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Mfalme Mohammed VI siku ya Jumatano aliwahimiza Wamoroko kuacha kununua kondoo wa kuchinjwa wakati wa sikukuu ya mwaka huu kutokana na mfumuko wa bei wa kihistoria na mabadiliko ya tabianchi. Ukame wa miaka saba umepunguza idadi ya mifugo nchini humo, na kusababisha bei ya kondoo kupanda hadi nje ya uwezo wa familia za tabaka la wafanyakazi.
“Kutekeleza ibada hii katika hali hizi ngumu kutaathiri kwa kiwango kikubwa makundi makubwa ya watu wetu, hasa wale wenye kipato kidogo,” aliandika mfalme, ambaye pia ni mamlaka ya juu ya kidini nchini Morocco, katika barua iliyosomwa kwenye televisheni ya taifa, Al Aoula.
Ukame umewafanya baadhi ya majirani zake kuacha kufuga mifugo, hivyo anasema anaelewa hali iliyopelekea uamuzi wa mfalme. Bado ana mpango wa kufuga kondoo wa kike zaidi ili kuwauza kabla ya sikukuu ya mwaka ujao. Hata hivyo, kwa wafugaji kama yeye, kufutwa kwa sherehe za Eid kutaleta pigo kubwa.
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OULAD SLAMA, Morocco (AP) — Sheep come running when Larbi El Ghazouani pours alfalfa and straw into their troughs twice a day. The 55-year-old farmer had counted on selling the bulk of his 130 sheep to Moroccans preparing for early June’s Eid Al-Adha holiday, but now his hopes are unraveling and he expects to lose around half of his investment.
That’s because, in a surprising break from tradition, King Mohammed VI on Wednesday urged Moroccans to forgo buying sheep to be sacrificed during this year’s holiday amid record inflation and climate change. A seven-year drought has decimated the country’s livestock, causing sheep prices to surge beyond the reach of working class families.
“Performing it (the sacrifice) in these difficult circumstances will cause real harm to large segments of our people, especially those with limited income,” the king, who is also Morocco’s highest religious authority, wrote in letter read on state-run Al Aoula television.
Drought has driven some of his neighbors to stop breeding livestock, so he said he understood the circumstances that led to the king’s decision. He still plans to breed more ewes to be sold before next year’s holiday. But for breeders like him, the cancelling of Eid festivities will deal a heavy blow.
Source: AP News
“Kutekeleza ibada hii katika hali hizi ngumu kutaathiri kwa kiwango kikubwa makundi makubwa ya watu wetu, hasa wale wenye kipato kidogo,” aliandika mfalme, ambaye pia ni mamlaka ya juu ya kidini nchini Morocco, katika barua iliyosomwa kwenye televisheni ya taifa, Al Aoula.
Ukame umewafanya baadhi ya majirani zake kuacha kufuga mifugo, hivyo anasema anaelewa hali iliyopelekea uamuzi wa mfalme. Bado ana mpango wa kufuga kondoo wa kike zaidi ili kuwauza kabla ya sikukuu ya mwaka ujao. Hata hivyo, kwa wafugaji kama yeye, kufutwa kwa sherehe za Eid kutaleta pigo kubwa.
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OULAD SLAMA, Morocco (AP) — Sheep come running when Larbi El Ghazouani pours alfalfa and straw into their troughs twice a day. The 55-year-old farmer had counted on selling the bulk of his 130 sheep to Moroccans preparing for early June’s Eid Al-Adha holiday, but now his hopes are unraveling and he expects to lose around half of his investment.
That’s because, in a surprising break from tradition, King Mohammed VI on Wednesday urged Moroccans to forgo buying sheep to be sacrificed during this year’s holiday amid record inflation and climate change. A seven-year drought has decimated the country’s livestock, causing sheep prices to surge beyond the reach of working class families.
“Performing it (the sacrifice) in these difficult circumstances will cause real harm to large segments of our people, especially those with limited income,” the king, who is also Morocco’s highest religious authority, wrote in letter read on state-run Al Aoula television.
Drought has driven some of his neighbors to stop breeding livestock, so he said he understood the circumstances that led to the king’s decision. He still plans to breed more ewes to be sold before next year’s holiday. But for breeders like him, the cancelling of Eid festivities will deal a heavy blow.
Source: AP News
