He papahana kaʻa uwea i manaʻo ʻia he mau miliona miliona ma Mount Kilimanjaro Ke alo nei ʻo ia i kahi 'litmus test', ʻoiai ke Kuhina Nui o Tanzania, ʻo Majaliwa Kassim Majaliwa, ua hui pū me nā mea kuleana e hoʻolei i kahi kānalua no ka hiki ʻana o kahi hoʻolālā hoʻopaʻapaʻa.
Ma Malaki 2019, ua hoʻolaha ka Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism in Tanzania (MNRT) i nā hoʻolālā e hoʻokomo i kahi kaʻa kaʻa ma ka mauna kiʻekiʻe loa o ʻApelika, ma ke ʻano he hoʻolālā e hoʻohuli i nā malihini a hoʻonui i nā helu mākaʻikaʻi.
Ke nānā aku nei i nā pāpū savannah ākea o Tanzania a me Kenya, piʻi nani ka mauna i uhi ʻia i ka hau ʻo Kilimanjaro ma kahi kaʻawale nani i 5,895 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai, ʻo ia ka piko kūʻokoʻa kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua.
Ua ʻōlelo ka MNRT i ka kaʻa uila ʻO ke kumu nui o ka papahana ʻo ia ka hoʻonui ʻana i waena o nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi kahiko a me nā poʻe kīnā, ʻaʻole kūpono ke kino no ka hele ʻana i ka mauna.
Ma kahi o nā hiʻohiʻona maʻamau o ka hau a me ka hau, hāʻawi kēia kaʻa uwea i kahi lā huakaʻi safari me ka maka manu, kūʻē i ka huakaʻi hele wāwae ʻeono lā.
Eia naʻe, pane mai ka ʻO ka Hui Hui Pūnaewele ʻo Tanzania (TATO) Ua wikiwiki nā lālā, me ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Majaliwa e hōʻike maopopo ana i kāna mau manaʻo e pili ana i ka papahana $72 miliona ma luna o nā manaʻo mālama mālama a me nā hana no ka heluna kanaka kūloko.
Ma ka hoʻonani ʻana i ka 2022 Kilimanjaro Marathon ma nā pali o ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro ma ka ʻāina mākaʻikaʻi o Tanzania ʻĀkau, ua hōʻike ʻo Mr. Majaliwa he hana koʻikoʻi ka poʻe hoʻolaha papahana e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ke aupuni e hāʻawi i ka hoʻolālā hoʻopaʻapaʻa i kukui ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
“Ua lohe au i ke kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka kaʻa uila e kau ʻia ma ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro, ua loaʻa i kēia mauna nani kona nani ponoʻī i ka poʻe huakaʻi e piʻi ana i ka piko o ko lākou mau wāwae," wahi a PM, ma waena o ka paʻi ʻana mai ka papahele.
“Makemake mākou e mau ka mea kanu maoli. Ke hoʻomaka ʻoe e ʻeli i ka mauna e kūkulu i nā kia o nā kaʻa kaʻa, maopopo loa ʻoe e luku i nā mea kanu kūlohelohe ma ke kuahiwi, "wahi a ke Kuhina Nui.
Ua ʻōlelo hou aku ʻo Mr. Majaliwa, me nā kaʻa uwea i kau ʻia, he kakaikahi ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e makemake i ka huakaʻi hele a i ka wā e hiki mai ai e laka ʻia nā mea lawe puka mai kā lākou hana kūpono.
“I ko ʻoukou kūkākūkā ʻana, e mākaukau ʻoe e hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā mākou i loko o ke aupuni i hea ʻoukou e manaʻo nei e lawe i kēia mau mea lawe. Pono ʻoe e kūkulu maikaʻi i kāu hihia e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i ke aupuni no ka hopena o ka poʻe kiaʻi puka a me ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻemaʻe o ke kuahiwi," wahi a Mr. Majaliwa.
“Ke wehe ʻoe i nā kumulāʻau e wehe i ke ala no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā kaʻa uwea, heheʻe ka hau; e haʻi pololei mai iā mākou pehea ʻoe e hana ai e mālama i ka hau?" i ninau aku ai oia.
