(i) Maasais were bound to a fixed area, confined within a reserve and prohibited from moving in search of pastures’
(ii) They were not allowed to the best grazing lands and were forced to live in semi-arid regions that were prone to frequent droughts’
(iii) As a result, a large number of Maasai cattle died of starvation and diseases during the drought Years.
The frequent bad years led to a steady decline of the livestock of pastoralists.