Oleshangay has been one of the most prominent voices opposing the controversial government exercise of moving people from Ngorongoro in what it describes as a “voluntary relocation.”
He vows to continue the fight against authorities’ attempts to ‘evict’ his people from their ancestral land.
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While the plan will affect villages in other parts of the country, Ngorongoro is the only area disproportionately affected, as all its villages have been singled out for delisting.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced her fourth cabinet reshuffle this year, marking the fourteenth such change since 2021. The latest reshuffle sees the return of former ministers Palamagamba Kabudi and William Lukuvi to the cabinet, while two other ministers, Angela Kairuki and Ummy Mwalimu, have been removed.
Wanafunzi wadai kusitishiwa ufadhili wa masomo, au kucheleweshewa malipo, bila taarifa, hali wanayosema inawasababishia usumbufu mkubwa.
136 Maasai people from Msomera are threatening to return to Ngorongoro if authorities fail to provide them with the incetives they promised.
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Ngorongoro MP (CCM) Emmanuel Oleshangay questions the government’s claim that the relocation exercise is voluntary, demanding authorities explain why they cut essential social services if that is the case.
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