NAIROBI, 9 Ugushyingo (Xinhua) — Umuhinzi usanzwe wo muri Kenya, harimo n'abo mu midugudu, akoresha litiro nyinshi z'imiti yica udukoko buri mwaka.
Ikoreshwa ry’iyi miti ryakomeje kwiyongera mu myaka yashize nyuma y’uko havutse udukoko dushya n’indwara mu gihe igihugu cya Afurika y’Iburasirazuba kiri guhangana n’ingaruka zikomeye z’imihindagurikire y’ikirere.
Nubwo ikoreshwa ry’imiti yica udukoko ryafashije kubaka inganda zitwara miliyari nyinshi z’amashilingi mu gihugu, impuguke zifite impungenge ko abahinzi benshi bakoresha nabi iyi miti bityo bigashyira abaguzi n’ibidukikije mu kaga.
Bitandukanye no mu myaka yashize, umuhinzi wo muri Kenya ubu akoresha imiti yica udukoko mu byiciro byose by'ihinga.
Mbere yo gutera, abahinzi benshi batera imiti yica ibyatsi mu mirima yabo kugira ngo bagabanye ibyatsi bibi. Iyi miti yongera gukoreshwa iyo ingemwe zimaze guterwa kugira ngo igabanye ibibazo byo gutera no gukumira udukoko.
Nyuma, icyo gihingwa kizaterwamo imiti kugira ngo amababi yongere kuri bamwe, mu gihe cyo kurabya, mu gihe cyo kwera imbuto, mbere yo gusarura na nyuma yo gusarura, umusaruro ubwawo.
Mu kiganiro aherutse kugirana na Amos Karimi, umuhinzi w’inyanya wo muri Kitengela, mu majyepfo ya Nairobi, yagize ati: “Udafite imiti yica udukoko, ntushobora kubona umusaruro muri iki gihe kubera udukoko twinshi n’indwara.”
Karimi yavuze ko kuva yatangira ubuhinzi mu myaka ine ishize, uyu mwaka wabaye mubi cyane kuko yakoresheje imiti myinshi yica udukoko.
Yagize ati: “Nahanganye n’udukoko n’indwara zitandukanye ndetse n’ibibazo by’ikirere birimo igihe kirekire cy’ubukonje. Igihe cy’ubukonje cyatumye nishingikiriza ku miti kugira ngo ndwanye indwara ya kanseri.”
Ikibazo cye gisa n’icy’abandi bahinzi babarirwa mu bihumbi bo mu gihugu cya Afurika y’Iburasirazuba.
Impuguke mu by’ubuhinzi zashyize ahagaragara ikimenyetso cy’umutekano, zivuga ko ikoreshwa ry’imiti yica udukoko rikabije atari ikibazo ku buzima bw’abaguzi n’ibidukikije gusa, ahubwo ko rinabangamiye ubuzima bw’abaguzi.
“Abahinzi benshi bo muri Kenya bakoresha nabi imiti yica udukoko mu buryo bubangamira umutekano w’ibiribwa,” ibi ni ibyatangajwe na Daniel Maingi wo muri Kenya Food Rights Alliance.
Maingi yavuze ko abahinzi bo muri Afurika y'Iburasirazuba bafata imiti yica udukoko nk'umuti w'imbogamizi nyinshi mu mbogamizi zabo z'ubuhinzi.
Yagize ati: “Imiti myinshi irimo gusukwa ku mboga, inyanya n’imbuto. Umuguzi ni we wishyura igiciro kinini cyane.”
Kandi ibidukikije birimo kumva ubushyuhe mu gihe ubutaka bwinshi bwo muri iki gihugu cya Afurika y'Iburasirazuba buhinduka aside. Iyi miti yica udukoko irimo kwanduza imigezi kandi ikica udukoko twiza nk'inzuki.
Silke Bollmohr, inzobere mu gusuzuma ingaruka z’uburozi bw’ibidukikije, yavuze ko nubwo gukoresha imiti yica udukoko ubwabyo atari bibi, inyinshi mu zikoreshwa muri Kenya zifite ibintu byangiza ibidukikije birushaho kwiyongera.
Yagize ati: “Imiti yica udukoko irimo gucuruzwa nk'ikintu kigize ubuhinzi bwiza hatitawe ku ngaruka zayo.”
Umuryango uharanira ubuhinzi burambye witwa Route to Food Initiative, uvuga ko imiti myinshi yica udukoko ishobora kuba irimo uburozi bukomeye, igira ingaruka z’uburozi bw’igihe kirekire, ibangamira imisemburo y’amaraso, ihumanya inyamaswa zitandukanye cyangwa izwiho gutera ingaruka mbi zikomeye cyangwa zidasubirwaho.
“Birababaje kubona hari ibicuruzwa ku isoko rya Kenya, bishyirwa mu byiciro by’ibitera kanseri (ibicuruzwa 24), ibyahinduwe (24), ibitera imikorere mibi y’imisemburo (35), uburozi bw’ubwonko (140) n’ibindi byinshi bigaragaza ingaruka zigaragara ku myororokere (262),” ibi ni ibyatangajwe n’ikigo.
Impuguke zabonye ko mu gihe batera imiti, abahinzi benshi bo muri Kenya ntibafata ingamba zo kwirinda nko kwambara uturindantoki, agapfukamunwa n'inkweto.
“Hari n’abatera imiti mu gihe kitari cyo, urugero nko ku manywa cyangwa iyo hari umuyaga mwinshi,” Maingi yagize ati.
Mu gace gakunze gukoreshwa cyane mu kwica udukoko muri Kenya hari amaduka ibihumbi n'ibihumbi y'ibiti, harimo n'ayo mu midugudu ya kure.
Amaduka yabaye ahantu abahinzi babona ubwoko bwose bw'imiti ikoreshwa mu buhinzi n'imbuto z'ibimera. Ubusanzwe abahinzi basobanurira abakora mu maduka udukoko cyangwa ibimenyetso by'indwara yibasiye ibimera byabo, maze bakabagurira iyo miti.
“Umuntu ashobora no guhamagara ari mu isambu akambwira ibimenyetso by’iyi ndwara maze nkandika umuti. Iyo nyifite, ndayigurisha, iyo ntayifite ntumiza muri Bungoma. Akenshi irakora,” ibi ni ibyatangajwe na Caroline Oduori, nyiri iduka ry’amatungo ry’i Budalangi, muri Busia, mu burengerazuba bwa Kenya.
Ukurikije umubare w'amaduka mu mijyi no mu midugudu, ubucuruzi buri gutera imbere mu gihe Abanyakenya bongera gushishikazwa n'ubuhinzi. Impuguke zasabye ko hakoreshwa uburyo buhuriweho bwo kurwanya udukoko mu buhinzi burambye.
Igihe cyo kohereza: Mata-07-2021