TANZANIA GOVERNMENT
1. To formally recognize and empower national institutions- and CSO's that
represent minority communities in Tanzania such as
the Tanzania Pastoralists Parliamentarian Group (TZPPG) and Pastoralists
Indigenous Non Governmental Organizations (PINGO's) Forum, Legal and
Human Rights Centre and Land Resources Research Institute.
2. Tanzania State to deliberately design and implement policies and laws that will
increase formal and permanent representation
of Pastoralists and Hunter-Gatherers communities in political process and
institutions such as local government authorities, the parliament and
government institutions such a ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism as
well as the ministry of Lands and settlements, and Ministry of Livestock and
Fisheries were minority communities of Tanzania have, interest.
3. Tanzanian state to effectively involve minority communities in the design and
implementation of policies, strategies, campaigns and plans that will affect their
livelihoods
and culture;
example
the
national wide
campaign to
evict
pastoralists, the crafting of new laws example• the recent Wildlife Act 2009 that
openly discriminate pastoralists and hunter-gatherers. This can be done by
deliberate
inclusion
of
minority
communities
in
state
decision
making
institutions.
4. The parliament of United Republic of Tanzania to form a 'parliamentary
committee to investigate on the alleged human rights violation pastoralists and
hunter-gatherers in Tanzania. The engagement should be focused at opening up