- Tanzanian City Hall plans to auction cattle roaming and grazing in the city
- An Agriculture executive, Danvas Makori, says he is waiting for an approval to auction the cows since the diseases the cows are carrying are not known
- More than 1,300 cattle belonging to Kenyans in December were auctioned by Tanzanian authorities
Tanzanian City Hall says some cattle roaming and grazing in the city are from Tanzania and wants to auction them, The Star reports.
Danvas Makori, an Agriculture executive on Tuesday, January 23, said “Some come from Kajiado and Narok but we have found that most of them actually come from Tanzania.”
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Makori said: “I have discussed the with the governor and I am waiting for an approval to auction the cows since we don’t know what the diseases they are carrying." The executive added that county by-laws outlaws grazing in the city without a permit.
Tanzanian authorities in December auctioned more than 1,300 cattle belonging to Kenyans and arrested more than 10 Maasai herders and held more than 500 livestock in Tanzania.
“As we speak, there is an outbreak of foot- and mouth disease in Dagoretti and Karen, so we will not relent on this,” Makori added.
It was also reported that prolonged drought is the reason rherders moved to the city to search for water and pasture.
But Makori said the herders came to the city because there is a ready market for their milk.
“They are here because they easily sell their milk to slum-dwellers and in other areas. They are selling unpasteurized milk, which our laws prohibit,” he said.
Makori his officers have been facing a lot of problems,including attacks by herders and threats by influential people who own the animals.
Earlier, NAIJ.com reported that Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue has warned citizens against cattle rustling and attack on Fulani herdsmen in retaliation, NAN reports.
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Ortom, who gave the warning at an emergency stakeholders meeting in Makurdi on Monday, January 22, urged the people to report any violation to appropriate authority for action.
The governor said anybody that rustles cattle and kills Fulani herdsmen would not be spared by the law, stressing that the anti-open grazing law protected both herdsmen and farmers.
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Source: Naija.ng
ROSY CREST
Wednesday, 24 January 2018