Eminyakeni esanda kwedlula, uhulumende weKenya kanye lamanye amazwe abambisene labo bakhulise kakhulu indlela yokuhlola isimo sezulu elizweni ngokwandisa ukwakhiwa kweziteshi zezulu elizweni lonke jikelele ukuze kusizwe abalimi ukuthi babhekane ngcono lenhlupho ezibangelwa yikuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu. Lesi sinyathelo asigcini nje ngokuthuthukisa ukuqina kokukhiqizwa kwezolimo, kodwa futhi sinikeza ukwesekwa okubalulekile kwentuthuko eqhubekayo yaseKenya.
Isendlalelo: Izinselelo zokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu
Njengezwe elibalulekile lezolimo eMpumalanga Afrika, umnotho waseKenya uncike kakhulu kwezolimo, ikakhulukazi ukukhiqizwa kwabalimi abancane. Kodwa-ke, ukwanda kwezinga lezehlakalo zezulu ezimbi kakhulu ezibangelwa ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu, njengesomiso, izikhukhula nezimvula ezinamandla, kuye kwaba nomthelela omkhulu ekukhiqizweni kwezolimo kanye nokuvikeleka kokudla. Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, izingxenye zeKenya ziye zaba nesomiso esibi esiye sanciphisa izitshalo, sabulala imfuyo saze sabangela nenkinga yokudla. Ukuze kubhekwane nalezi zinselele, uHulumeni waseKenya unqume ukuqinisa uhlelo lwakhe lokuqapha isimo sezulu kanye nohlelo lokuxwayisa kusenesikhathi.
Ukwethulwa kwephrojekthi: Ukuthuthukiswa kweziteshi zesimo sezulu
Ngo-2021, i-Kenya Meteorological Department, ngokubambisana nenani lezinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe, yethula uhlelo lokufinyelela ezweni lonke lweziteshi zesimo sezulu. Le phrojekthi ihlose ukuhlinzeka ngedatha yesimo sezulu yesikhathi sangempela ngokufaka iziteshi zesimo sezulu ezizenzakalelayo (i-AWS) ukusiza abalimi nohulumeni basekhaya babikezele kangcono izinguquko zesimo sezulu kanye nokuthuthukisa amasu okubhekana nesimo.
Lezi ziteshi zesimo sezulu ezizenzakalelayo ziyakwazi ukuqapha idatha ebalulekile yesimo sezulu efana nezinga lokushisa, umswakama, imvula, isivinini somoya nendawo, futhi idlulisele idatha kusizindalwazi esimaphakathi ngenethiwekhi engenantambo. Abalimi bangafinyelela lolu lwazi nge-SMS noma ngohlelo lokusebenza oluzinikele, olubavumela ukuba bahlele ukutshala, ukuchelela nokuvuna.
Indaba eyisibonelo: Zilolonge e-Kitui County
I-Kitui County iyisifunda esomile empumalanga yeKenya osekunesikhathi eside sibhekene nokuntuleka kwamanzi kanye nokwehluleka kwezitshalo. Ngo-2022, isifunda safaka iziteshi zesimo sezulu ezizenzakalelayo eziyi-10 ezihlanganisa izindawo ezinkulu zezolimo. Ukusebenza kwalezi ziteshi zezulu kuthuthukise kakhulu amandla abalimi bendawo okubhekana nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu.
Umlimi wendawo uMary Mutua wathi: “Ngaphambi kokuba sithembele kokuhlangenwe nakho ukuze sahlulele isimo sezulu, ngokuvamile ngenxa yesomiso esisheshayo noma izimvula ezinkulu nokulahlekelwa.
Izikhulu zezoLimo eKitui County nazo zaphawula ukuthi ukusabalala kweziteshi zesimo sezulu akuzange kusize nje abalimi ukwandisa isivuno sabo, kodwa futhi kunciphisa ukulahlekelwa kwezomnotho ngenxa yesimo sezulu esibi. Ngokwezibalo, selokhu lesi siteshi sezulu saqala ukusebenza, isivuno sezitshalo esifundeni siye sakhula ngesilinganiso samaphesenti angu-15, kanti nemali etholwa abalimi nayo iye yanda.
Ukubambisana kwamazwe ngamazwe kanye nokwesekwa kwezobuchwepheshe
Ukwethulwa kweziteshi zesimo sezulu eKenya kusekelwe izinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe eziningana, ezihlanganisa iBhange Lomhlaba, Uhlelo Lokuthuthukiswa KweNhlangano Yezizwe (UNDP) kanye nedlanzana lezinhlangano ezingekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni. Lezi zinhlangano azigcinanga nje ngokuhlinzeka ngosekelo lwezezimali, kodwa futhi zathumela ochwepheshe ukuze basize i-Kenya Meteorological Service ngokuqeqeshwa kobuchwepheshe kanye nokugcinwa kwemishini.
UJohn Smith, uchwepheshe wokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu eBhange Lomhlaba, uthe: “Umklamo wesiteshi sezulu eKenya uyisibonelo esiphumelelayo sendlela inselele yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu engahlangatshezwana nayo ngokusungula izinto ezintsha zobuchwepheshe nokubambisana kwamazwe ngamazwe.
Umbono wesikhathi esizayo: Ukufakwa okunwetshiwe
Zingaphezu kwama-200 iziteshi zesimo sezulu ezizihambelayo ezifakiwe ezweni lonke, ezihlanganisa izindawo ezibalulekile zezolimo nezingazweli kwesimo sezulu. I-Kenya Meteorological Service ihlela ukwandisa isibalo seziteshi zesimo sezulu sifinyelele ku-500 eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo ukuze kuqhutshekwe nokwandisa ukusabalala nokuthuthukisa ukunemba kwedatha.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uhulumeni waseKenya uhlela ukuhlanganisa idatha yesimo sezulu nezinhlelo zomshwalense wezolimo ukusiza abalimi behlise ukulahlekelwa ngesikhathi sezulu esibi kakhulu. Lesi sinyathelo kulindeleke ukuthi sithuthukise ikhono labalimi lokumelana nezingozi futhi sikhuthaze intuthuko esimeme yezolimo.
Isiphetho
Indaba yempumelelo yeziteshi zesimo sezulu eKenya ikhombisa ukuthi ngokusungula izinto ezintsha zobuchwepheshe kanye nokubambisana kwamazwe ngamazwe, amazwe asathuthuka angabhekana ngokuphumelelayo nenselele yokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu. Ukusabalala kweziteshi zesimo sezulu akuthuthukisanga nje kuphela ukusimama kokukhiqizwa kwezolimo, kodwa kunikeze nokusekelwa okuqinile kokuvikeleka kokudla kanye nokuthuthukiswa komnotho eKenya. Ngokuqhubeka nokunwetshwa kwephrojekthi, iKenya kulindeleke ukuthi ibe yisibonelo sokubhekana nesimo sezulu kanye nentuthuko esimeme esifundeni sase-Afrika.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Mar-03-2025