After the President’s Speech Mentioning Ngorongoro Strange Eviction Notices were Issued and then Withdrawn

 

After the terror - that since 2016 (worsened in 2018) had made the defenders of land and pastoralists almost useless - finally seemed to have started to subside, there have been some setbacks caused by newcomers (not least, as mentioned in the latest blog post, the new president) repeating the NCAA’s and MNRT’s anti-Ngorongoro rhetoric. Then, Minister Ndumbaro visited Ngorongoro, avoided meeting local representatives that had been waiting since early morning, and almost 150 families got illegal “eviction notices” or orders to demolish their houses. Fortunately, these were withdrawn after protests. At last, a small victory.

 

Meanwhile in Loliondo, OBC are busy, and nobody is saying anything at all.

 

In this blog post:

NCAA/MNRT talk in the president’s speech and elsewhere

Response by Joseph Oleshangay and others

Ndumbaro’s visit to Ngorongoro, illegal eviction notices, and the re-emergence of the MP

Press statement in Arusha

Eviction notices withdrawn

State of the nation speech

Ngorongoro and the MLUM review proposal

 

A Reminder about Loliondo

Maasai in Loliondo have for years been at risk of losing 1,500 km2 of important grazing land, suffered all kinds of abuse, including illegal mass arson operations, and a local police state. I’ve tried to make this article as brief as possible, too much have been left out, but there’s just too much to say – even when some is unknown.

Initially the plan was to publish this blog post somewhere else, but I’ll write another kind of article for that purpose.

 

While this post has kept being delayed hopes have first been raised with the change at the highest level of government, and then plummeted on 6^th April when President Samia mentioned Ngorongoro in a speech showing that she’d swallowed the lies by the MNRT hook, line and sinker. This can still be salvaged, and I hope to very soon be able to write a blog post about the responses that will set record straight for her (more about this at the end of the blog post). Meanwhile, read what Ngorongoro youths in February had to say about the plans by the MNRT.

In this blog post:

Rest in peace Emmanuel Saringe ole Naronyo

Loliondogate to today

Invasion of village land and mass arson of 2009

The draft District Land Use Plan

Kagasheki’s attempt at imposing OBC’s land use plan

OBC’s journalist

Worsened divide and rule with Nyalandu

Proxy wars for OBC

My illegal arrest

Illegal arrests to silence everyone

Gambo’s committee

Invasion of village land and illegal mass arson operation of 2017

Kigwangalla became a hero and then U-turned

Intimidation drive to derail the case in the EACJ, unbelievable perjury, and interim orders that were soon violated

The bizarre case of mistaken identity

JWTZ soldiers working for OBC committed human rights crimes

The unexpected arrest of OBC’s director

JWTZ soldiers killing Yohana "Babuche" Saidea in Wasso town

A genocidal NCA Multiple Land Use Model review proposal includes the land wanted by OBC

Current state and the speech of nightmares