Ngorongoro:
In continuation of the motivation of the citizens of Ngorongoro to register to migrate voluntarily on September 07, 2024, a total of 58 households with 228 citizens and 350 animals have moved in the area of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to Msomera Village and other places they chose in the districts of Monduli, Meatu and Simanjiro.
Giving information when saying goodbye to the 19th group of the second phase moving from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, the Project Manager to relocate the people of Ngorongoro, the Chief Conservation Officer, Mrs. Flora Assey has explained that among the 58 households that moved on September 07, 30 households have 151 people and 235 livestock. are moving to Msomera Village, 28 households with 78 people and 115 livestock are going to other places they chose in the districts of Monduli in Arusha Region, Meatu in Simiyu Region and Simanjiro in Manyara Region.
It has been discovered that since the voluntary relocation of citizens began in June 2022 until September 07, 2024, a total of 1,627 households with 9,778 people and 40,051 animals have moved into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Saying goodbye to the group on behalf of the Head of the Ngorongoro District, the Administrative Secretary of the District, Mr. Hamza Hussen Hamza has explained that the response of the people to continue moving into the reserve helps to reduce humanitarian activities in the reserve, reduce the challenges faced by the people by living with fierce and dangerous wildlife, lack of freedom to own fire equipment and do economic activities with not having the freedom to walk inside the park after 12 pm.
“We congratulate you for your decision to move to the reserve for conservation activities, the areas you are moving to, the Government has built important services for you such as schools, clinics, water, baths, communications, electric power, better housing as well as agricultural fields and pastures.
With this exercise of moving to continue, let me assure the citizens who have not yet decided to move that the Government will continue to provide social services and in the implementation of this exercise we will continue to adhere to the principles of laws, regulations, procedures and human rights”, added Hamza.
Representative of the commissioner of Conservation NCAA, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Conservation in charge of the community development department, Mrs. Gloria Bideberi has pointed out that the Government through the NCAA is continuing with the exercise of educating, enrolling and transferring citizens who move voluntarily and adding that once the citizen who registers has his property valued, the payment procedures are done in a short time and within two weeks the concerned citizen is transferred from the shelter.
Commissioner Bideberi added that along with the exercise of relocating people who register to move voluntarily, conservation and tourism activities are progressing well, the areas where people have already moved, the natural vegetation has started to return and visitors from inside and outside the country continue to visit the tourist attractions located in the reserve in large numbers that.
Speaking on behalf of citizens who migrate voluntarily, Mrs. Elizabeth Saiboko from the village of Nainokanoka has said that she has decided to move into the reserve to be more independent and to find a better tomorrow for her children because in the Ngorongoro division, conservation laws have deprived some economic activities such as agriculture, construction of permanent houses, owning utensils of fire and freedom of movement for 24 hours unlike other areas outside the reserve
