Is my residence permit worth anything? will they respect it? Will my cows be confiscated? will I survive? These are questions posed by one resident of Ngara, who grazes in and out of Burigi forest reserve. His fears eminate from Jakaya Kikwete's vow to wage war on illegal immigrants! In Kagera, majority of the immigrants are actually from Burundi, (Hutu labourers), Uganda (Bachiga immigrants), Rwanda (Hutu remnants of 1994 refugees) and Rwanda/Uganda pastoralists (Who came to look for pastures). Kikwete based his threat on cattle keepers, he said: "Kuna aliyefurumishwa akaacha ndama mmoja, watendaji wanapewa ngombe 2 wanatoa vibali).
But interestingly, pastoralists are very minority immigrants, they don't even number 2000. But government officials, with desire to make quick money out of looted cattle, will only target them. This, despite the fact that most of the survivors of 2006 campaign of terror, applied for and obtained residence permits. But, hey, who cares, why bother with a Hutu immigrant who has nothing, when invading a cattle keeping Muhima can turn you into a rich man overnight?, We have orders from the top, the media behind us READY TO CRY: WAHAMIAJI HARAMU WAFILISIWA NA KUFURUMISHWA MAKWAO!
This blog will report from Ngara regularly on the operation.
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