Locals burn grazing fields to protest invasion by herders

The sole Fedheha dan in Mdangarani sub Location in Mitangani location in Ganze Constituency. [Maureen Ongala/Standard]

Residents of Mitangani in Ganze sub-county yesterday burnt several acres of grazing fields to protest invasion of their farms by herders.

The locals have, from time to time, clashed with pastoralists who have been flocking to the region in search of water and pasture.