Uruzi rwa Nzoia

ni rumwe mu migezi minini kandi y’ingenzi yo mu burengero bwa . Ruzwi cane kuko rwinjira mu kandi rugira uruhara runini mu buhinzi, ubuhinga bw’amazi (irrigation) n’imyuzure mu karere ka Bungoma na Busia.

Izina: Uruzi rwa Nzoia

Igihugu: Kenya

Uburebure: ~320 km (hafi)

Isoko (source): Imisozi ya Mount Elgon na Cherangani Hills

Iherezo (mouth): Lake Victoria (Winam Gulf)

Akarere runyuramwo: Bungoma, Kakamega, Busia, Trans Nzoia

Ubwoko: Ishami rija mu kiyaga (Lake Victoria tributary)

Aho ruva n’aho rugana

Uruzi rwa Nzoia ruvuka mu misozi ya hamwe na Cherangani Hills. Rutembera rugana mu burengero bwa Kenya, ruca mu bibaya binini vy’ubuhinzi, hanyuma rukinjira mu ku ruhande rwa Winam Gulf.

Mu nzira yarwo, ruca mu turere tw’ubuhinzi twinshi two muri Western Kenya.

Akamaro k’Uruzi rwa Nzoia

1. Ubuhinzi

Nzoia ni isoko ikomeye y’ubuhinzi muri Kenya:

umuceri mu bibaya vya Budalang’i
ibigori mu karere ka Trans Nzoia (Kenya’s “breadbasket”)
isukari (sugarcane) mu Bungoma
imboga n’ibindi bihingwa

2. Amazi y’abantu

gutanga amazi y’imijyi n’imidugudu
isuku n’ibikorwa vya buri munsi
kuvomera amatungo

3. Uburovyi

Iyo rwinjiye muri Lake Victoria:

rufasha uburovyi bw’amafi
rutanga intungamubiri ku ecosystem y’ikiyaga

4. Imyuzure (flooding)

Nzoia izwi kandi kubera:

imyuzure ikomeye mu Budalang’i flood plains
isenyuka ry’imirima mu bihe vy’imvura nyinshi

Ibinyabuzima

Mu ruzi rwa Nzoia no ku nkengera zarwo haboneka:

amafi y’amoko atandukanye
inyoni z’amazi
ibishanga vya papyrus
ibikoko bito bito vyo mu bibaya

Ibibazo ruhura na vyo

Uruzi rwa Nzoia ruhura n’ibi bibazo:

imyuzure ikomeye (Budalang’i floods)
gucibwa kw’amashyamba ya Mount Elgon
isuri (soil erosion)
kwanduzwa n’ubuhinzi n’inganda
kugabanuka kw’amazi mu bihe vy’izuba

Akamaro mu bukungu

Nzoia ifasha Kenya mu:

ubuhinzi bunini (maize & sugarcane belt)
gutanga amazi ku mirima n’imijyi
uburovyi bwa Lake Victoria
iterambere ry’akarere ka Western Kenya

Umusozo

ni uruzi runini kandi rufise akamaro kanini mu burengero bwa Kenya, cyane cane mu buhinzi n’ubuzima bw’abaturage. Nubwo rutera imyuzure mu bihe bimwe, rufatwa nk’inziza y’ubukungu bwa Western Kenya.