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After a major African trona mine closed, thousands of Maasai in Kenya lost their access to water. Now they're fighting to survive. #dwcurrentaffairs For more ne…
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The government is busy looting and our people lack water.Why not dig a borehole ?
In case anyone else was wondering about the yellow containers that look like motor oil or laundry detergent containers, those are cooking oil containers.
Never every disown and TATAs. ..it's best vompany
9.8 Billion comes from China to Kenya. Seems this European lieing media doesn't hold CHINA responsible for helping a country thet are Ripping off their minerals and paying their puppet Government to hurt their own people 😢😮😢
Even if you get paid to create content, raw materials will not be exported. Our people will be helped in terms of water!
Elected matiang'i has president he can better.
A kikuyu helping maasai.<br>Where are maasai proffesionals..youth..leaders etc.
Don't worry pray to Jeasus and he will help as per the missionaries.
Yup. Kenyans should evict genuine indian businesses from Kenya so that their corrupt president can bring in shady chinese companies who give their president 40% kickback on overall deals.<br>Meanwhile kenyans have already overpaid $900 million on chinese built railroad.<br><br>Kenyans should allow these kind of corruption where their politicians can earn millions from chinese businesses so that they can send their children to US & EU
Why rely on a private business to provide basic needs like water. It is duty of government.
2/3 of the donation is siphoned by the church officals
It's a SHAME in 2026 The ORIGINAL <br>People of the Earth still live as if<br>It was 2000 years ago, we were <br>The FIRST civilization to Walk on <br>Earth .
How shameful a relic of people being abused by the modern world shame on that Government and shame on our world
People and Gov in Africa should understand that Business is necessary to bring capital and convininece to people. It's upto gov to negotiate a better deal for people and environment.
🚨 More than 84,000 schools dropped out of MID DAY MEALS between 2020 and 2025 in India.
🔥 In India, right now in Kolhapur protests, farmers are trending as they started protest with whiplash. 😂😂 AGAINST THE DICTATORSHIP.
So the genius president took away the little that the company was doing for them and left them without jobs and the most basic commodity.<br>Kenyans need to watch what Captain Traore is doing for his people in Burkina Faso,then they might get angry and demand more from the corrupt politicians.
Results of a President making roadside declarations without thinking of the consequences, A country losing 2 billion Kenyan shillings daily on corruption, a cursed generation.
Create new mining laws if Tata doesnt give any money to new president.
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It takes serious capital to run a profitable mine. Between lower wholesale prices and high interest on equipment and operating costs, you’re often worse off than if you just hired an external company to handle it.<br>Slap on 1% on gross or 10% on net and use it for infrastructure.
Cant they put an agreement with the company to set aside a percentage of their profits every year, employ 50% to 75% of local people and build hospital, school etc?
Nothing ever works in Africa. Too much greed and the locals are no different.
May God bless we kindly Massai nature belief & peoples , yet give them with plentiful waters & natural foods in guard of Nature Lord of Africa-lands .... ❤❤❤❤❤😢😊
Ruto government should prioritize their people in particular the Masai. Having water is a basic human right and this government should make contingencies. 😮🤌💧⚖️
The loss of water access is tragic, and the Maasai communities deserve better. But let's put accountability where it belongs.<br><br>Tata Chemicals Magadi is not some company operating without contributing to the economy. It has historically contributed approximately US$4.5 million in mineral royalties (KSh560 million) and US$10 million in corporate, VAT and Payroll taxes to KRA (KSh1.3 billion) each year. Besides that, it pays rates to Kajiado govt.<br><br>Beyond its financial contributions, the company has effectively operated as a quasi-government where they, provide healthcare, maintain regional roads(up until about 2010 they were the ones who were maintaing Bomas-Magadi Road. They still do for a large section beyond Kiserian), supporting schools through bursaries, building schools and supplying fresh water to surrounding communities.<br><br>It is not Tata Chemicals' responsibility to provide any of these services but they do it nonetheless. That is the responsibility of the national and county governments, which collect taxes, royalties and rates. A private company cannot be expected to permanently substitute for an entire government.<br><br>What I hear from Politicians including the president and Kajiado County governor is essentially: "I'm entitled. All you other people who are at work, running businesses, creating jobs and paying taxes should give me more of what you have." Singling out a successful enterprise, demonising it simply because it is successful and expecting it to shoulder responsibilities that belong to government is not the pathway to prosperity. We should encourage enterprise, investment and job creation while demanding accountability from those entrusted with public resources.<br><br>And the people of Kajiado elected leaders to govern, provide essential services and safeguard their interests. Unfortunately, they seem to have elected people with the IQ of a teaspoon.<br><br>Where are the national and county governments that collect all this revenue? You cannot collect taxes and royalties, enjoy the economic benefits of mining and then claim that a private company is not helping. They already did,..with all the taxes, rates and royalties you collect.<br><br>You cannot conveniently transfer the government's responsibilities to a private company.<br><br>The real question is: what has the government done with the revenue it collects?
Tata has been mining soda ash for years and exporting to India leaving kenyans with breadcrumbs! They should vacate and allow a serious investor to come in and build industries for processing the minerals into value added products like glass etc
Makes you wonder what they did before they relied on a chemical mining company to give them water. Something is fishy here.
The mine operators are better than government they still provide water
Even the rice is from India!
When society lacks ethics and morality in general.
Do they pay taxes? If so they should demand some water infrastructure or stop paying. <br><br>How did they get water before the mine? They should do that
It seems Ruto is the most dedicated Western puppet in terms of making life miserable for his people.
Kenyan govt is closing off everything related to India to satisfy their Chinese masters, it's the ordinary kenyan people that end up suffering
is tata related to the India mining company coming to USA
Shame on leaders of Maasai land. Even in urban areas infrastructure is in a state of collapse because the leaders do very little
Tata is an philanthropic cooperation in india they donate tons of money for the development of common people
The ruto goverment have other very pressing issues to use the kenyan tax money, like stealing the money through all means they can, building stadiums and bayern munik ajax playing and building houses with the tax and selling them. These water issues are none issues as history shows to the goverment, maybe Aid workers. DW should tell the truth why such areas seem to never get help from the government, considering the level of technology in 2026 to solve these problems. The Maasai should have water regardless of the mine being there or not the technology is available the money is available. Why in the first place should a mine be responsible for the absolute basic needs of a whole community's survival? They should be adding value to what is already provided by their goverment like jobs, not determining their fate.. But the government has other more important, bigger issues to deal with or it's clearly deliberate
Very unfortunate situation whereas politicians responsible for delivering such a vital resource are busy politicking, pushing for their individual interests and swindling public funds to the last coin at the detriment of their own people.
Thats incredible heartbreaking.
Why doesn't government shift the Masai people to a livable location in Kenya, why are they living in such harsh conditions?<br>Instead of brining people resources the people should be shifted to a better location.
is access to water equivalent to the mine ...? Kenya was getting a raw deal
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