Uruzi rwa Malewa

ni rumwe mu migezi yo mu gihugu ca ruherereye mu karere ka Rift Valley. Ruzwi cane kubera ko rugaburira , ikiyaga gifise akamaro kanini mu buhinzi bw’indabyo (floriculture), ubukerarugendo n’ubuzima bw’ibinyabuzima.

Izina: Uruzi rwa Malewa

Igihugu: Kenya

Uburebure: ~100 km (hafi)

Isoko (source): Imisozi ya Aberdare Range

Iherezo (mouth): Lake Naivasha (biciye mu bishanga vya Gilgil system)

Akarere runyuramwo: Nyandarua, Nakuru County (Rift Valley)

Ubwoko: Ishami rigaburira ikiyaga (lake feeder river)

Aho ruva n’aho rugana

Uruzi rwa Malewa ruvira mu misozi ya Aberdare, ahantu hakunze kugwa imvura nyinshi. Rutembera rugana mu bumanuko bushira uburengero, ruca mu bibaya vya Rift Valley, hanyuma rukinjira mu .

Akamaro k’Uruzi rwa Malewa

1. Kugaburira Lake Naivasha

Malewa ni imwe mu migezi y’ingenzi ituma Lake Naivasha ibaho:

itanga amazi y’ikiyaga
igenga urwego rw’amazi (water balance)
ifasha ibinyabuzima vy’ikiyaga

2. Ubuhinzi

Amazi y’uruzi akoreshwa mu:

guhinga indabyo (flower farms)
imboga
ibigori n’ibirayi
kuhira imirima mu bibaya

3. Ubukerarugendo

Kubera Lake Naivasha:

inyoni nyinshi (flamingos, pelicans)
imvubu (hippos)
safari n’ubukerarugendo bw’ibinyabuzima

4. Amazi y’abantu n’inganda

gutanga amazi y’imijyi n’imirima
gukoreshwa n’inganda z’indabyo

Ibinyabuzima

Mu ruzi rwa Malewa n’aho rwinjira muri Lake Naivasha haboneka:

amafi (tilapia n’ayandi)
imvubu
inyoni nyinshi z’amazi
ibimera vyo mu bishanga (papyrus)

Ibibazo ruhura na vyo

Uruzi rwa Malewa ruhura n’ibi bibazo:

kwanduzwa n’imiti ikoreshwa mu mirima y’indabyo
gucibwa kw’amashyamba ya Aberdare
kugabanuka kw’amazi mu bihe vy’izuba
isuri ku nkengera z’uruzi
gukoresha amazi birenze urugero

Akamaro mu bukungu

Malewa ifasha Kenya mu:

ubuhinzi bw’indabyo (export industry)
ubukerarugendo bwa Lake Naivasha
gutanga amazi ku mirima n’imijyi
kubungabunga ecosystem ya Rift Valley lakes

Umusozo

Uruzi rwa Malewa ni uruzi ruto ariko rufise akamaro kanini kuko rugaburira Lake Naivasha, imwe mu biyaga bikomeye mu bukungu bwa Kenya. Kururinda ni ngombwa kugira ngo rukomeze gushigikira ubuhinzi, ubukerarugendo n’ibidukikije.