Ikigo cya Kenya gishinzwe kubungabunga inyamaswa, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), cyatangaje ko iperereza riri kureba niba izo nzovu zarishwe n’uburozi bwa cyanide nyuma yo kurya inyanya zari zateweho imiti yica udukoko itemewe.
Ibizamini bya mbere byakorewe muri laboratwari byagaragaje ibimenyetso bya cyanide mu byari bisigaye mu bihingwa byabonetse mu nda z’izo nzovu. Inzovu zapfuye ahanini zari ingore zikuze n’ibyana byazo.
Abategetsi kandi bavuze ko izo nzovu zagaragaje ibimenyetso byo kugira ubumuga bwo kugenda no kunanirwa kwinyeganyeza neza, ibintu na byo bikekwa ko bishobora kuba bifitanye isano n’uburozi bwa cyanide.
Inyanya zikekwa kuba zarateweho iyo miti zihinzwe cyane mu gace ka Kimana, kari mu nzira inyamaswa zikoresha hagati ya Amboseli National Park na Tsavo National Park, mu majyepfo ya Kenya.
Ako gace kagize igice cy’umwimerere w’inyamaswa kizwi nka Amboseli ecosystem, gahuza na Tanzania. Bivugwa ko inzovu zirenga 2,000 zinyura muri ako gace zishakisha amazi n’ibiribwa.
Abategetsi bavuga ko imiti yica udukoko itemewe muri Kenya rimwe na rimwe yinjizwa mu gihugu mu buryo butemewe inyujijwe ku mupaka wa Kenya na Tanzania, hanyuma igakoreshwa mu mirima yo mu gace ka Amboseli. Ibi biteza ikibazo kuko izo nzovu zikunze kwegera aho abantu batuye ndetse zikajya mu mirima gushaka ibyo zirya.
Nubwo muri Kenya hari amategeko agenga ikoreshwa ry’imiti y’ubuhinzi, abategetsi bavuga ko kuyashyira mu bikorwa bikiri ikibazo kandi hakaba hataritaweho bihagije ingaruka iyo miti ishobora kugira ku nyamaswa.
Abantu bane bakekwa muri uru rubanza barekuwe by’agateganyo, mu gihe iperereza rikomeje kugira ngo hamenyekane neza icyateye urupfu rw’izo nzovu n’ababa babifitemo uruhare.