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Hivi ukisema "ethnic clash" maana yake nini?
Kwenye hii taarifa nimetafuta hiyo "ethnic clash" ni baina ya ethnicity gani na gani, naona wanaongelea kuibiana ng'ombe kuwa ndio sababu ya mapigano.
Pia wameongelea "tribal clashes" lakini naona kuna kabila moja tu humu limeongelewa, Wakurya. Vijiji viwili vya Wakurya vimepigania ng'ombe. Sijui inakuwaje "ethnic clashes" na "tribal clashes."
Kabla sijatukana waandishi ambao wana "mazingira magumu ya kazi ya uandishi Tanzania" labda kwanza niombe kusaidiwa, ukisema ethnic clash au tribal clash maana yake nini hasa?
Kwenye hii taarifa nimetafuta hiyo "ethnic clash" ni baina ya ethnicity gani na gani, naona wanaongelea kuibiana ng'ombe kuwa ndio sababu ya mapigano.
Pia wameongelea "tribal clashes" lakini naona kuna kabila moja tu humu limeongelewa, Wakurya. Vijiji viwili vya Wakurya vimepigania ng'ombe. Sijui inakuwaje "ethnic clashes" na "tribal clashes."
Kabla sijatukana waandishi ambao wana "mazingira magumu ya kazi ya uandishi Tanzania" labda kwanza niombe kusaidiwa, ukisema ethnic clash au tribal clash maana yake nini hasa?
Three killed in fresh Tarime ethnic clashes
By Felix Mwera, Tarime
THE CITIZEN
2009-03-09
Three people have been killed and dozens of houses burnt in a fresh flare-up of ethnic violence in Tarime District.
Police sources and local leaders confirmed yesterday that at least three people were killed when the Bwirege and Nyabasi clans of the Kurya ethnic group clashed on Friday and Saturday.
"I can confirm that at least three people have died in the fighting which took place on Friday night and early on Saturday," said a police officer who requested for anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media.
Efforts to reach the regional police commander, Mr Liberatus Barlow, for comment failed yesterday.
Sources at Nyamwaga Village said the burials of those killed in the clashes were due to take place yesterday afternoon.
A local leader at the village, Mr Ambrozi Chacha, named the victims as Manko Matiko, Mwita Antoni and a person who was identified only as Mohere, all residents of Nyamwaga Village.
He added that the situation was dire after dozens of people were rendered homeless following the torching of at least 52 houses.
"We need the Red Cross to assist these people.
They are in urgent need of humanitarian aid such as food, clothes and tents," Mr Chacha said by telephone from the village located a few kilometers north of the North Mara Gold Mine.
Sources said several granaries were also torched in the clashes, a development that is likely to aggravate food shortages in parts of the district.
There were reports yesterday that members of the two clans also fought with machetes and poisonous arrows at Kimusi and Ntaga villages.
"There has been fighting since morning in the two villages, and we fear there could be casualties," a source at the scene told The Citizen.
All three people confirmed to have died in the clashes are from the Bwirege clan. However, reports said the Nyabasi clan had also suffered "serious" casualties in the fighting.
"They have lost a number of fighters who were promptly buried to hide the fact that they too have suffered losses," said a Bwirege leader, who refused to give his name for fear of reprisals.
Cattle rustling is the major cause of frequent ethnic clashes in Tarime District.
The situation has been complicated by the fact that members of the Kurya ethnic group live both in Tarime and the neighbouring Kuria District in Kenya.
Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda told The Citizen in an exclusive interview last year that the Government plans to establish a special police zone in Mara Region as part of efforts to curb crime and recurring ethnic violence in the region.
Tarime District has been particularly hard-hit by tribal clashes and cattle rustling, which have claimed over 40 lives in the past two years.
Mr Pinda said the Government had decided to create a new police zone in Mara because the region required a new approach in tackling security challenges.
"We have already made a decision, and I think it's now only now a question of implementation. There is a need to have some kind of a setup that will boost security in the region like we have done in Dar es Salaam," he said.
The Dar es Salaam special police zone was created in 2006 in response spiralling crime in the region.
The zone's first commander, Mr Alfred Tibaigana, has since retired and handed over to Mr Suleiman Kova.
Security experts agree that the formation of the zone encompassing Ilala, Kinondoni and Temeke districts, which have regional status in the setup, has helped to improve security in the region.
Mr Pinda said the formation of the Mara special police zone would vastly boost the number of police officers working in the region, adding that this would go a long way in improving security and restoring the people's confidence in the police force.
The Prime Minister was responding to questions posed to him following The Citizen's serialisation of special reports on the security situation in Mara, particularly the recurrent tribal clashes in Tarime. The Citizen established that bhang cultivation and rustling are the main causes of the clashes.
But Mr Pinda said the decision to establish a special police zone in Mara had been arrived at after considering several factors, not just bhang growing and cattle theft.
