Parliament
23-24 May
The
Kidupo director
The
Jamhuri again
The
turn of events in the NCA
Summary
for newcomers
In memory of Moringe Parkipuny, today missed for four years.
This blog has been silent for too long and it’s partly
because Loliondo is waiting for Prime Minister Majaliwa to say something about
the 1,500 km2 that the “investor” OBC, some journalists, and parts of the
Tanzanian government, notably the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism,
want alienated for a protected area. On 20th April the report by Arusha
RC Mrisho Gambo’s select committee – that had been targeted by the PM to find a
“solution” - was finally handed over to PM Majaliwa. Then silence and waiting
has apparently been the mood in Loliondo. Strangely, the report hasn’t been
made public, but it’s known that it recommends a Wildlife Management Area (WMA,
a protected area that still is village land) as the way forward to “solve the
conflict”, which is a kind of defeat, that due to the seriousness of the
situation has been seen as a victory, when the Maasai of Loliondo have managed
to reject a WMA for a decade and a half since it would give more power to
“investors” and the Director of Wildlife, while grazing land would have to be
vacated for the “investor”.
