USadrach Nirere ulwa nenkunkuma yeplastiki kunye nengxaki yemozulu eUganda

NguRobert B. Fishman

KuSadrach Nirere, ukuncama ayisiyiyo inketho. Uthanda ukuhleka kwaye uhlala enethemba lokulwa nengxaki yemozulu kunye nenkunkuma yeplastiki. Kwilizwe lakhe lase-Uganda, umntu oneminyaka engama-26 ubudala waseka isebe lase-Uganda ngolweSihlanu lwexesha elizayo kunye nentshukumo yokuNcocwa kwePlastiki yokuphela njengomfundi. Ukusukela isidanga sakhe se-bachelor kulawulo lweshishini ngo-2020, uzibona “njengomlweli wexesha elizeleyo”. Utsho ehleka esithi akanaxesha lomsebenzi osisigxina. Uhlala kwimisebenzi yemihla ngemihla yamaphulo eendaba zoluntu kunye neminye imisebenzi ye-intanethi. Ndiyakwazi ukujamelana nale meko.” Ngaphezu kwemeko yakhe, uxhalabele ubuninzi benkunkuma yeplastiki kwimilambo namachibi aseUganda.

Umfana omde, onobungane wayenenhlanhla, enqabileyo e-Uganda, ukuba abazali bakhe bakwazi ukumthumela esikolweni esiphakamileyo kwi-capital Kampala ekuqaleni kwe-2000s. Uninzi alukwazi ukuhlawula iifizi zesikolo ezimalunga nama-800 eeuro ngonyaka ngabantwana babo. USadrach uthi: “Inkoliso yethu iphila ngemali engaphantsi kweyuro enye ngosuku. “Abantwana abaninzi bayeka isikolo kuba kufuneka bafumane imali”. 

Ukhumbula oku: “Ndabunandipha ubomi apho, isixeko esikhulu, izinto ezininzi endandinokuzenza. Kodwa wakhawuleza wayibona imeko embi. Inkunkuma yeplastiki ivala inkqubo yogutyulo kwaye idada kwiLake Victoria.

Njengomfundi eyunivesithi, wajonga abanye abakhankasi kwaye waseka inyathelo elithi "End Plastic Pollution" kunye noLwesihlanu kwiFuture Uganda, ethi, njengemibutho yoodade kwamanye amazwe, ilwela ukukhuselwa kwemozulu ngakumbi.

"Ingxaki yemozulu isibetha ngokuthe ngqo kunabantu baseYurophu"

USadrach Nirere uthi: “Ingxaki yemozulu isichaphazela ngokuthe ngqo apha kunabantu baseYurophu. Njengomntwana, wazibonela ngokwakhe indlela imozulu echaphazela ngayo isivuno kwifama yabazali bakhe. Enoba yena, abazali bakhe nodade wabo babenokutya okwaneleyo kwakuxhomekeke kwisivuno. Emva kwesivuno esibi, abazali bakhe kwafuneka bayeke ukulima. Kwakukade kukho amaxesha emvula nembalela eUganda. Namhlanje kome kakhulu, ngoko izandyondyo zemvula iya kuwubeka umhlaba phantsi kwamanzi kwakhona. Izikhukula zitshabalalisa izityalo. Ubuninzi bamanzi buwukhukulisa umhlaba. Ngexesha lembalela umoya uvuthuza umphezulu olimekayo. Ukudilika komhlaba kunye nezinye iintlekele zendalo ezixhaphake kakhulu kwintlekele yemozulu zibethe amahlwempu ngakumbi. Ezinye iintsapho ziphulukene namakhaya azo nazo zonke izinto zazo ngenxa yokudilika komhlaba.

"Aguquguqukayo" amalungelo oluntu

Abaninzi baziva bengenamandla baza barhoxa. Kodwa uSadrach Nirere uqinisekile ukuba intshukumo yokusingqongileyo ichukumisa "abantu abaninzi baseUganda". "Sifikelela malunga nesiqingatha sesigidi sabantu ngamaphulo avela kwizikolo ezingama-50 nakwiiyunivesithi." Umfana ubiza imeko yamalungelo oluntu e-Uganda "i-volatile": awukwazi ukuba kuya kwenzeka ntoni xa uququzelela umboniso, umzekelo. Emva koqhankqalazo lwemozulu ngoSeptemba ka-2020, amapolisa abamba aza ancina amatshantliziyo amaninzi aza athatha iipowusta zawo. “Abaninzi bebengaphantsi kweminyaka eli-18,” utshilo uNirere. Amapolisa abuze ukuba kutheni bethathe inxaxheba kolu qhankqalazo nokuba ngubani oxhasa olu qhankqalazo. Emva koko ngewayebuyiselwe kubazali bakhe. Akukho mntu ophuma kwi-End Plastic Pollution okanye ngooLwezihlanu beKamva usentolongweni ngoku.

“Asijiki ngokuchasene norhulumente,” wongeze watsho uSadrach Nirere. Uqhanqalazo lwalujoliswe ikakhulu kwiinkampani ezifana neCoca-Cola, ezingcolisa indalo ngenkunkuma yazo yeplastiki. Oku kwakusongela ngamatyala abiza kakhulu. Oku akwenzekanga ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. 

Umkhukula wePlastiki

Akukho namnye eUganda owasinda kuloo mvula yeplastiki. “Ngaphezu kwako konke, abantu abaqhelekileyo banokuthenga kuphela kwiivenkile zasesitratweni. Ungafumana kuphela yonke into ephaya ngeplastiki: iikomityi, iipleyiti, iziselo, iibrashi zamazinyo. Aba ngabantu abahluphekayo abaqokelela inkunkuma kwiindawo zokulahla inkunkuma, ezitalatweni okanye emaphandleni, abathi bayithengisele abaphakathi. “Bafumana i-1000 yeesheleni ngeekhilogram ezininzi zeplastiki,” uqikelele uNirere. Loo nto ilingana neesenti ezingama-20. Oku akusombululi ingxaki yenkunkuma yeplastiki.

"Siphendukela kubangcolisi," kusho uSadrach Nirere, "abavelisi" - nakubantu belizwe. “Sonke singabantu, kuquka abo bakurhulumente nabo banoxanduva kwiinkampani. Kuya kufuneka sisebenzisane ukuba sifuna ukuthintela abantu ukuba bachithe ubomi babo. "

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