Posts Tagged cattle
Posted on August 23, 2010 by Saidimu Ole ngais
Image via Wikipedia KAWOP TURKANA VILLAGE RAID IN BARAGOI AREA, SAMBURU NORTH Saturday, 21stAugust2010 Samburu people have been suspected to have raided Kawop Turkana village in Baragoi area driving with them about 600 heads of cows. This came after a long calmness in the area since the late 90’s during Samburu and Turkana rivalry. Samburu [...]
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Posted on November 26, 2009 by Saidimu Ole ngais
Mike Rainy’s article below did not have a title so I gave it above (Pastoral Revolution: To drop or to restock) Question: Do you think it is worth it to restock the pastoral community with cows, goats, and sheep or with Camels?
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Posted on November 20, 2009 by Saidimu Ole ngais
The report below is lifted from cultural Survival.org Background Information on Human Rights Violations of the Samburu People of Kenya Country: Kenya Issues: Human Rights Date: 11/19/2009(Cultural Survival submitted this information to the United Nations Human Rights Council)On February 21, 2009, Borana tribal members and Somali raiders (Somalis regularly cross the border to steal cattle, and the Borana are related to the Somali Oromo peoples) stole 300 cows from a Samburu community
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Posted on October 25, 2009 by Saidimu Ole ngais
Report from Save Samburu: Small News but Positive The report below is a an aupdate from Save Samburu following the Samburu suffering to due to repeated attacks from all sides. Save Samburu Small News but Positive Posted: 24 Oct 2009 07:48 PM PDT Last month the Samburu people of Losesia lost 3000 heads of cattle atop the loss of friends and relatives themselves.
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Posted on August 21, 2009 by Saidimu Ole ngais
What has been happening is that, buyers who normally come from other areas, stay at bay waiting until the cattle farmers are weakened by the dry season from which theyll then attack therefore forcing cattle owners to sell their animals at a through away price.
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