Tanzania: Septuagenarian with over 20 wives dies after four of his many children asked for school fees; CO2 blamed

SPECIAL REPORT:How climate change is transforming Maasai pastoralists’ life

The drought’s impact on the people’s lives and their livestock is still visible in many villages of Engarenaibor ward even after recent rains brought back a flush of green on the ground.

...Hamadi Hussein, a veteran driver, has details of the catastrophe at his fingertips. “It’s not a joke,”  he narrates, “a septuagenarian called Nairowa Dalis of Ising’eto village in Mundalala ward suffered high blood pressure when four of his many children asked for school fees after being selected to join Form I.”

Apparently, the old man was not overjoyed, but he was shocked by the new demand because the drought had just wiped out his herd of over 2,000 cattle while he shouldered a burden of responsibilities, including care for over 20 wives, several children and grandchildren. He never recovered and passed away.