Tanzania to sanction officials over farmer-herder conflicts
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Jamhuri Media
Tanzania plans disciplinary and judicial sanctions against local officials who fail to control illegal livestock movements and allow farmer-herder conflicts to worsen, Minister Riziki Shemdoe said. He announced the measure on 12 November 2026 in Nanyumbu, Mtwara region, in the presence of Vice-President Deogratius Ndejembi.
Tanzania will take disciplinary and judicial measures against local officials who fail to prevent uncontrolled livestock from entering agricultural areas and who cause conflicts between farmers and herders. Minister of State for Regional Administration and Local Government Riziki Shemdoe made the commitment on 12 November 2026 in Nanyumbu, Mtwara region, during a visit by Vice-President Deogratius Ndejembi, according to Jamhuri Media.
The sanctions may concern officials at different levels of local government, from village chairpersons to district officials, Riziki Shemdoe said. The minister was responding to instructions from Deogratius Ndejembi on preventing conflicts related to access to grazing and agricultural land.
During the same visit, Riziki Shemdoe said 4 billion shillings was being invested in the construction of the Mkapa Girls regional science secondary school in Mangaka. The government has also allocated 560 million shillings for the construction of another secondary school in the same locality.
The government also plans to allocate 1 billion shillings for the construction of CCM Road in the next financial year. For the current financial year, 500 million shillings is to fund the extension of an inpatient department at Nanyumbu District Hospital in Mangaka, while Vice-President Deogratius Ndejembi began his visit by inspecting a water project serving 28 towns at the source of the Ruvuma River.
