Kūʻē nā mea mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi i kahi hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia o ka wai ʻo Murchison no ke kūkulu wai ʻana e ke aupuni Ugandan

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i kakauia ma Jonathan Benaia

ʻO ka pule i hala ma ka Pōʻalima, nui nā Ugandans ʻoi aku ka poʻe i loko o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a me ka mālama mālama ʻana i haʻalulu i ka wā i puka mai ai kahi hoʻolaha ma ka nūpepa aupuni e ka Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) kahi i hoʻolaha ai lākou i kahi leka no ka noi i manaʻo ʻia no ka laikini mai nā hui ʻelua e manaʻo nei e. e hana i ka wai wai ma ka wailele o Murchison, kahi a makou e palapala aku ai e hoahewa i keia manao ino e ku e i ka oihana makaikai.

ʻO ka hoʻolaha i puka ʻia ma ka nūpepa aupuni i heluhelu ʻia ma ka ʻāpana "Ua loaʻa iā ERA ma lalo o ka pauku 29 o ke Kānāwai Uila 1999 kahi leka i manaʻo ʻia no ka noi ʻana i kahi laikini mai Bonang Power and Energy(Pty) Limited no ka hana ʻana a kūʻai aku i ka uila mai kahi hydropower. mea kanu i manaʻo ʻia e kūkulu ʻia ma kahi kokoke i ka wailele ʻo Murchison ma Kiryandongo a me Nwoya.

Ua hoʻāla kēia manaʻo i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa wela loa, me ka leka wehe Facebook ma lalo nei i kākau ʻia e ka mea paʻi puke huakaʻi Ugandan a me ka mea paʻi kiʻi kūlohelohe, ʻo Jonathan Benaiah.

I ka poʻe he nui, kani paha wau me he "waha leo ʻino". ʻIke wau he mea hoʻolaha pupule wau i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Uganda, ʻo kekahi hapa no ka mea ʻo ia kahi i hoʻomoʻa ʻia ai kaʻu berena, akā e noʻonoʻo pono kākou.

Aloha au i kēia ʻāina, manaʻo wau he nani a manaʻoʻiʻo nui wau i kona waiwai.

ʻO kekahi o koʻu manaʻo nui, ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi kekahi o (inā ʻaʻole) nā ʻoihana hoʻomau e hānai i kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai, ʻoiai me ka liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻoikaika aupuni, ka hoihoi a me ka hoʻopukapuka kālā.

Ke ohi nui nei kakou ma ke ano o ka loaa ana mai o ke aupuni ma o ka auhau, GDP, Foreign Exchange, hana hana; me ka liʻiliʻi loa o ka hana mua. E noʻonoʻo inā hana mākou me ka noʻonoʻo.

E ʻae mai iaʻu e lawe iā ʻoe i 2 mau makahiki i kahi hui kūkākūkā lehulehu ma ka Brovad Sands Kalangala i ka makahiki 2017 i mālama ʻia e ka Ministry of Tourism, kahi i loaʻa ai iā mākou nā kāne mai ke Kuhina Waiwai, URA, UNRA, UWA, a me nā keʻena aupuni ʻē aʻe. Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au he hoʻihoʻi hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka hoʻoulu ʻia ʻana o nā mea hoʻolimalima.

Pōmaikaʻi loa wau ʻo wau wale nō ka ʻelele mai ka ʻoihana kūʻokoʻa i loko o ia lumi; a he kuleana koʻu e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hāʻawi ʻana o kēia poʻe i ka Murchison Falls National Park (MFNP) i ka luku ʻia a ma ia manawa, ua kapa ʻia au he mea hoʻomakeʻe walaʻau e kekahi o nā luna kiʻekiʻe o kā mākou Kuhina laina nāna i alakaʻi i ka hālāwai. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki i kaʻu waiho ʻana i ka minuke o ka hālāwai.

Ua heluhelu nui au e pili ana i ka "hoʻopiʻi maʻamau o ka Hui ʻAiʻa" ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau i ko lākou wā kūkākūkā; a laila huli mau i ka ʻaoʻao lalo.

I keia la, e kani au me he kaula la o ka make. I ka wā o ka ʻimi ʻana, e ʻike ʻia ka haunaele maʻamau i kēia manawa kekahi o nā Pāka Lahui kaulana loa a kipa ʻia.

E hoʻi hou i ka hālāwai ma Kalangala. Ma keʻano he mea mālama i ka wā e hiki mai ana o kēia ʻāina, ua manaʻo wau e hāpai i ka hae ʻulaʻula, akā ʻaʻole paha i hopohopo nā kāne o ke Aupuni a ʻaʻole wau i kamaʻilio maikaʻi.