"He hana koʻikoʻi kāu e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i ke aupuni ma ka papahana."
Ua kūʻē ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo ka hapa nui i nā safaris piʻi mauna, i ka hoʻoholo a ke aupuni e hoʻolauna i nā huakaʻi huakaʻi kaʻa ma ka mauna.
I loko o kā lākou hālāwai i mālama ʻia ma Arusha i kēia manawa, ua kūʻē ke aupuni ʻo Tanzania i ka hoʻolālā o ke aupuni ʻo Tanzania e hoʻolauna i kahi kaʻa kaʻa ma ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro - kahi hana a lākou i ʻōlelo ai e hōʻemi ana i nā loaʻa kālā i loaʻa mai ka poʻe piʻi mauna.
Ua ʻōlelo ka luna hoʻomalu o TATO, ʻo Wilbard Chambulo, ʻo ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ke kaʻa kaʻa ma ka mauna e hoʻopilikia i ke ʻano palupalu o ka mauna ma waho aʻe o ka lilo ʻana o kona kūlana, ma luna o ka lilo ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā no nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi.
Ma kahi kokoke i 56,000 mau mākaʻikaʻi e piʻi i ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro a haʻalele i $50 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o kā lākou helu a hoʻopilikia i ke kahawai kālā a me ke ola ʻana o nā kaukani kamaʻāina e hilinaʻi wale nei i ka ʻoihana trekking e holomua ai ko lākou ola.
ʻElua mau pule i hala aku nei, ua ʻōlelo ke Kuhina no nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe a me ka mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo Dr. Damas Ndumbaro, ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hui me nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi ma Kilimanjaro ma ka lā Malaki 8, 2022 no ke kūkākūkā holoʻokoʻa a hele mai me ke ala i mua.
Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe hoʻi nā mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi honua i kahi hae ʻulaʻula e kūʻē i kahi papahana kaʻa kaʻa i hoʻolālā ʻia, e hoʻoweliweli ana e hāʻule i ka piko kiʻekiʻe o ʻApelika ma kā lākou papa inoa koho.
Ua hoʻohiki ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo Wil Smith, ka mea i kūʻai kūleʻa i ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro no ʻelua mau makahiki i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻōki wale i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ke kūlana kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa o ka honua, akā e aʻo pū i ka poʻe ʻoliʻoli e haʻalele i ka huakaʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Smith, he luna hoʻokele o ka Deeper Africa outfitter, ʻo ke kaʻa uwea ma ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro e lilo ia i mea ʻino ʻole a me ka hoʻopilikia lehulehu.
ʻO nā waiwai koʻikoʻi o Kilimanjaro e huki ana i nā tausani o ka poʻe holo wāwae i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻo ia kona ʻano hihiu, nani a me ka pilikia o ka hele wāwae ʻana i ka piko, kākau ʻo ia i ke Kuhina o nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe a me ka mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo Dr. Damas Ndumbaro, me ka hoʻohui ʻana:
"ʻO ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi kaʻa huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe e hoʻonui i ka mauna a e hōʻino i ka ʻāina. E lilo ana ʻo Kilimanjaro i kona kaulana ma ke ʻano he mea kupanaha nui a nani hoʻi, e lilo ana i mea hoʻowalewale maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi ʻaʻohe hopena maikaʻi.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The Chairman of TATO, Wilbard Chambulo, said that introduction of the cable car on the mountain will affect the mountain's fragile environment in addition to making it lose its status, on top of losing revenues for tour operators.
- In their meeting held in Arusha recently, the tour operator's opposed Tanzania government's plan to introduce a cable car on Mount Kilimanjaro – an exercise they said would minimize tourism revenues accrued from the mountain climbers.
- “I've heard discussion about the cable cars to be installed on Mount Kilimanjaro, this majestic mountain has its own splendid glory to the adventurers who scale up to the peak on their feet” PM said, amid applause from the floor.
