USadrach Nirere ulwa nemfucuza yepulasitiki kanye nenkinga yesimo sezulu e-Uganda

nguRobert B. Fishman

KuSadrach Nirere, ukuyeka akuyona inketho. Uthanda ukuhleka futhi uhlala enethemba ekulweni nenkinga yesimo sezulu kanye nemfucuza yepulasitiki. Ezweni lakubo e-Uganda, lo mfundi oneminyaka engu-26 ubudala wasungula iqembu lase-Uganda le-Fridays for Future kanye ne-End Plastic Pollution movement esengumfundi. Kusukela athola iziqu zakhe ze-bachelor ekuphathweni kwebhizinisi ngo-2020, uzibona “eyisishoshovu sesikhathi esigcwele”. Esho ehleka ethi akanaso isikhathi sokusebenza ngokugcwele. Uhlala emisebenzini ngezikhathi ezithile emikhankasweni yezokuxhumana kanye neminye imisebenzi ye-inthanethi. Ngingabhekana nalokho.” Ngaphezu kwesimo sakhe, ukhathazeke ngenqwaba yemfucumfucu yepulasitiki emifuleni nasemachibini ase-Uganda.

Insizwa ende, enobungane yaba nenhlanhla, okuyinto engavamile e-Uganda, ukuthi abazali bayo bakwazi ukuyithumela esikoleni esiphakeme enhloko-dolobha yaseKampala ekuqaleni kwawo-2000. Abaningi abakwazi ukukhokhela izingane zabo imali yesikole elinganiselwa kuma-euro angu-800 ngonyaka. “Iningi lethu liphila ngemali engaphansi kwe-euro eyodwa ngosuku,” kusho uSadrach. "Izingane eziningi ziyeka isikole ngoba kumele zithole imali". 

Uyakhumbula: “Ngakujabulela ukuphila lapho, idolobha elikhulu, amathuba amaningi. Kodwa ngokushesha wakubona okubi. Imfucumfucu yepulasitiki evala ipayipi lendle futhi intanta eLake Victoria.

Njengomfundi wale nyuvesi, wabheka abakhankasi asebenza nabo futhi wasungula uhlelo oluthi “End Plastic Pollution” kanye noLwesihlanu lweFuture Uganda, oluthi, njengezinhlangano zalo zakwamanye amazwe, lulwele ukuvikeleka okwengeziwe kwesimo sezulu.

"Inkinga yesimo sezulu isithinta ngqo kunabantu baseYurophu"

“Isimo sezulu esibucayi sisithinta kakhulu thina lapha kunabantu baseYurophu,” kusho uSadrach Nirere. Eseyingane, wazibonela mathupha ukuthi isimo sezulu sisithinta kanjani isivuno epulazini labazali bakhe. Ukuthi yena, abazali bakhe kanye nodadewabo babenokudla okwanele kwakuncike emvuzweni. Ngemva kwesivuno esibi, abazali bakhe kwadingeka bayeke ukulima. E-Uganda kwakunezinkathi zemvula nezomiso ezivamile. Namuhla kome kakhulu, khona-ke imvula enamandla izofaka izwe ngaphansi kwamanzi futhi. Izikhukhula zicekela phansi izitshalo. Uquqaba lwamanzi lukhukhula umhlabathi. Ngesikhathi sesomiso umoya uphephula iziqongo ezilimekayo eziyigugu. Ukudilika komhlaba nezinye izinhlekelele zemvelo ezivame kakhulu enkingeni yesimo sezulu zihlasela abampofu ikakhulukazi. Eminye imindeni ilahlekelwa amakhaya nayo yonke impahla yayo ngenxa yokudilika kwenhlabathi.

"Aguquguqukayo" amalungelo abantu

Abaningi bazizwa bengenamandla futhi basula. Kodwa uSadrach Nirere uqinisekile ukuthi inhlangano yezemvelo ithinta "abantu abaningi kakhulu e-Uganda". "Sifinyelela abantu ababalelwa kuhhafu wesigidi ngezinhlelo ezenziwa ezikoleni nasemanyuvesi angama-50." Le nsizwa ibiza isimo samalungelo abantu e-Uganda "siguquguqukayo": awukwazi ukuthi kuzokwenzekani uma uhlela ukuboniswa, isibonelo. Ngemuva kwesiteleka sezulu ngoSepthemba 2020, amaphoyisa abopha futhi aphenya izishoshovu eziningi ashaqa namaphosta azo. “Abaningi bebengaphansi kweminyaka engu-18,” kusho uNirere. Amaphoyisa abuze ukuthi kungani bebambe iqhaza emibhikishweni nokuthi ngubani oxhasa le mibhikisho. Khona-ke ngabe ubuyiselwe kubazali bakhe. Akekho ovela ku-End Plastic Pollution noma Fridays for Future osejele okwamanje.

"Asijiki ngokusobala ngokumelene nohulumeni," kwengeza uSadrach Nirere. Imibhikisho ibibhekiswe ikakhulukazi ezinkampanini ezifana neCoca-Cola, ezingcolisa imvelo ngemfucuza yazo yepulasitiki. Lokhu kwakusongela ngamacala abiza kakhulu. Lokhu akukenzeki kuze kube manje. 

Izikhukhula zepulasitiki

Cishe akekho e-Uganda owasinda kulesi sikhukhula sepulasitiki. “Ngaphezu kwakho konke, abantu abavamile bangathenga ezitodlwaneni zasemgwaqweni kuphela. Ungathola yonke into lapho kuphela ngepulasitiki: izinkomishi, amapuleti, iziphuzo, izixubho. Laba ngabantu abampofu abaqoqa udoti ezindaweni zokulahla imfucumfucu, emigwaqweni noma emaphandleni, abawuthengisela abathengisi. "Mhlawumbe bathola osheleni abayi-1000 ngamakhilogremu amaningi epulasitiki," kulinganisa u-Nirere. Lokho kulingana namasenti angama-20. Lokhu akuyixazululi inkinga kadoti wepulasitiki.

"Siphendukela kubangcolisi," kusho uSadrach Nirere, "abakhiqizi" - nakubantu bezwe. “Sonke singabantu, kuhlanganisa nabakuhulumeni nalabo ababhekele ezinkampanini. Kufanele sisebenzisane uma sifuna ukuvimba abantu ukuthi bangacekeli phansi izimpilo zabo.”

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ku-Gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/water-for-all-and-endplasticpollution

NgoLwesihlanu Lwekusasa emhlabeni wonke: https://fridaysforfuture.org/