ʻO ka huikau o ka makani tropical kula a me ka wela wela e like me ke ʻano i hōʻailona ʻia e ke awakea kauwela kauwela o ʻApelika, e hoʻokumu i ke kahua waena a noho aliʻi ma kahakai. Honi ka lewa o nā ʻano palaho like ʻole, e luli mai ana mai nā moku neoneo, i ka ʻākau, nā papa haʻalele i hoʻohana ʻia no ka ʻoki ʻana i ka iʻa, i ka hema he ʻōmaʻomaʻo limu limu e lana ana i ka loko ma mua.
Ma ka ʻāina, he lehulehu nā ʻāpana wahie a me nā lānahu i ahu i luna e kū ikaika i mua, e kakali ana i kā lākou huakaʻi holo i ke kai i kekahi o nā mokupuni he nui ma ka loko wai a i ʻole kahi mea kūʻai laki.
Kū kahi mākeke hou i kahi mau mika ka mamao. Aia kekahi mau mea hele aʻe, ʻike ʻia kekahi e noho ana ma kahakai, hāmau a nānā i ka wai. Inā ua hala ʻoe i ka pāleka nui o East Africa Breweries i kou hele ʻana i loko, ʻaʻohe mea e haʻi aku iā ʻoe aia ma Port Bell, waiho wale ʻoe e kū nei ma ka pā o ke awa kahiko o Uganda.
Ua kapa ʻia ma hope o ke kiaʻāina Pelekane o Uganda, ʻo Sir Hesketh Bell, ua wehe ʻia ʻo Port Bell i ka makahiki 1908 no ka mālama ʻana i nā lawe mai o Uganda e ke kai.
ʻO ka mea nui ka mea nui i ka wā i wehe ai ke Alanui Alakaʻi ʻo Uganda i 1931, ua pili ia i ke awa e hōʻoluʻolu i ka lawe ʻana i nā ukana i hōʻea i kai ma Kampala.
Akā i kēia lā ua poina ʻo Port Bell, e moe ana ma ka ʻaoʻao lee o Kampala, me ka nānā ʻole. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ko laila awa nui loa ʻo Uganda e lawa pono ai e lilo ia i wahi ma waena o nā kikowaena mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻāina, akā ʻoiai ua ʻae nā poʻe a pau i nīnauele ʻia, inā ʻaʻole i hana ʻia kekahi mea e hōʻoia i ka leʻaleʻa i kona wahi kūpono ma uka. A ʻo kahi hopena, he pohihihi pū kekahi nā pōmaikaʻi waiwai e loaʻa mai ana.
ʻO Malindi a me Mombasa, nā awa kahiko o Kenya, ua lilo i mau kikowaena mākaʻikaʻi alakaʻi o ka ʻāina. Hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia nā mea like e pili ana iā Dar-es-Salaam a me Zanzibar, nā awa kahiko o Tanzania. ʻO nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi a pau o ko lākou ʻāina hoʻoilina, kahi kūlana i hōʻole loa ʻia ʻo Port Bell.
Hōʻike kahi ʻimi pūnaewele no ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Port Bell i nā pūnaewele e hoʻolaha nei i ka ʻike mākaʻikaʻi e pili ana i nā huakaʻi, nā hōkele a me nā wā hoʻomaha ma Port Bell. Akā ma ke kaomi ʻana i kēlā mau loulou, ʻaʻohe mea i pae; he hōʻailona e mahalo nui nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi i kēia wahi ma ke ʻano he kikowaena mākaʻikaʻi kūpono akā ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi mea o ka honua ke hōʻoia i ka ʻōlelo.