Ma kēlā hālāwai hoʻokahi, ua nīnau au inā ua ʻike lākou ma kahi o 200 HUMONGOUS kaʻa kaumaha nui e pono ke komo i waho a i waho o ka paka i kēlā me kēia lā. Akā, ua manaʻo ka poʻe o ke Aupuni he mea ʻakaʻaka.

ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lilo i mea noʻonoʻo pololei, e kipa aku iā Murchison, a ma ka noʻonoʻo noʻonoʻo, ʻike mau nā papahana o ia ʻano nui e like me ke kūkulu ʻana i ka Dam a me ka hana ʻimi ʻaila (ma ka nui o ia mea) ma ka wailele ʻo Murchison.

Noho au i hope a noʻonoʻo wau iaʻu iho, "e kali i kahi minuke, pupule loa kēia poʻe, pololei!" Ua pau ko lakou manao me ke kanalua ole. E kōkua mai iaʻu e hoʻomaopopo i ka like o ke ala nui i hana ʻia ma ka National Park me ka hana ʻimi ʻaila e hele nei, a ke noi aku nei kekahi hui o ʻApelika Hema e kūkulu i Hydropower Dam ma luna o nā hāʻule nani loa o ka ʻāina, ʻo ka wahi ikaika loa ma ka muliwai lōʻihi loa o ka honua, ʻo ia hoʻi. Ka muliwai Nile. A manaʻo ʻoe ʻaʻole e puhi nei kēia poʻe i kekahi ʻano narcotics?

ʻAʻole maikaʻi ka ʻaila a me ka hana ʻana i nā wahi āpau, ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. He ʻoihana ʻino kēia, a eia mākou ke nānā aku nei i nā poʻe e hāʻawi aku i kekahi o nā paka maikaʻi loa o ka ʻāina. Manaʻo wau he naʻaupō loa (i ka ʻōlelo liʻiliʻi loa) no ko mākou mau alakaʻi e hoʻolaʻa i kā mākou waiwai kūlohelohe a noho mākou i hope a nānā hoʻomana.

Ma ke ala, he aha kēia ikaika? Pono anei mākou e luku i ko mākou mau paka e kūʻai aku i ka uila i ko mākou mau hoalauna?

No ke aha mākou e ʻimi nui ai ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā waiwai kūlohelohe a hiki i nā lāhui ʻē aʻe ke makemake wale iā lākou. ʻO ka poʻe pupule e ʻōlelo iki.

I kēlā lā aʻe, ua hōʻike mākou i ka pono o ka mālama ʻana i nā ululāʻau, ka hihia o Bugoma Central Forest Reserve (home to wild Chimpanzees a me nā ʻano holoholona hihiu ʻē aʻe he nui) i hāʻawi ʻia i kahi Hui Sugar nona ka India e hoʻokumu i kahi mahi kō. Eia hou ke alo nei kakou i ka puuwai hou.

ʻO nā manaʻo papau o kēia ʻāina; ʻAʻole loaʻa iaʻu. Malia paha e hele mua lākou e uku i nā mea hoʻopukapuka huakaʻi ma mua o ka hīmeni ʻana i nā hoʻomaikaʻi e pili ana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ke alakaʻi i ka loaʻa forex, akā huli wale nō e lawe i ke koʻi ma kona ʻāʻī ma hope.

Ma muli o ko mākou mau alakaʻi i hōʻoia pinepine ʻaʻole lākou i ka hana o ka pale ʻana i ko mākou hoʻoilina kūlohelohe, ke ʻōlelo nei au e hoʻomaka me mākou e pono ai ke ʻano he nui e hakakā ai no ka mea nui iā mākou; kahi e koi ai i nā Ugandans a pau e ʻike, nā media āpau ma aneʻi e hoʻouna i kahi leka ikaika.

Pono mākou e kiʻi i ka media kahi i kapa ʻia ai nā ʻoihana hoʻopukapuka e haʻi i kā mākou moʻolelo i kā lākou aupuni e pili ana i ke ʻano o nā hui, e like me Bonang Power and Energy (Pty) Limited, e hele mai nei e luku i kā mākou hoʻoilina.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jonathan Benaiah mai Uganda Safari News: "E kūʻē ikaika kēlā me kēia Uganda i kekahi papahana ikehu e pepehi ai i ka wailele ʻo Murchison. ʻO kēlā me kēia mea pāʻani mākaʻikaʻi maoli a me nā hoaaloha o kēia ʻāina e kūʻē i ka papahana no ka pono aupuni e mālama i nā pōmaikaʻi e loaʻa mai ana, me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā haole a me nā hana no nā Ugandans. Ua aie mākou i nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.

By o Ionatana ʻO Benaia, The Uganda Safari News : www.ugandantourist.com

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