Port Bell ta kasa hidimtawa masu yawon bude ido

Cakuda iska mai zafi ta makaranta da tsananin zafin iska mai tsananin gaske kamar yadda aka saba gani ta sararin samaniyar rani na Afirka da yamma, dauki matakin tsakiyar da sarauta a gabar tafkin. Iska yana jin kamshin abubuwa daban-daban na lalacewa, yana jujjuyawa daga jiragen ruwa da yashe, zuwa dama, tebura da aka yi amfani da su don yanka kifi, zuwa hagu akwai koren tsire-tsire masu tsire-tsire masu yawo a kan tafkin da ke gaba.

A ƙasar, gungun ɗumbin itace da gawayi suna da ƙarfi, suna jiran balaguronsu a ƙetaren teku zuwa kowane tsibirai da yawa a kan tafkin ko kuma mai sa'a.

Sabuwar kasuwar da aka gina tana tsaye 'yan metersan mitoci. Akwai 'yan wucewa, wasu da aka gani zaune a bakin gabar teku, sun yi tsit suna kallon ruwan. Idan da a ce ka rasa babban allon talla na kamfanin Breweries na Gabas da ke hanyar shiga, babu wani abin da zai gaya maka cewa kana Port Bell, balle ka ce kana tsaye ne a filayen babbar tashar jirgin ruwan Uganda.

An lakafta shi bayan gwamnan Burtaniya na Uganda a lokacin, Sir Hesketh Bell, Port Bell an bude shi a 1908 don kula da shigo da Uganda ta teku.

Yana da matukar muhimmanci saboda haka lokacin da aka bude hanyar jirgin kasa ta Uganda a shekarar 1931, an hada ta da tashar ne domin saukaka jigilar kayan da suka iso teku ta hanyar zuwa Kampala.

Amma a yau Port Bell kamar an manta da shi, yana kwance a gefen kamfani na Kampala, ba shi da hankali. Gaskiyar cewa ita ce tsohuwa tashar jirgin ruwa ta Uganda ta isa ta ba ta damar zama wuri a cikin manyan cibiyoyin yawon bude ido na kasar, amma duk da cewa duk mutanen da aka zanta da su sun yarda, kadan ne idan aka yi wani abu don tabbatar da cewa ya more wurin da ya cancanta a can. Kuma a sakamakon haka, da an samu sakamakon alfanun tattalin arziƙi shima baƙon abu ne.

Dukansu Malindi da Mombasa, tsoffin tashoshin jiragen ruwa na Kenya, tun daga lokacin sun zama wasu manyan cibiyoyin yawon bude ido na kasar. Ana iya faɗin abu ɗaya game da Dar-es-Salaam da Zanzibar, tsoffin tashoshin jiragen ruwa na Tanzania. Duk yanzu manyan alamomin al'adun ƙasashensu ne, matsayin da aka ƙi Port Bell da ƙarfi.

Binciken Intanet don yawon shakatawa a Port Bell ya nuna shafukan tallata bayanan yawon buɗe ido game da tafiye-tafiye, otal-otal da kuma hutu a Port Bell. Amma a kan danna waɗannan hanyoyin, ba komai a saman; alama ce da ke cewa yawancin hukumomin yawon bude ido suna daraja wurin a matsayin cibiyar yawon bude ido amma da wuya wani abu a kasa na iya tabbatar da wannan maganar.

Mista Richard Oyamo, Babban Sakatare na Yankin Railway, ya ce ana iya samun darajar tashar jiragen ruwa ne kawai a ka'ida, ba a aikace ba. “Ita (Port Bell) ba ta da wata daraja, a ma'ana cewa duk abin da ya kamata ya kasance a tashar kamar yadda sauran tashoshin jiragen ruwa ba su nan kuma duk da haka shi ne babbar tashar a nan. Idan ka kwatanta shi da tashar Kisumu da Mwanza, muna samun ci baya ne, ”in ji Mista Oyamo.

Ya ce babu wani abu da aka sanya don kula da masu yawon bude ido. “Abin da kawai ke jan hankalin masu yawon bude ido shi ne ruwa; ba wani abu kuma. Masu yawon bude ido suna zuwa nan suna barin ba tare da sanin sun isa Port Bell ba, ”in ji Mista Oyamo.

Mista John Baptist Kayaga, Ministan inuwar Kasuwanci da Masana'antu da Yawon Bude Ido, ya ce karfin tashar jirgin ruwan ya samu cikas saboda rashin yarda daga masu son zuba jari da kuma gwamnati.

“Hangen nesa na tarihi da yanayin yadda ya kamata ya isa amma babu wanda yayi tunanin hakan ta wannan hanyar. Dukanmu muna tunanin bunkasa shi ta hanyar cibiyar kasuwanci, ”in ji Mista Kayaga.

Ya ce sauran tashoshin jiragen ruwa kamar Kisumu suna da cibiyoyin kasuwanci da yawa inda masu yawon bude ido ke sayayya amma hakan ba a Port Bell ba.

Mista Oyamo ya ce gwamnati ba ta shirya wa tashar jirgin ruwa ba sai dai kawai ta yi biris da ita. Karamin Ministan yawon bude ido, Mista Serapiyo Rukundo, duk da haka ya ce suna da tashar jiragen ruwa a cikin shirin su. “Muna kokarin samun jiragen ruwa a Tafkin Victoria. Mutane suna ta kirkirar dabaru kan yadda za a bunkasa yawon bude ido a can. ”

Jami’ar hulda da jama’a ta ma’aikatar ayyuka da sufuri, Ms Susan Kataike, ta nuna mahimmancin Port Bell ga kamfanonin sufurin kasar, amma ta ce har yanzu tana yin aiki yadda ya kamata, musamman saboda jiragen fasinjojin sun sauka.

Ta ce ma'aikatar za ta fara aikin gina tashar jirgin ruwa a tashar tare da yin gyare-gyare a kan layukan MV Kahwa da Pamba.

Gaskiyar cewa mutane za su kashe lokaci da kuɗi don kawai su zo su yi mamakin kyan gani a Port Bell, amma har ma su hau kwale-kwalen, ya nuna cewa yiwuwar shigar yawon buɗe ido tashar jiragen ruwa da yawa suna ji amma ba a taɓa ta ba.

Wani mai kwale-kwale ya ce watanni uku da suka gabata cewa tashar jiragen ruwa ta zama matattara ga mutanen da ke neman kashe kansu. “Wani ya zo, yana kama da kasuwanci kuma ya nemi a kwashe shi a cikin tsibirin. Bayan ya kai rabinsa, sai ya tsallake cikin ruwan sannan kuma dole ne ku fuskanci sakamakon idan kun dawo bakin tekun ku kadai, "in ji shi.

Wannan tatsuniya ta kasance mai sauƙin wakiltar abin da ya rage tsoffin tashar jirgin ruwa a Uganda. Ra'ayoyin da masu riƙe da hannun jarin ke yi a sama maganganun 'yan siyasanku ne na yau da kullun, suna faɗin yadda' tsare-tsaren suke cikin bututun mai 'don haɓaka shafin. Don rashin samun alama guda daya ta yawon bude ido ya nuna abubuwa da yawa game da karfin Uganda na kiyaye kayan tarihinta, kuma ba abin mamaki ba ne kan dalilin da yasa yawancin filayen kasa da masu mulkin mallaka suka bari, yanzu sun zama kango.