Proposed Highway, Road Controversy and Plan Cancellation
As of late 2010, the Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete proposed to build a new road through Serengeti National Park. While he says that the road will lead to much-needed development in poor communities, others, including conservation groups and foreign governments such as that of Kenya, argue that the road may irreparably damage the great migration and the ecosystem of the Serengeti. It is believed that the president is doing it for personal gain in the next election in spite of being aware that he will ruin the great wildlife of the Serengeti ecosystem.
During late June 2011, the government decided to cancel the road from Musoma and Arusha crossing Serengeti due to global outcry against the plans.
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