Maji ndoo moja TSh 1000/= Longido, Manyara.

Hali ya ukame inayoendelea nchini iemanza kuathiri baada ya maeneo ya nchi kwa kusababisha hasara ya mifugo na binadamu. Habari zinaripotiwa kuwa wakazi wa Longido mkoani Manyara wanalazimika kununua maji kwa shilingi elfu moja kwa ndoo ya ujazo wa lita ishirini.

Habari  hii imeandikwa katika gazeti tando la ArushaTimes na Edward Selasini

At Longido township, the youth collect water in containers from Namanga border town a distance of 25 kilometres and transport the precious liquid using old ramshackle land rovers.

According to the Namanga councilor Kishir Ole Nabak, who spoke to reporters recently, the scarcity of water in the area was so serious that he was afraid people might die along with their livestock. Nabak said the able bodied morans had trekked with some of the animals to other regions such as Tanga and Morogoro in search of pasture.
The Longido district council was making arrangement with the Arusha Municipal Council to hire of their old fire engine to supply water from Namanga to Longido township weekly.

One of the residents of Longido, a middle age woman, Sinyati William said she was afraid they may not survive the drought. Elderly men, women and children left behind, after the 'morans' departure to seek green pastures along the coast, are threatened also by looming famine.