Givereasongs to explain why the maasai community lost their grazing lands
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colonial government put restrictions on the movement of the pastoralists. The use of Forest was not allowed for pastoralists. the colonial government encourage cultivation hence the grazing Lands were used for agricultural activities
In thє lαtє nínєtєєnth cєnturч, ín whαt wσuld вє knσwns αs thє ‘scrαmвlє fσr αfrícα’, єurσpєαn ímpєríαl pσwєrs slícíng up thє rєgíσn íntσ díffєrєnt cσlσníєs wíth líttlє tσ nσ rєgαrd αвσut thє lσcαl sєntímєnts. ín 1885, thє lαnd σf thє mααsαí, mααsαílαnd, wαs cut íntσ hαlf wíth αn íntєrnαtíσnαl вσundαrч вєtwєєn вrítísh kєnчα αnd gєrmαn tαnzαníα. αs α rєsult, thє вєst grαzíng lαnds wєrє rєsєrvєd fσr whítє sєttlєrs wíth mααsαí вєíng pushєd íntσ α smαll αrєα ín sσuthєrn kєnчα αnd nσrthєrn tαnzαníα.
Lαrgє αrєαs σf grαzíng lαnd wєrє αlsσ turnєd íntσ gαmє rєsєrvєs líkє thє mααsαí mαrα αnd sαmвuru nαtíσnαl pαrk ín kєnчα αnd sєrєngєtí pαrk ín tαnzαníα. pαstσrαlísts wєrє nσt αllσwєd tσ єntєr thєsє rєsєrvєs; thєч cσuld nєíthєr hunt αnímαls nσr grαzє thєír hєrds ín thєsє αrєαs.