Waba uzi ibibarafu bishimishije kandi byize bike bya parike ya Rwenzori ya Uganda? Reka tumenye hamwe impamvu iyi « Imisozi yukwezi » ari ingenzi cyane kuri iyi si.
Muri Uganda, ibibarafu byo mu misozi ya Rwenzori, nanone bita « Imisozi y’ukwezi », birihariye! Urutonde nkumurage ndangamurage wa UNESCO, bari mubantu batize cyane muri Afrika. Kera cyane hari ibibarafu bigera kuri mirongo itatu, ariko uyumunsi hasigaye icumi gusa. Ibibarafu byashimishije abantu mu binyejana byinshi.
Mu kinyejana cya 2, Ptolémée yise iyi misozi « Imisozi y’ukwezi » kubera ko yasaga naho ari kure kandi y’amayobera nk’ukwezi ubwako. Mu 1888, umushakashatsi w’iburayi witwa H.M. Stanley niwe wambere wabonye ibibarafu n’amaso ye. Yaratangaye asobanura imisozi nk ‘“ibihome byo mu ijuru”!
Nyuma, mu 1906, igikomangoma Luigi Amedeo, Duke wa Abruzzo, yayoboye urugendo rwa mbere rw’i Burayi rwiga kuri ibyo bibarafu. Hamwe n’abashinzwe gutwara abantu barenga 300, bazamutse imisozi maze bise impinga ndende « Pic Margherita » mu rwego rwo guha icyubahiro Umwamikazi w’Ubutaliyani. Uru rugendo rwatangiye rwose ubushakashatsi bwa siyansi yubukonje bwa Rwenzori.
Ibibarafu birihariye cyane kuko bigira ingaruka ku kirere no ku binyabuzima bidasanzwe byo mu karere. Nubwo bakira imvura nyinshi, bakira imvura nyinshi kuruta urubura. Niyo mpamvu bashonga vuba. Mu 1906 hari ibibarafu bigera kuri mirongo itatu, ariko uyumunsi hasigaye bike.
Babifashijwemo n’umuryango utegamiye kuri Leta « Umushinga w’umuvuduko », abahanga n’abashakashatsi barimo gukora cyane kugira ngo bige kuri ibyo bibarafu mbere yuko bicika burundu. Bamwe bemeza ko zishobora gushonga rwose mu myaka icumi. Ni ngombwa rero kwiga no kubarinda.
Ibibarafu ntabwo ari ingenzi kubumenyi gusa. Bafite kandi umuco n’umurage bifite akamaro kanini kubatuye ako karere. Imisozi ya Rwenzori ni hamwe mu hantu hashyuha cyane ku isi kandi igira uruhare runini mu kugeza amazi ku ruzi rwa Nili.
Noneho, kuri uyumunsi wumwana nyafurika, reka twibuke ko ibibarafu byose, umusozi wose numwana wese afite amateka ye yo kuvuga. Twese hamwe dushobora kwiga, kurinda no kwishimira ibyo bintu bitangaje kubisekuruza bizaza.
