The Maasai community have lost theirgrazing lands due to the following reasons:

1.The lives of the Africanpastoralists have changed drastically in the Colonial and postcolonial phases.In the 19th Century the European powers were fighting for colonies. Theoccupied several regions which were divided by multiple International borders betweenBritish Kenya and German Tanganyika.

2.In 1885, Maasais land weredivided between the British and the Germans. The Maasai community was pushedinto a small area in South Kenya and North Tanzania which considerably reducedtheir grazing lands.

3.From the late 19th century, TheBritish colonial rulers promoted cultivation on pasture lands. The movement ofherders were restricted in the settlements. The Maasais therefore lost theirgrazing areas.

4.The Maasais were forced to livein a dry area where there was a little water and poor pasture. They could notgraze their herds in such areas.

5.The British converted manyforest into game reserves like the Masai Mara, Serengeti national park and SamburuNational Park. This led to fall in pasture lands.

6.The Masai community was notleft with many Pasture tracts as a result their livestock declined and theireconomic condition became worse.

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