Amalungu angamashumi amabini anesithandathu oluntu oluchatshazelwe ziiprojekthi ze-oyile ezinkulu zeTotalEnergies eMpuma Afrika bafake isimangalo esitsha eFrance ngokuchasene nenkampani yeoli yaseFransi ifuna imbuyekezo ngokunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntu.
Uluntu ngokudibeneyo lumangalele isigebenga se-oyile kunye nomkhuseli wamalungelo oluntu uMaxwell Atuhura, kunye nemibutho emihlanu yaseFransi neyaseUganda (CSOs).
Kwesi simangalo, uluntu lufuna imbuyekezo ngenxa yokunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntu okuyayanyaniswa neeprojekthi zokomba ioli zaseTilenga kunye ne-EACOP.
Ngelixa ityala lokuqala elafakwa ngo-2019 lalifuna ukunqanda ulwaphulo-mthetho olunjalo, inkampani iye yatyholwa ngokusilela ukuthobela uMsebenzi wayo wokuQapha, ibangela umonakalo omkhulu kubamangali, ngakumbi malunga nomhlaba kunye namalungelo abo okutya.
Abamangali baye bacela inkundla ukuba iyalele inkampani ukuba ibuyekeze amalungu oluntu oluchaphazelekayo.
I-CSOs, i-AFIEGO, i-Friends of the Earth France, i-NAPE / i-Friends of the Earth Uganda, i-Survie kunye ne-TASHA Research Institute, kunye ne-Atuhura, bafuna imbuyekezo kwi-TotalEnergies ngesiseko sesibini senkqubo yomthetho yomthetho waseFransi kwi-Duty of Ukuphaphama.
Umthetho waseFransi woMsebenzi wokuVigilance (Loi de Vigilance) ufuna ukuba iinkampani ezinkulu zelizwe zilawule ngokufanelekileyo amalungelo abo oluntu kunye nemingcipheko yokusingqongileyo, zombini ngaphakathi kwenkampani ngokwayo, kodwa nangaphakathi kwee-subsidiaries, ii-subcontractors kunye nababoneleli.
Kwi-2017, iFransi yaba lilizwe lokuqala emhlabeni wonke ukuba lamkele umthetho owenza ukuba kunyanzeliswe ukuba iinkampani ezinkulu zenze amalungelo oluntu kunye nokunyamekela ngokusingqongileyo (HREDD) kunye nokupapasha iSicwangciso sokuQapha rhoqo ngonyaka.
Umthetho, owaziwa ngokuba yi-French Corporate Duty of Vigilance Law, okanye i-French Loi de Vigilance, yamkelwa ukuqinisekisa ukuba iinkampani zithatha amanyathelo afunekayo ukuchonga nokuthintela ukuphulwa kwamalungelo oluntu kunye nokusingqongileyo kwimixokelelwane yabo yokubonelela.
Umthetho ufuna ukuba iinkampani zithobele ukuba zisekwe eFransi. Ekupheleni kweminyaka-mali emibini elandelelanayo, iinkampani zifunwa ngumthetho ukuba ziqeshe okungenani abasebenzi abangama-5000 kwifemu kunye nenkxaso-mali yayo esekwe eFransi.
Kungenjalo bafunwa ukuba okungenani babe nabasebenzi abayi-10000 kwintlawulo yenkampani kunye ne-subsidiaries yayo eFransi nakwamanye amazwe.
UDickens Kamugisha, i-CEO ye-AFIEGO, uthi intswela-bulungisa eyenziwa kuluntu lwase-Tilenga kunye ne-EACOP oluchatshazelwa phantse rhoqo ngeveki lubandakanya imbuyekezo engaphantsi, ukulibaziseka kwembuyekezo kulwakhiwo lwezindlu ezincinci ezingafanelekanga, ezazingafanelekanga ukuba zilingane neentsapho zamakhaya achaphazelekayo.
Olunye ulwaphulo-mthetho lubandakanya abantu abatsha abanyanzelwa ukuba bahlale kwiimitha ezimbalwa ukusuka kwi-EACOP. “Okungekho sikweni kuninzi yaye kubangele intlungu yokwenene. Siyathemba ukuba inkundla yaseParis iyakwenza oko
balawule kwiTotalEnergies kwaye babonelele ngobulungisa ebantwini,” utshilo uKamugisha.
Kwisimangalo samva nje, esifakwe kwiNkundla yaBahlali yaseParis, uluntu lucele inkundla ukuba ibambe iTotalEnergies inetyala loluntu kwaye ihlawule imbuyekezo ngokunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntu okwenziwa kuluntu oluchatshazelwe yiTilenga kunye nolunye uluntu oluchatshazelwe yi-EACOP kwingingqi yaseUganda kule minyaka mithandathu idlulileyo. .
