corrupt high' level political leaders to defend their hunting tourism businesses at the expense of minority pastoral community livelihoods in the area. OBSTACLES TO PASTORALISTS AND HUNTER-GATHERERS PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL PROCESS Pastoral communities together with their representative CSO's and the Tanzanian Pastoralists Parliamentary Group (TZPPG) engaged into a process influence the parliament to take up actions against the government supported pastoral and hunter-gatherers human rights violation around the country . The initial political engagement through the parliament failed due to a number of reasons; 1. High level corruption 2. High level government leaders political statements stereotyping pastoralists and hunter-gatherers communities 3..The small number of parliamentarian supporting pastoralists in the parliament 4.Limited capacity of pastoralists parliamentarian on how to take advantage of the United Republic of Tanzania ParliamentaryGuidelines to influence for favorable decision on behalf of affected pastoralists and hunter-gatherers. 5. Political statements, threats issued by the government as well use of excessive force focused at weakening CSO's, diplomatic Corps and pastoral communities suppbrting the political processes against the evictions 6. Lack of formal recognition of institutions like TZPPG by the parliament and the executive as well as power to represent issues of concern to pastoralists•in different political processes and institutions THE IMPACT OF PASTORALISTS POLITICAL PARTICIPATION The impact of political process to address issues of concern among pastoralists, to include the evictions, in Tanzania is limited and could be said to ineffective to some extents due to biased nature of the structure and means of representation in political