AG in spirited defence of Serengeti road plan

>The government yesterday came out strongly to criticise the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the Sh306 billion Tegeta escrow scandal, terming the report false and malicious.

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Only a portion of the multi-million dollar Arusha-Holili road upgrading will be implemented because of a shortage of funds, it was revealed here at the weekend.

The government has defended the proposed highway across the Serengeti National Park, saying constructing it will neither violate the East African Community (EAC) Treaty nor harm the ecosystem.

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Recently, a cherished plan by the Tanzania government to build a new road across the Serengeti National Park, took a hit when the East African Court of Justice decided it was not a good idea. This was after the Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW) ...

>Tanzania has lost a case on the proposed highway across the Serengeti National Park filed by a Nairobi-based animal welfare organisation. The First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) ruled yesterday that the planned tarmacked road from Loliondo-Kleins Gate/Tabora B to Mugumu/Natta would damage the park’s ecosystem.

THROUGHWAY: The government insists that Serengeti has all along been conserved by Tanzania and it is the property of a sovereign state. The government is appealing the EACJ ruling. (COURTESY PHOTO)By Elisha MayallahARUSHA,Tanzania - The government, through the Attorney General’s Office, has appealed against the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) for its recent verdict to block a new road through the Serengeti National Park.

The AG last week submitted before the EACJ maintaining that the...

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Tanzanian Attorney General Justifies Plan to Build Highway through Serengeti ...
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Mr. Gabriel Malata, the principal state attorney and representative of the government of Tanzania in the ongoing trial over the construction of a super highway through the Serengeti park has vindicated the much criticized decision of the government. According ...
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Environmental activists are lining up to block an appeal by the government of Tanzania against a court verdict to stop construction of a paved road across Serengeti National Park.