The
human rights crime continues after the interim stop order by CHRAGG.
Rangers
have sold illegally seized cattle.
Outrageously
malicious lies by Minister Maghembe.
And
outrageously delayed action.
Court
case finally filed by the villages in the East African Court of Justice.
This
blog post is outrageously delayed as well since I wanted to report about the
court case, that’s been delayed, and then filed, but silenced for reasons that
vary according to who you ask. Now it’s allowed to mention it... The previous,
now old, blog post has some updates.
Updated below (Minister Maghembe was fired on 7th October!).
What could not be allowed to happen again, happened,
and like in 2009 the Maasai in western Loliondo division of Ngorongoro district
again suffered a violent and illegal arson attack. From 13th to 26th
August 2017 hundreds of bomas were burned to the ground by rangers from
Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area assisted by local
Loliondo police – and others, namely OBC and KDU (anti-poaching, close to OBC) rangers
- and thousands of people were left without food or shelter. Cows were dispersed
during this extreme drought, and there was terror and panic everywhere. The
arson started in the Oloosek area of Ololosokwan village where a Serengeti
ranger had shot the herder Parmoson Ololoso* in both legs and one arm on 8th
August, and then the arson continued all the way to Piyaya 90 km further south.
People returning after the illegal evictions were brutally beaten by the
rangers and some arrested and sent to Mugumu at the other side of Serengeti
National Park. Cattle were seized and big fines demanded. All this did not
happen in any protected area, but on village land that per Village Land Act
No.5 of 1999 should be managed by the local villages. The affected villages are
Ololosokwan, Kirtalo (Soitsambu ward), Oloipiri, Olorien, Oloosoitok (Maaloni
ward), Maaloni, Arash, Ormanie (Arash ward), and Piyaya.
