Uruzi rwa Ewaso Ng’iro

ni rumwe mu migezi ikomeye yo mu gihugu ca , ruherereye mu buraruko bwa Rift Valley. Ni uruzi runini rufasha cyane mu buzima bw’abantu n’ibinyabuzima byo mu turere twumye twa Laikipia, Samburu na Isiolo.

Hari imigezi ibiri yitwa Ewaso Ng’iro:

Ewaso Ng’iro South
Ewaso Ng’iro North

Ariko uw’ingenzi kandi uzwi cane ni Ewaso Ng’iro

Izina: Ewaso Ng’iro River

Igihugu: Kenya

Uburebure: ~500–700 km (bitewe n’ishami)

Isoko (source): Imisozi ya Aberdare Range na Mount Kenya slopes

Iherezo (mouth): Ibishanga n’ahantu h’umusenyi mu buraruko bwa Kenya (Samburu/Isiolo drylands)

Akarere runyuramwo: Laikipia, Samburu, Isiolo, Marsabit fringe

Ubwoko: Uruzi rwo mu turere twumye (semi-arid river)

Aho ruva n’aho rugana

Ewaso Ng’iro ruvira mu misozi ikikije na Aberdare Range. Amazi yarwo atemba agana mu buraruko bushira ubuseruko, aca mu bibaya vyumye (semi-arid zones), agaha amazi ibikoko n’abantu.

Mu bihe vyinshi vy’umwaka, amazi agabanuka cane imbere yo gushika kure kubera ubushuhe n’ihindagurika ry’ibihe.

Akamaro k’Uruzi rwa Ewaso Ng’iro

1. Amazi y’abantu n’amatungo

ni isoko nyamukuru y’amazi mu turere twumye
rikoreshwa mu kunywa no kuvomera amatungo
rufasha abahora mu bworozi bw’inka, intama n’ingamiya

2. Ibidukikije n’ibikoko vy’ishamba

n’utundi duce tw’inyamaswa dukoresha amazi yarwo:

inzovu
intare
giraffe
zebra
impala

3. Ubuhinzi bworoheje

Mu bibaya bimwe bimwe:

guhinga imboga
guhinga mu bibanza biri hafi y’uruzi
irrigation nto nto

4. Ubworozi (pastoralism)

rufasha aborozi bo muri Samburu na Isiolo
rutuma amatungo abaho mu bihe vy’izuba

Ibinyabuzima

Mu nkengera z’uruzi rwa Ewaso Ng’iro haboneka:

inyoni z’amazi n’iz’ishamba
ibikoko binini vya savanna
amafi mu bice bifise amazi ahagije
ibimera vyihanganira izuba

Ibibazo ruhura na vyo

Uruzi rwa Ewaso Ng’iro ruhura n’ibi bibazo:

kugabanuka kw’amazi kubera ihindagurika ry’ibihe
gukoresha amazi birenze urugero (upstream abstraction)
isuri mu misozi ya Aberdare na Mount Kenya
amakimbirane hagati y’aborozi n’abahinga
gucibwa kw’amashyamba

Akamaro mu bukungu

Ewaso Ng’iro ifasha Kenya mu:

ubworozi mu turere twumye
kubungabunga pariki n’ubukerarugendo
gutanga amazi ku baturage
gushigikira ubuzima bw’ibinyabuzima vya savanna

Umusozo

ni uruzi rw’ingenzi cane mu buraruko bwa Kenya, cyane cane mu turere twumye. Rufasha abantu, amatungo n’ibikoko vyo mu ishyamba, kandi kururinda ni ngombwa kugira ngo rukomeze kuba isoko y’ubuzima n’iterambere.