Wikimedia Foundation/amawulire g'okulondebwa kw'akikulira omuggya/Gwakkumineebiri 2025
Nga twaniriza akulira ekitongole kya Wikimedia Foundation omuggya
Olukiiko olufuzi olwa Wikimedia Foundation lulonze Bernadette Meehan nga akulira ekitongole kya Wikimedia Foundation omuggya. Agenda kwegatta mu butongole nga January 20, 2026. Akulira kkampuni eno mu kiseera kino Maryana Iskander agenda kusigala mu kifo kye okutuusa olwo okumala okugabana awatali kusoomoozebwa.
Bernadette omulimu gwe agumaze mu mirimu egyawaddeyo okukola emirimu egy’obutume n’obuweereza bwa gavumenti. Gye buvuddeko, yaweereza ng’Omubaka wa U.S. mu Chile okuva mu 2022-2025. Nga tannafuuka mubaka, yaweerezaako ng’omumyuka wa Pulezidenti omukulu ow’enteekateeka z’ensi yonna mu kitongole kya Obama Foundation, gye yakola enteekateeka n’okukulembera pulogulaamu z’obukulembeze bw’ensi yonna ezikwata ku Afrika, Asia-Pacific, Bulaaya, Latin America, ne South Asia. Mu myaka gye gyonna, Bernadette akulembezza okukwatagana n’abantu b’omukitundu n’okukolagana. Ebisingawo ku bulamu bwe osobola okusoma wansi ne okulangirira eri bannamawulire wano.
Bernadette yeegasse ku Foundation mu kiseera ekikulu, ku nkomerero y’amazaalibwa ga Wikipedia ag’emyaka 25. Ensi eyolekedde enkyukakyuka ezitabangawo mu mbeera z’abantu, tekinologiya, amateeka n’emilembe. Engeri abantu gye banoonyamu n’okuzuula amawulire ekyusibwakyusibwa. Nga obuyinza bwa Wikipedia bwe bweyongera, n’obukulu bw’okulaba ng’abantu n’abasalawo bategeera enkola yaayo era ne bayamba mu biseera byayo eby’omu maaso. Kati okusinga bulijjo, twetaaga okwongera okumanyisa abantu ku pulojekiti za Wikimedia, era Bernadette ajja kuba mukulembeze omutuufu okulungamya Foundation mu mulembe guno omupya.
Manya ebisingawo ku Bernadette mu bigambo bye:
Obubaka bwa Bernadette
Nkulamusizza! Nkulamusizza! Kaale!
Nkwatibwako nnyo olw’obugezi n’obuvumu bwa Wikimedia Projects, era neetoowaze era nfunye enkizo okufuuka ekitundu ku kibiina kino.
Mu myezi egiyise, ntandise okuyiga ku mulimu gwo, ebitundu byo, okusoomoozebwa, era —ekisinga obukulu —enkosa gy’okola. Ekkubo lyange erigenda mu kiseera kino libadde lya bulijjo katono, naye nfunye okukwatagana okw’amaanyi n’empisa, obutume, n’empisa za Wikimedia Foundation. Njagala okubaganyaako katono ku byantuusa gy’oli.
Nnazaalibwa mu Bronx (taata ne bajjajja bange gye baakulira) era ne nkulira mu Pleasantville, New York. Ku myaka 16 nnagenda e Rio Gallegos, Argentina nga ndi muyizi wa siniya ey’okuwanyisiganya. Nayiga olulimi olupya era ne nzibula amaaso gange ku ndowooza empya (Joaquín Torres García’s América Invertida okukuba ebifaananyi kyali kya nkyukakyuka gyendi). Nga wayise emyaka egisukka mu 30, amaka gange ag’e Argentina agakyaza n’okutuusa kati kitundu kya muwendo nnyo mu bulamu bwange, era Olusipeyini lwange lutambuza enjogera ey’enjawulo ey’e Argentina.
Natikkirwa mu Boston College era ne nkola mu J.P. Morgan, nga nyambako okukola dizayini y’emu ku mikutu gyayo egyasooka egya bakasitoma egyesigama ku mukutu. Olw’okusendebwasendebwa okukola emirimu gya gavumenti, natandikawo essuula empya mu bulamu bwange nga nneegatta ku kitongole ky’ebyamawulire mu 2004. Ng’omukungu avunaanyizibwa ku by’ensonga z’ebweru nayiga okuva mu bantu abalina endowooza ez’enjawulo mu byobufuzi, eby’obuwangwa n’endowooza. Nalina ebifo mu Colombia, Iraq, ne United Arab Emirates, era era nnaweerezanga mu mirimu egy’enjawulo mu Washington, D.C. mu kitongole ky’ensonga z’ebweru ne mu lukiiko lw’ebyokwerinda mu White House (NSC). Nasoma Oluwarabu, ne njiga العربية الفصحى, ekivaamu enseko ez’empisa ennungi bwe ngezaako okulukozesa ku nguudo z’e Cairo. Oluusi tufuna okunyooma nga tutambula mu nsi, era kikulu okugezaako okudda mu ssuubi. Y’ensonga lwaki nava ku kifo kya NSC eky’oku ntikko ne nsomesa emisomo mu Georgetown University okumala omwaka mulamba. Okubeera n’abayizi kyanziza obuggya amaanyi gange, okutegeera ekigendererwa, n’okukkiriza nti buli kiseera twetaaga ebirowoozo ebipya okusobola okutumbula ensi.
Mu 2017 nayamba Pulezidenti ne Mukyala Obama nga batongoza Obama Foundation n’omulimu gw’okuyamba abantu okuzimba ensi erimu emikisa mingi, okwetabamu, n’okwesiga. Nakulembera okuteekateeka enteekateeka z’okutumbula obukulembeze okwetoloola Afrika, Asia-Pacific, South Asia, Bulaaya, ne Latin America, eri abakulembeze mu bitongole bya gavumenti, ebibiina by’obwannakyewa, n’eby’obwannannyini abaalaze obweyamo okutumbula ebirungi eby’awamu. Nalaba ku lusegere engeri abantu ssekinnoomu abayungiddwa ku misingi egy’okugabana gye bayinza okuleeta okukwatagana okulabika, okw’omuggundu, okuwangaala.
Mu 2022 naddayo mu buweereza bwa gavumenti nga Omubaka wa U.S. mu Chile, ensi gye nasooka okugendako nga ndi wa myaka 17. Mu kukyala okwo nnali siyinza kuloota nti nja kuddayo oluvannyuma lw’emyaka 30 ng’Omubaka wa U.S. Okukulembera ekitebe ekinene kyanjigiriza eby’okuyiga eby’omuwendo ennyo: obutakkaanya si kulemererwa; okuggulawo ebirowoozo maanyi; ensonga, data, n’obwerufu bizimba obwesige; okukubaganya ebirowoozo mu ngeri ey’ekitiibwa kisoboka – era kya bulamu – nga kyesigamiziddwa ku nsonda ezesigika; okuyita amannya kibi era tekivaamu bibala; okukaawa kuvunda; ensonga z’enkola; era okukolagana kivaamu ebirungi.
Ebimu ku bye nsinga okwenyumirizaamu bibadde nkolagana ezikoleddwa mu njawulo, naye nga zeesigamiziddwa ku kigendererwa eky’okugabana n’okutegeeragana okwa wamu. Njagala okulaga pulojekiti ssatu ze nnawagira nga, mu ngeri nnyingi, ziddamu omwoyo gw’omulimu gwo.
- The Humboldt Cable, cable esoose wansi w'ennyanja okuyunga South America ne Asia, eyeetegese okukyusa omukutu gwa digito.
- Enteekateeka z'eby'emmunyeenye nga Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)—mu kiseera kino ye ndabirwamu ya leediyo esinga amaanyi mu nsi yonna—Ekirabo kya Vera C. Rubin Observatory, ne Giant Magellan Telescope, ekigenda okufuuka pulojekiti ya ssaayansi eya gavumenti n’ey’obwannannyini esinga obunene mu byafaayo ng’emaze okuggwa. Kaweefube ono agatta abakolagana n’ensi yonna mu kunoonya okugaziya okutegeera kw’abantu ku bwengula.
- Okuggya ebiwandiiko bya Gavumenti ya U.S. mu bibinja n'okubivvuunula mu Lusipeyini byakwata ku byaliwo mu Chile okuva mu 1968 okutuuka mu 1991. Ng'ekimu ku bigenda mu maaso mu kwewaayo okugazi eri obwerufu, ekimu ku bigendererwa ebikulu kyali kya kulaba nga Bannachile bafuna obutereevu amawulire agakwata ku byafaayo byabwe, okubawa amaanyi okukola endowooza ezimanyiddwa ku byaliwo.
Okusinga byonna, essanyu lyange erisinga obunene nga Ambasada lyava mu kusisinkana abantu n’okuwuliriza emboozi zaabwe n’ebyo bye bayitamu, okuva ku byalo by’abavubi ebiri ku lubalama lw’ennyanja Pacific okutuuka ku bisenge bya Congress okutuuka ku faamu z’endiga mu Patagonia okutuuka mu bibuga eby’eby’eby’obuggagga bw’omu ttaka okutuuka ku bitundu by’abantu enzaalwa mu ddungu ly’e Atacama, Araucanía, ne Tierra del Fuego.
Buli mutendera gw’olugendo lwange gunjigiriza obukugu obupya era gunsoomoozezza mu ngeri gye nnali sisuubira. Buli ssuula efudde kye ndi n’engeri gye nkolaganamu n’ensi, okukuza okwagala okumanya, okuyiiya, okugumira embeera, ekisa, n’obwetoowaze. Empeera esinga obunene mu mulimu gwange ebadde ya kukula wamu ne ttiimu ez’enjawulo, nga mpeereza ng’omukulembeze era omuyizi.
Okufaananako n’abantu bangi, nange mmaze ebbanga nga ndi musomi wa Wikipedia omunyiikivu, wadde nga sibangako muwandiisi. Gy’okoma okuyiga, gye nkoma okusiima obweyamo bwaffe obw’okugabana: emirimu egy’obutume, okukwatagana n’abakwatibwako ab’enjawulo, okukola ku kusoomoozebwa okuzibu, okulima okwegomba okumanya n’essuubi, n’okukkiriza nti emisingi gilungamya si kiki kyokka kye tukola, wabula engeri gye tukikola. Y’ensonga lwaki nsanyuse nnyo okwegatta ku Foundation.
Nfunye okubudaabudibwa olw’okwewaayo, obuyiiya, essanyu, n’okugumira embeera y’ekitundu kino. Mu mwaka gwa 2026, nga Wikipedia ewezezza emyaka 25, tujja kujaguza emiko egisukka mu bukadde 65 mu nnimi 300+, egyawandiikibwa, egyalongoosebwa, era egyakeberebwa amazima abantu kumpi 250,000, bonna bannakyewa okuva mu nsi yonna...mwenna!
Nga tuyingira mu kaseera kano akajjudde ebisoboka, era twolekagana n’okusoomoozebwa okunene, okuzibu. Mu mulembe gwa AI, okumanya kw’omuntu, okwesiga, obwerufu, endowooza etaliimu ludda, n’okukolagana bikulu nnyo okusinga bwe kyali kibadde. Muli maaso n’amatu g’ensi, abajulizi b’ebyafaayo era abawanika b’okujjukira. Nga buvunaanyizibwa bwa njawulo nnyo, era nga kuyitibwa kwa njawulo nnyo, okugezaako buli kiseera okulongoosa pulojekiti zino!
Nga tuli wamu, nsuubira nti tusobola okuba abavumu, okutwala akabi, okusanyuka, n’okugenda mu maaso n’okubumba okwolesebwa kwe tugabana ku biseera eby’omu maaso. Nneewaddeyo okukulembera Foundation n’obwerufu, obwesimbu, n’essuubi, n’okussa ekitiibwa mu nkola y’enfuga evugirwa bannakyewa. Nga bwe ngenda mu kifo kino, essira lyange lyeyoleka bulungi: okuwuliriza, okuyiga, n’okuwa abantu amaanyi okukola omulimu gwabwe ogusinga obulungi. Nneebaza Maryana olw’okugabana okumanya kwe n’okwewaayo kwe eri enkyukakyuka ennungi era elowoozebwako.
Ebibuuzo bya Bernadette
Okutandika nga January 20, nja kuba nzija mu lukiiko olukuli okumpi around the puzzle globe - ku mutimbagano ne mu buntu n’ebitundu bya Wiki n’abakwatibwako, abakozi ba Foundation, n’emikwano emirala. Okusobola okulungamya emboozi zaffe ezasooka, njagala nnyo okumanya:
- Kiki ekyakuleeta mu kibiina kino?
- Tusigala tutya nga tukwatagana mu myaka 25 egijja?
- Bikozesebwa ki ebisatu ebya Wiki bye nsaanidde okusooka okusoma?
Ggwe osinga okumanya ebitundu byammwe, era okutegeera kwo kujja kulungamya ekkubo lyange okugenda mu maaso.
Emyaka 25 egiyise, Wikipedia yali kirooto kyokka. Leero, gwe mugongo gw’okumanya ku yintaneeti. Okuwa amaanyi. Omukisa. Enkolagana. Okukkaanya. Essuubi.
Mwebale kunnyaniriza. Nneesunga okumanya buli omu ku mmwe n’okuzimba ebiseera byaffe eby’omu maaso nga tuli wamu.
Okulamusa, Bernadette