I must write about recent
developments in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) even though the little
information I have got is now old. This blog has for a decade dealt with
“investors” threatening land rights in Loliondo. There’s almost total silence
about what’s happening in Loliondo, and the current most acute threat against
the 1,500 km2 Osero is that its annexation to NCA is included in the report
that proposes such extensive “no-go zones” in NCA and beyond that it would mean
the end of all Maasai life in Ngorongoro District, and these proposals keep
being insisted upon by the Ngorongoro chief conservator Manongi, and an ugly assortment
of individuals inside and around the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism,
while far too timid local leaders keep asking for the report to be overhauled,
which keeps being granted, and is then ignored. The latest blog post somewhat explained
the most recent promises by Minister Kigwangalla. Since then, the councillor of
Endulen has reported about how this is being sabotaged, and surprisingly about
how the criminal DC has been supportive of the Maasai (or doing damage control
for the government). I can’t explain everything in this post, but there’s a
decade of posts, and the latest ones have been about the MLUM report. I hope
and expect to soon be able to write about some more serious action against
the brutal proposal. Meanwhile I will post this.
In this blog post:
A
brief reminder about the Osero
Articles
Councillor
reports about abuse and sabotage committed by NCA rangers
