Arthur Greene
Ngemuva kokulondoloza ama-cranes angaphezu kwangama-200, inhlangano esiza abantulayo e-Rwanda isize inani eliphindwe kabili lezinyoni zomdabu ezisengozini.
Ngenkathi isigodi sase-Musambi siqala ukonga izinyoni bezingama-487 kuphela. Kodwa ngemuva kweminyaka emine, manje sezingama-881.
I-regal Umusambi (okusho ukuthi “inyoni enomqhele ompunga” ngesi-Kinyarwanda) inomqhele wezimpaphe zegolide ekhanda layo. Inesikhwama somphimbo esinobumnyama nokubomvu futhi inde ngokuphakama okungaphezu kwemitha elilodwa.
Ukubukeka kwayo okubabazekayo kuyenze yaba nophawu lwesimo sengcebo ezweni lakubo i-Rwanda, futhi kujwayelekile ukuthi izulazule emagcekeni amahhotela kanokusho nasemakhaya abantu.
Kodwa ukuze zigcinwe njengezilwane ezifuywayo, izimpiko ze-crane kufanele zinqunywe noma ziphulwe imilenze ukuze zingakwazi ukundiza.
Eziningi zalezi zinyoni ezisindisiwe zizulazula endaweni engcwele enhlokodolobha yase-Kigali zixhuga.
Ziyazingelwa futhi zithathwa yimiphakathi yendawo kanye nabazingeli abangekho emthethweni.
“Bekunesidingo esikhulu sokuhweba ngezilwane,” kusho u-Olivier Nsengimana, ophethe le nhlangano, etshela i-Reuters.
“Abantu bawuthokozela kakhulu umdanso wazo, kanye nokufika kwazo ngoba ziwuhlobo olulodwa nje kuphela olusho lukhulu emphakathini, nasemasikweni”.
Uthando lukaNsengimana lwama-Umusambi lubuyela ebuntwaneni bakhe, lapho inqwaba yazo zizulazula esigodini sakubo ngenkathi esakhula. Umculo wazo wasekuseni usebenza njenge-alamu yewashi.
Uma izinyoni sezikhule ngokwanele ukuthi zingaphila endaweni yazo yemvelo, uNsengimana uzihambisa ehlathini elivikelekile.
Umthombo wesithombe: KT Press