Si Ian Ranking ithi inoveli yabacuphi iyakhobokisa, iya kuba ngumcimbi wokuwuthatha nzulu. Into enje kumele ukuba ndayicinga xa ndabona le noveli yolwaphulo-mthetho isetwe eKenya. Iimeko ezingaqhelekanga zolu hlobo zihlala zivusa ucalucalulo olungalunganga kum, kodwa inyani kukuba kufanelekile ukubaleka loo mathidala okuqala.
El Ikamva elitsha likaDetective Mollel Yidolophu encinci kumbindi weKenya. Wayenethemba lokuphumelela eNairobi, kodwa umnqweno wakhe wobulungisa, awayenethemba lokukholisa abaphathi bakhe, waphelela ekubeni ngumtsalane. Bekufanele ukuba enze okulungileyo, kodwa okuhle kuvele kube sisifundo esintsonkothileyo xa kufikwa kwinqanaba eliphezulu lentlalontle.
Ngokuphoxeka okunzulu kunye nokudinwa okukhulu, uMollel uthatha ikamva lakhe elitsha. Into abangayaziyo abaphathi bakhe, ekhuthazwe ngesicelo sabanamandla ababekhonjwe ngamapolisa, yayikukuba uMollel unokuba yingozi ngakumbi kumandla ukusuka kwindawo ekude.
KwiHell's Gate National Park, abantu abahlukeneyo, amaqela ezizwe okanye izizwe zihlala, kunye neengxabano zabo eziqhubekayo. Ukubulawa kowasetyhini osebenzela inkampani enkulu yokuthumela ngaphandle kuvusa ithuku likaMollel lophando kwaye into ayifumanisayo imsondeza kwintente yamandla, ekubonakala ukuba ifikelela kuzo zonke iindawo zelizwe.
Ngokukhawuleza, iingxabano phakathi kwezizwe ziqala ukubonakala kuMollel njengokwandiswa kwezo mfuno zamandla, ezikwazi ukujongana nabantu, zibahlanganise kwaye zibasuse kwimithombo emitsha yobutyebi ukuphanga. Kwaye nangaphezulu, esona sizathu sinamandla sokugxuphuleka kubomi obuqhelekileyo bezizwe kungenxa yemfuno yorhwebo lwehlabathi, nangakumbi kumazwe ngamazwe anamandla ahlawula kakuhle kakhulu ngezinto ezikrwada ngokutshintshiselana ngokufa nokutshatyalaliswa.
UMollel uvakalelwa kukuba ihlabathi limenzela iyelenqe, ngokuchasene nemvelaphi yakhe yesiMaasai, ngokuchasene nalo naluphi na uhlobo lobomi olubeka emngciphekweni umnqweno wakhe wobutyebi. Uya kuzinikela ngokupheleleyo kwisizathu, enethemba lokutyhila kwihlabathi into eyenzekayo kwilizwe lakhe, ukuba umntu unokuba nomdla ...
URichard Crompton, kwisikhundla sakhe njengentatheli yeBBC eAfrika, ubonakalisa ulwazi lwakhe ngemiba eyahlukeneyo kwilizwekazi laseAfrika.
Ungayithenga incwadi Iingcango zesihogo, inoveli entsha kaRichard Crompton, apha: