ka lāhui Congolese i kapa ʻia ʻo Mbaya Kabongo Bob i 7 mau makahiki i loko o ka hale paʻahao no kēlā me kēia helu 2 o ka lawe ʻana mai i nā ʻano holoholona hihiu i Uganda me ka ʻole o ka laikini kūpono a me ka loaʻa ʻole ʻana o nā ʻano holoholona hihiu i pale ʻia e kūʻē i nā pauku 62(2 ),(a)(3) a me 71(1),(b) o ka Uganda Wildlife Act 2019.
- We applaud the judiciary and in particular, the judicial officer who presided over the case for swiftly dispensing justice for the parrots that were being trafficked and those that died in the process.
