Answer:
In
the 19th century, Maasai tribes could move over vast areas in search of
pastures. From the late 19th century, the Colonial Government began imposing
various restrictions on their mobility. The Maasai were bound down to a fixed
area. They were cut off from the best grazing lands and forced to live within a
semi-arid tract prone to frequent droughts.
Since, they could not shift their cattle to places where pastures were
available, large numbers of Maasai cattle died of starvation and disease. As
the area of grazing lands decreased, the adverse effect of the drought increased.
In just two years of severe drought, 1933 and 1934, over half of the cattle of
Maasai tribes died.
In this way, the cattle stock of the Maasai's decreased under
colonial rule.
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