Gye buvuddeko abasajja bana okuva e Tullamore beetabye mu lugendo olunene olw’abantu 30, nga mu kiseera kino mmotoka 15, ezaaweebwayo gavumenti ya Japan, zaatuusibwa mu Kampala mu Uganda.

Enteekateeka y’okusonda ssente “Vvuga okugenda mu Hospice Africa”, ekwatagana n’olugendo luno era nga yategekebwa Tom Doyle, enzaalwa y’e Tullamore, ne John O’Kelly okuva e Carlow, nayo yasonda ssente ezisoba mu €114,000 eri Hospice Africa Uganda (HAU) okutuuka ku Lwokubiri nga January 14.

Mu lugendo lwe gye buvuddeko e Uganda, abasajja abalala basatu okuva e Tullamore beegasse ku Tom, omutandisi w’ekibiina kya Promise Gluten Free Bakery Group. Ku bano kuliko Kieran Walsh nnannyini kkampuni ya Simpli Bakery; Luke Carberry, enzaalwa y’e Screggan era yawummula okuva mu Palfinger; ne Alan Waters, enzaalwa y’e Dublin kyokka nga bazadde be bava Tullamore. Bonna beetabye mu kutuusa kabangali y’emmotoka ez’amangu.

Okutwalira awamu, loole ezizikiriza omuliro ttaano ne ambyulensi kkumi ze zaasindikibwa okuva e Japan okugenda e Tanzania, era ekibinja ky’abazirakisa okuva mu Ireland ne bavuga olugendo olwasigaddeyo okuva e Dar es Salaam mu Tanzania okutuuka e Kampala mu Uganda.

Bwabadde ayogera ku kusonda ssente zino, Tom yagambye nti: “Ssente nnyingi nnyo gye bali, era mu butuufu ze ssente ezisinga obunene ezibadde ziweebwayo eri Hospice Africa Uganda.”

"Basobola okuwa omulwadde eddagala lya morphine ku €25 buli mwezi, okukozesa nnansi omujjuvu ku €3,500 ne €4,000 buli mwaka, n'okutendeka ba nurse mu kujjanjaba okukkakkanya obulumi. Okuwaayo ku mutendera guno kujja kuleeta enjawulo nnene nnyo."

Ekibinja kino kyatandika olugendo luno nga bajjukira mukwano gwabwe eyafa, omuvuzi w’ennyonyi Omuyindi Ambrose Blaine, eyafiirwa obulamu bwe mu kabenje ka pikipiki mu Mexico mu November wa 2021.

Tom yagamba nti: “Twali kibinja kitono nga tutambula ffenna era Ambrose yatusigala nga tukwatagana.Yali ayagala nnyo okukola ebizibu.”

“Yatera okugenda mu Uganda, era ku lumu ku lugendo lwe, yazuula Hospice Africa Uganda.Emyaka nga etaano egiyise, ffenna yatutwala mu Uganda okulambula eddwaaliro lino.Oluvannyuma lw’okufa kwe, twasalawo okubaako kye tukola mu kumujjukira.”

Ekibinja ky’emikwano kino emabegako kyali kikoze olugendo olufaananako bwe luno okutuusa mmotoka mu HAU ku lwa gavumenti ya Japan.

Tom yannyonnyola: “Omu ku mikwano gyaffe abeera Japan era akolagana ne gavumenti ya Japan okubayamba okulonda we banaawaayo.Omulundi ogwasooka, twavuga mmotoka okuva e Mombasa mu Kenya ne tugenda e Uganda.”

Ku mulundi guno, Tom yagasseeko nti: “Enguudo zaali mbi nnyo mu bitundu ebimu, era oluusi twasobola okutambula kiromita 15 zokka buli ssaawa. Twatuuka e Tanzania ku lunaku lw’omwaka omuggya, era twatuuka mu Uganda ku Lwokutaano nga January 10, gye twasanga buli muntu ku Hospice Africa, nga mw’otwalidde n’omutandisi, Anne Merriman.”

Hospice Africa Uganda yatandikibwawo Professor Anne Merriman mu 1993 oluvannyuma lw’okukizuula nti abalwadde abatali bafu mu Uganda tebalina n’akatono okufuna obujjanjabi obw’okukkakkanya obulumi. Professor Merriman omulimu gwe yassa essira ku kuwa abantu eddagala lya morphine eriweebwa mu kamwa ku bbeeyi ensaamusaamu eri abantu okwetoloola Afrika era yasiimibwa olw’omulimu gwe ogw’ekitalo bwe yasunsulwamu okuwangula ekirabo kya Nobel Peace Prize mu 2014.

Leero, Hospice Africa Uganda egaba obujjanjabi obw’okukkakkanya obulumi eri abantu nga 2,000 buli mwaka. “Kino nga tekinnatuuka, singa wali mulwadde nnyo mu Afirika, wandifudde mu bulumi.Gavumenti mu Afrika tewa bujjanjabi bwa kukkakkanya bantu,” Tom bwe yagamba, ng’alaga engeri omulimu gwa Professor Merriman gye gukyusizzaamu obulamu bw’abantu abatabalika okwetoloola ssemazinga.

Okuwaayo eri... “Vvuga okugenda mu Hospice Africa” okusonda ssente kusigala nga kuggule okutuusa nga March 10. Okuwaayo, genda ku: https://www.idonate.ie/omusonda ssente/11552806, oba noonya “Drive for Hospice Africa” ku iDonate.