Isamani ibonisa ngokucacileyo ikhonkco elibangela phakathi kokusilela ekucaciseni nasekuphunyezweni ngokufanelekileyo kweSicwangciso soBuso seTotalEnergies, “kwaye umonakalo owenziwe ngenxa yoko.”
Uluntu lutyhola iTotalEnergies ngokusilela ukuchonga imingcipheko yokwenzakala okumandundu okunxulunyaniswa neprojekthi yayo enkulu kwaye isebenze xa yaziswa ngobukho babo, kwaye ayizange iphumeze amanyathelo okulungisa emva kokuba kunyhashwe amalungelo oluntu. Akukho manyathelo anxulumene nokufuduswa kwabantu, ukufikelela okuthintelweyo kwindlela yokuphila okanye izoyikiso kubakhuseli bamalungelo oluntu avela kwizicwangciso zokugada zeTotalEnergies'2018-2023.
UMaxwell Atuhura, umlawuli we-TASHA uthi: "Siye saba nentsebenziswano nabantu abachaphazelekayo kunye nabakhuseli bamalungelo oluntu bendalo besoyikiswa kwaye baxhatshazwa kwimimandla yabo yasekhaya, kuquka nam, ngenxa yeeprojekthi zeoli yeTotal e-Uganda. Ngoku sithi kwanele kufuneka sikhusele ngokupheleleyo inkululeko yokuthetha noluvo. Amazwi ethu abalulekile kwikamva elingcono.”
Nangona kunjalo imingcipheko ibinokuchongwa ngokulula kwangaphambili, njengoko inkampani ikhethe ukufumana iiprojekthi ezibandakanya ukugxothwa okukhulu kumazwe apho inkululeko yoluntu ihlala inyhashwa.
UFrank Muramuzi, uMlawuli oPhetheyo weNAPE uthi: “Kulihlazo ukuba iinkampani zeoli zamazwe angaphandle ziqhubeleka nokwenza ingeniso engaphaya kweqhelekileyo ngelixa abantu baseUganda abamkela ioyile befumana ukuxhatshazwa, ukugxothwa, imbuyekezo engekho mgangathweni kunye nobuhlwempu obugqithiseleyo emhlabeni wabo.”
Kwaye ngokuchaseneyo namabango e-TotalEnergies okuba iiprojekthi zayo ze-oli ezizizigidi ngezigidi zibe negalelo elikhulu kuphuhliso loluntu lwasekuhlaleni, iye yaba sisisongelo kwikamva leentsapho ezihluphekileyo.
UPauline Tétillon, ongumongameli weSurvie, uthi: Le nkampani iye yasongela kuphela ikamva lamashumi amawaka abantu kwilizwe apho naluphi na uqhanqalazo luthintelwa okanye lucinezelwe. Nangona uMsebenzi woMthetho wokuQapha unyanzela uluntu ukuba lulwe idabi likaDavid vs. Goliyati ngokubenza bathwale umthwalo wobungqina, uyabanika ithuba lokufuna ubulungisa eFransi kwaye ekugqibeleni iTotal igwetywe ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukunyhashwa kwamalungelo abantu. "
Umnqweno womthetho kukuthintela ukuxhatshazwa kwenkampani ngokunyanzelisa iinkampani ukuba zenze amanyathelo asebenzayo okuqapha ngokuseka, ukuphumeza kunye nokupapasha iSicwangciso sokuQapha ngokuhambelana nenkqubo yokunyameka kwamalungelo oluntu e-UN.
I-Vigilance Plan kufuneka ichaze ukuba yeyiphi imilinganiselo ephunyezwe yinkampani ukuchonga nokuthintela amalungelo oluntu kunye nokunyhashwa kokusingqongileyo okunxulumene nemisebenzi yenkampani. Imisebenzi ibandakanya imisebenzi yenkampani yamashishini angaphantsi kunye nababoneleli kunye neekontraka eziphantsi kwayo ezinxulunyaniswe ngokuthe ngqo nangokungathanga ngqo kwinkampani ngobudlelwane babo borhwebo / isivumelwano.
ISicwangciso sokuQapha sibandakanya imephu yomngcipheko, ukuchongwa, ukuhlalutya kunye nokuhlelwa kweengozi ezinokubakho kunye namanyathelo aphunyeziweyo ukulungisa, ukunciphisa kunye nokuthintela imingcipheko kunye nokuphulwa.
Inkampani ilindeleke ukuba ichaze iinkqubo eziphunyeziweyo zokuvavanya amaxesha ngamaxesha amacandelo enkampani, iikontraka eziphantsi kunye nokuthotyelwa komthengisi kunye nendlela yokuchonga imingcipheko ekhoyo okanye enokubakho ngokusebenzisana neemanyano zabasebenzi ezifanelekileyo.
