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1 Juma, I. H.; Maganga, F. P. 2005. Current reforms and their implications for rural water management in Tanzania. In van Koppen, Barbara; Butterworth, J.; Juma, I. (Eds.). African Water Laws: Plural Legislative Frameworks for Rural Water Management in Africa: An International Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26-28 January 2005. pp.3-1/3-11.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G100 VAN Record No: H038741)
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2 Maganga, F. P.; Kiwasila, H. L.; Juma, I. H.; Butterworth, J. A. 2004. Implications of customary norms and laws for implementing IWRM: findings from Pangani and Rufiji basins, Tanzania. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 29: 1335-1342.
Water resource management ; River basins ; Legal aspects ; Legislation ; Conflict ; Irrigation schemes ; Canals ; Case studies / Tanzania / Pangani River Basin / Rufiji River Basin / Kilimanjaro region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041408)
This paper presents the preliminary findings of a WARFSA-funded study, whose objective is to facilitate the formulation of better policies and guidelines for implementing IWRM through a case study of local water conflicts. It is observed that, although the current water reforms in the country focus on the use of statutory legal systems to regulate the use of water resources, the country operates under a plural legal system. Apart from the statutory laws, diverse customary systems are relied upon in resolving water related conflicts. Neglect of these norms and laws may have negative consequences for the majority of the villagers who rely on them. The paper presents some of the water-related conflicts in the study areas and the views of government authorities and river basin managers regarding customary norms and laws for water resource management. Also, the paper describes how different types of conflicts over water resources are handled through official legal channels.
3 Juma, I. H.; Maganga, F. P. 2005. Current reforms and their implications for rural water management in Tanzania. In van Koppen, Barbara; Butterworth, J. A.; Juma, I. J. (Eds.). Proceedings of the International Workshop on ‘African water laws: plural legislative frameworks for rural water management in Africa’, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26-28 January 2005. Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute. pp.3/1-3/11.
Water resource management ; Water law ; Legislation ; Water rights ; Water policy ; Domestic water ; Irrigation water ; Villages ; Case studies ; