how did new territorial boundary adversly effected the pastoral community
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The new territorial boundaries had an adverse effect on the pastoral community:
1. The best grazing lands were gradually taken over for the White settlement and the Maasai had to move to a small area in South Kenya and North Tanzania. They lost 60% of their pre - colonial land. They had to live in an arid zone where rainfall was uncertain and the pastures were poor.
2. The colonial government encouraged cultivation, so pasturelands were converted into cultivated fields. Earlier the Maasai pastoralists dominated over their agricultural neighbours, both economically and politically. But the situation was reversed now.
3. Large areas of grazing land were turned into game reserves. Pastoralists could not enter these areas. They could not hunt or graze their animals in those areas.
4. The quality of the pastures declined due to continuous grazing within a small area. There was always a shortage of fodder and it became difficult to feed the cattle.
5. There were a number of restrictions on the movement of the pastoralists and there was shortage of fodder. A large number of their cattle died due to starvation and disease.