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Power Struggle Rises Over Tanzania’s Pangani River
Posted by Inter Press Service: Kizito Makoye on October 24th, 2013
Inter Press Service: As farmers and herders fight over dwindling water levels in the Pangani River Basin in northeastern Tanzania, a new dispute is emerging between farmers and the state-run power utility firm over this precious resource.
The Tanzania Electric Supply Company or TANESCO manages three hydropower plants located on the Pangani River near Muheza district, which are meant to provide 17 percent of the country's electricity.
Subira Mgalu, the Muheza district commissioner, told IPS that conflict was rife...
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Conflicts over water rise in Tanzania
Posted by Inter Press Service: Kizito Makoye on October 19th, 2013
Inter Press Service: Conflicts over water are increasing in the sprawling Pangani River Basin in northeastern Tanzania as farmers and herders jostle for dwindling water resources in the face of climate change.
Over the past decade, Maasai pastoralists from the northern areas of Moshi and Arusha have been streaming towards the basin with tens of thousands of their cattle in search of water and grazing pasture.
Hafsa Mtasiwa, the Pangani district commissioner, told IPS that the Maasais` traditional land was strained...