institutions and processes to protect the basic human rights of.pastoralists and other minority communities of Tanzania. For instance the political process to intervene on the eviction of pastoralists in Loliondo by the government forced the Member of Parliament for the Ngorongoro constituency to table a private motion in the parliament. The private motion has to be debated by the parliament and decision be made on actions to be taken by the parliament. There is likelihood that a parliament will form a parliamentary committee to investigate on the alleged human rights violation in Loliondo. The government did everything they can through the ruling part to stop the parliament from forming parliamentary committee which has the power to impinge the government based of evidence generated. This being the case the ruling party influenced the Ngorongoro Constituency parliamentarian to change the issue from a private motion to personal statement. This political process in parliament' gives the government an opportunity to escape and being taken to task' by the parliament. Hence rights denied to pastoralists who suffered the eviction. Although, in this political process through the parliament aiming at seeing justice being served to Loliondo pastoralists did not manage to influence the parliament to form a parliamentary committee of enquiry. The speaker of the National Assembly instructed the permanent parliamentary committee on Lands, Natural Resources and Tourism to investigate to investigate on the allegations and report to the parliament in January 2010 parliament session. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EFFECTIVE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF PASTORALISTS AND OTHER MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN TANZANIA