Ukuba inkampani ephantsi komthetho iyasilela ukuthobela, umzekelo, ngokusilela ukuphumeza kunye nokupapasha iSicwangciso sokuLinda, naliphi na iqela elichaphazelekayo, kubandakanywa namaxhoba okuxhatshazwa kwenkampani, linokufaka isikhalazo kulawulo olufanelekileyo.
Inkampani engaphumeleliyo ukupapasha izicwangciso ingahlawuliswa ukuya kuthi ga kwi-10 yezigidi ze-EUR enokuthi inyuke iye kwi-30 yezigidi ze-EUR ukuba ukusilela ukwenza oko kukhokelela kumonakalo obunokuthintelwa.
Umlinganiselo wokuphulwa okuhambelana neeprojekthi ze-Tilenga kunye ne-EACOP zibhalwe ngokubanzi ngabadlali abahlukeneyo, kubandakanywa amaqela oluntu kunye neeNgxelo eziKhethekileyo ze-UN.
Abantu abachatshazelwa ziiprojekthi ze-Tilenga kunye ne-EACOP bahluthwa ukusetyenziswa simahla komhlaba wabo nangaphambi kokuba bafumane imbuyekezo, phakathi kweminyaka emithathu ukuya kwemine, benyhasha amalungelo abo omhlaba.
UJuliette Renaud, umkhankaseli oMkhulu we-Friends of the Earth France uthi i-TotaEnergies Tilenga kunye neeprojekthi ze-EACOP “ziluphawu, kwihlabathi jikelele, lokuphanziswa kwe-oyile kumalungelo abantu kunye nokusingqongileyo.
Uluntu oluchaphazelekayo kufuneka lufumane ubulungisa ngenxa yolwaphulo-mthetho olwenziwe yiTotal! Eli dabi litsha lidabi labo ubomi babo kunye namalungelo abo anyathelwe phantsi yiTotal. "
“Sibothulel’ umnqwazi amalungu oluntu oluchaphazelekayo ngenkalipho yawo yokumelana nalo mbutho unamandla wezizwe ngezizwe nangona kukho izoyikiso abajongene nazo, kwaye sicela inkqubo yezobulungisa yaseFransi ukuba ilungise lo monakalo ukuze kupheliswe ukungangohlwaywa kweTotal.”
Uluntu luye lwathwaxwa kukunqongophala kokutya okuqatha ngenxa yokuba amalungu ayephulukene nendlela yawo yokuziphilisa, nto leyo ebangele ukuba kunyhashwe ilungelo lokufumana ukutya okwaneleyo.
Iifama kwezinye iilali zichaphazeleke kakhulu zizikhukula ezibangelwe kukwakhiwa kweTilenga Central Processing Facility (CPF) ngelixa ligcuntswana labantu elithe laxhamla kwimbuyekezo ngokohlobo, kubandakanywa umhlaba nomhlaba » okt. indawo yokuhlala kunye nomhlaba, ngelixa abanye , imbuyekezo yemali yayinganelanga ubukhulu becala.
Amanani abahlali basemaphandleni bathi baye basongelwa, baxhatshazwa okanye babanjwa ngenxa yokugxeka iiprojekthi zeoli e-Uganda naseTanzania kunye nokukhusela amalungelo oluntu oluchaphazelekayo.
Abahlobo boMhlaba eFransi kunye no-Survie basanda kukhupha ingxelo entsha malunga neprojekthi ye-EACOP yeTotalEnergie. “I-EACOP, intlekele eyenzekileyo” sisiphumo sophando olusisiseko kwiprojekthi yeTotal yombhobho we-oyile omkhulu eTanzania.
Ubungqina obutsha obuvela kwiintsapho bubonisa ukunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntu sisigebenga seoli saseFransi eUganda. "Ukusuka elunxwemeni lweLake Victoria ukuya kuLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, kuyo yonke imimandla echatshazelwa ngumbhobho, uluntu oluchaphazelekayo lubonisa iimvakalelo zabo zokungabi namandla kunye nokungabikho kokusesikweni ngenxa yezenzo zabaphuhlisi beoli, abajongela phantsi amalungelo abo abalulekileyo," utsho uKamugisha.
Ukusukela oko iFransi iphumeze umthetho wayo we-HREDD, oorhulumente abamkela amalungelo oluntu kunye nomthetho wokunyameka kokusingqongileyo baye banda kakhulu, ngakumbi kwilizwekazi laseYurophu.
IKhomishini yaseYurophu yabhengeza ngo-2021 ukuba iza kwamkela owabo ulwalathiso malunga nokunyanzeliswa kobonelelo ngenkuthalo kuzo zonke iinkampani ezisebenza ngaphakathi kwe-EU enokuthi inyanzeliswe ngo-2024.
