Tanzanian authorities have seized more than 10,000 head of cattle that had strayed into the country from Uganda and Rwanda, a cabinet minister told Parliament on Monday.
The country's minister for livestock and fisheries, Mr Luhaga Mpina, said the cattle would be auctioned in a similar manner as the ones recently seized on the Tanzania-Kenya border.
The minister made the remarks in Parliament when contributing to discussion on the national development plan for 2018/19. Some MPs had asked the minister what would be done with the stray animals.
The government recently auctioned 1,325 head of cattle owned by Kenyans after the animals strayed into the country.
Mr Mpina accused Ugandan and Rwandan pastoralists of violating Tanzanian law by driving their animals to graze beyond their borders.
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/...anda-seized/539546-4185898-4x9ghuz/index.html
Is he trying to save face from his goof or he is seriously contemplating creating enemnity with his EAC neighbours? At least this puts pressure off our foreign ministry in a way
The country's minister for livestock and fisheries, Mr Luhaga Mpina, said the cattle would be auctioned in a similar manner as the ones recently seized on the Tanzania-Kenya border.
The minister made the remarks in Parliament when contributing to discussion on the national development plan for 2018/19. Some MPs had asked the minister what would be done with the stray animals.
The government recently auctioned 1,325 head of cattle owned by Kenyans after the animals strayed into the country.
Mr Mpina accused Ugandan and Rwandan pastoralists of violating Tanzanian law by driving their animals to graze beyond their borders.
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/...anda-seized/539546-4185898-4x9ghuz/index.html
Is he trying to save face from his goof or he is seriously contemplating creating enemnity with his EAC neighbours? At least this puts pressure off our foreign ministry in a way