Uruzi rwa Sezibwa

ni rumwe mu migezi mito ariko y’ingenzi mu gihugu ca . Ruzwi cane kubera amateka y’umuco n’imigani y’Abaganda, kandi rufatwa nk’uruzi rwera (sacred river) mu muco wa Buganda.

Izina: Uruzi rwa Sezibwa

Igihugu: Uganda

Uburebure: ~150 km (hafi)

Isoko (source): Ibiturire vy’amazi biri mu karere ka Mukono

Iherezo (mouth): Rwinjira mu

Akarere runyuramwo: Mukono, Kayunga n’inkengero za Buganda

Ubwoko: Uruzi rwo mu gihugu hagati (inland river)

Aho ruva n’aho rugana

Uruzi rwa Sezibwa ruvira mu bishanga n’amasoko y’amazi ari mu karere ka Mukono, mu gihugu hagati ya Uganda. Rutembera rugana mu buraruko, ruca mu bibaya n’imirima, hanyuma rugasohokera mu kiyaga ca Kyoga.

Akamaro k’Uruzi rwa Sezibwa

1. Umuco n’amateka

Sezibwa ruzwi cane mu muco wa Buganda:

rufatwa nk’uruzi rwavutse mu buryo bw’igitangaza (legendary origin)
rufitaniye isano n’imigani y’abami n’imigenzo ya kera
ni ahantu h’ingenzi h’ubukerarugendo bw’umuco

2. Ubuhinzi

Amazi yarwo afasha mu:

kuhira imirima y’umuceri
guhinga imyumbati, ibitoke n’imboga
gufasha ubworozi mu turere two hafi

3. Ubukerarugendo

ni hamwe mu hantu hasurwa cane:

amasumo meza
amashyamba n’ibinyabuzima
ibikorwa vy’umuco wa Buganda

4. Amazi y’abaturage

Abantu bo mu micungararo barukoresha mu:

kunywa amazi
isuku
ibikorwa vya buri munsi

Ibinyabuzima

Mu ruzi rwa Sezibwa haboneka:

amafi y’amoko atandukanye
inyoni z’amazi
ibimera vyo ku nkengera
amashyamba mato mato ku masoko yarwo

Ibibazo ruhura na vyo

Uruzi rwa Sezibwa ruhura n’ibi bibazo:

kwanduzwa n’imyanda y’uturere dutuwe n’abantu
gucibwa kw’amashyamba
ihindagurika ry’ibihe
kugabanuka kw’amazi mu bihe vy’izuba

Akamaro mu bukungu

Sezibwa rufasha Uganda mu:

ubukerarugendo (Sezibwa Falls)
ubuhinzi bwo mu karere ka Buganda
gutanga amazi ku baturage
kubungabunga ibidukikije n’umuco

Umusozo

Uruzi rwa Sezibwa ni rumwe mu migezi mito ariko ifise akamaro kanini mu muco, ubukerarugendo n’ubuzima bw’abaturage bo muri Uganda. Kururinda no kurubungabunga ni ngombwa kugira ngo rukomeze kuba isoko y’umuco n’iterambere.