Contributing Factors to Land based Violent Communal Conflicts in Tanzania: A case Study of Land Based Tensions in Mvomero District.

Kandoro S. A, Johah (2021) Contributing Factors to Land based Violent Communal Conflicts in Tanzania: A case Study of Land Based Tensions in Mvomero District. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study adopted and tested a causal process observation model, pioneered in Sudan by Brosche J in 2014. The Model seeks solution to the conflict problem by identifying specific causes in certain regions by exploring reasons for their prevalent and intensification. This phenomenon seems scantily researched, with limited insufficient knowledge available. Mvomero District was selected and a case study designed to test the model using small sample of forty eight households in two villages at Mlale and Lubungo villages, to examine whether or not biased government and negative elite interactions with communities inthe area were associated with conflict escalation and if so to what extent. After operational zing the variables, fieldwork was conducted, qualitative survey data collected and subsequently, two Propositions were tested using Chi-square to validate the theoretical model, at 90% confidence level. Obtained results suggest, that there is a perfect association exists between the nature of government interactions and escalation of conflict in Mvomero and a moderately association in the two villages between the nature of government interactions and dispute settlement mechanisms, with the p-value reading of 0.001. Recommendations are made to disseminate the findings, adopt policy adjustment to address biased government elites, and focus on improving dispute settlement and preventive measures. Either, the study advances a suggestion to modify the model somehow by including the items of dispute mechanism, on future studies. Keywords: Communal Conflicts, Contributing Factors, Causal Process Model, Dispute Settlement.

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