Wahi a Mr Richard Oyamo, ke Kakauolelo Nui o ka Railway Zone, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ke kumukūʻai o ke awa ma ke kumumanaʻo, a hana ʻole. "ʻAʻohe o (Port Bell) waiwai kūpono, ma ke ʻano he aha nā mea i loko o ke awa ʻoiai ʻaʻole ma laila nā awa ʻē aʻe akā ʻo ia ke awa nui ma aneʻi. Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻoe iā ia i nā awa ʻo Kisumu a me Mwanza, lohi mākou ma hope, "wahi a Mr Oyamo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole i kau ʻia kahi mea e hoʻokele ai i nā mākaʻikaʻi makaikai. "ʻO ka wai wale nō ka mea e ʻumeʻume ai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi. ʻAʻohe mea ʻē aʻe. Hele mai nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e haʻalele nei me ka ʻike ʻole ua hōʻea lākou i Port Bell, "wahi a Mr Oyamo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr John Baptist Kayaga, ke kuhina o ke aka no ke kālepa kālepa a me nā ʻoihana, ua hoʻopilikia ʻia ka mākaʻikaʻi makaikai o ke awa e ka hōʻoluʻolu mai nā mea hoʻopukapuka a me ke aupuni.
"ʻO kona kuanaʻike mōʻaukala a me kāna hiʻona ua maikaʻi akā ʻaʻole i noʻonoʻo kekahi e like me kēlā. Ke manaʻo nei mākou āpau e hoʻomohala iā ia ma nā laina o kahi kikowaena ʻoihana, "wahi a Mr Kayaga.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he nui nā kikowaena ʻoihana ʻē aʻe e like me Kisumu kahi e kūʻai ai nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi akā ʻaʻole ia ma Port Bell.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Oyamo ʻaʻole i hoʻolālā ke aupuni no ke awa akā ua haʻalele wale ia. ʻO ke kuhina mokuʻāina no ka mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo Mr Serapiyo Rukundo, eia naʻe ua ʻōlelo ʻia aia iā lākou ke awa i kā lākou hoʻolālā. "Ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e holo i nā holoholo ma Lake Victoria. Ke manaʻo nei ka poʻe i ka pehea e paipai ai i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma laila. "
ʻO ka luna pili lehulehu no ka Ministry of Works and Transport, ʻo Ms Susan Kataike, i kahakaha i ko Port Bell koʻikoʻi i ka ʻoihana hoʻokele o ka ʻāina, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ke hana nei ia i ka hiki ke hiki, no ka mea ua iho nā moku ohua.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ke hoʻomaka nei ke kuhina i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi awa maloʻo ma ke awa me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana ma nā laina ʻo MV Kahwa a me Pamba.
ʻO ka mea wale nō e lilo ka manawa a me ke kālā i ka poʻe e hele wale a pīhoihoi i ka nani nani ma Port Bell, akā lawe pū nō hoʻi i nā holo waʻa, e hōʻike ana ua ʻike ʻia ka lole mākaʻikaʻi hikiwawe o ke awa e ka nui akā ʻaʻole i paʻi ʻia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia kahi kāne waʻa i ʻekolu mau mahina i hala aku nei ua lilo ke awa i wahi no nā poʻe e ʻimi nei e pepehi iā ia iho. "Ua hele mai kekahi, e like me ke ʻano ʻoihana a noi aku e holo a puni nā mokupuni. I ka hiki ʻana i ka hapalua, lele ʻo ia i loko o ka wai a laila ʻoe e alo i nā hopena inā ʻoe e hoʻi wale i kahakai, "wahi ʻo ia.
He hōʻike maʻalahi kēia moʻolelo no ka mea i hoʻemi ʻia i ke awa kahiko o Uganda. ʻO nā manaʻo i mālama ʻia e nā mea kuleana ma luna aʻe kāu kamaʻilio polikino maʻamau, e haʻi ana pehea ke ʻano o nā hoʻolālā i ka paipu e hoʻomohala i ka pūnaewele. No ka loaʻa ʻole o kahi mākaʻikaʻi hoʻokahi e haʻi nui nei e pili ana i ka hiki o Uganda ke kiaʻi i kāna hoʻoilina, a waiho i kahi mea kupanaha no ke aha i nui ai nā māka ʻāina i waiho ʻia e nā emepera.
