Why land clashes continue unabated in Kiteto District

He was famous as Mzee Mhogo, and not surprisingly. Cassava is one of the crops under cultivation at his farm at Chekanao village in Kiteto, some 18 kilometres from the district headquarters.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

IPPmedia

23 Feb

Inside the Kiteto land crisis 2: Greed for land, dirty politics fuel killing fields of Kiteto

Inside the Kiteto land crisis 2: Greed for land, dirty politics fuel killing fields of Kiteto
IPPmedia
Last week The Guardian on Sunday brought you a story on the recent land conflict pitting farmers and pastoralists at the Kalikala hamlet in Kiteto District. In this second installment Gerald Kitabu reveals how the unfolding feud led to the killings of more than 10 ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Jan

Rights body probes Kiteto deadly clashes

Lawyers with the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) are investigating abuse of human rights in land clashes pitting farmers and livestock keepers which took place in the district recently.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

12 Nov

Ongoing killings in Kiteto district anger Ndugai

Daily News
Ongoing killings in Kiteto district anger Ndugai
Daily News
NATIONAL Assembly Deputy Speaker, Mr Job Ndugai, has expressed lament over the killings in Kiteto district, Manyara region, saying the situation there is serious. Mr Ndugai was commenting after a response from Minister of State in the President's Office ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Feb

End these land clashes

Tanzania has lately witnessed the mushrooming of vicious land conflicts, mostly pitting farmers against herders. Morogoro, the nation’s food basket, is the worst hit by these conflicts, which have hampered productive activities in Kilosa, Mvomero, Kilombero and Ulanga districts.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

14 Nov

Five seized over deadly land clashes

>Police in Kongwa District, Dodoma Region, are holding five people in connection with fresh clashes between farmers and pastoralists in the neighbouring Kiteto District in Manyara Region, which left four people dead on Wednesday.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

04 Dec

Economic cost of Kiteto land crisis

Insecurity caused by endless land conflicts is likely to impact on the economy of Kiteto district should the situation remain like that in the long run.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Jan

EDITORIAL: Land division should extend beyond Kiteto

>Tanzania is often referred to as a land of peace and we take great pride in the fact that this reputation is largely justified. Indeed, people elsewhere give us credit for it.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

26 Sep

I’ll end land disputes in Kiteto, Lowassa pledges

Chadema presidential candidate Edward Lowassa assured residents of Kiteto District yesterday that if elected in October polls, his government will form a reconciliation commission to end the ongoing land disputes between farmers and herders in the area.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

13 Jun

Kinondoni District to verify land titles

Kinondoni District to verify land titles
Daily News
RESIDENTS of Kinondoni District in Dar es Salaam have been instructed to submit copies of their land titles or any document that certifies their legal occupancy of property or land for verification. The move is intended to solve land disputes in the district as the ...

 

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