The beautiful land of the Masais going to be sold to Dubai royal family. First, the Tanzania government are stupid to even commit to this abomination.. When does an African leader have the common sense to just say No. This land is priceless. Then why would the greedy and self-centered royal family in Dubai, thinks this is the right thing to do. They come there, and start treating the Masais as second class citizen in their own country and on their land.
Why can't African leaders learn from past if not the present. Is money everything? Where is the dignity, where is there pride.
According toThe Guardian
Tanzania has been accused of reneging on its promise to 40,000 Masai pastoralists by going ahead with plans to evict them and turn their ancestral land into a reserve for the royal family of Dubai to hunt big game.
Activists celebrated last year when the government said it had backed down over a proposed 1,500 sq km “wildlife corridor” bordering the Serengeti national park that would serve a commercial hunting and safari company based in the United Arab Emirates.
Now the deal appears to be back on and the Masai have been ordered to quit their traditional lands by the end of the year. Masai representatives will meet the prime minister, Mizengo Pinda, in Dodoma on Tuesday to express their anger. They insist the sale of the land would rob them of their heritage and directly or indirectly affect the livelihoods of 80,000 people. The area is crucial for grazing livestock on which the nomadic Masai depend.
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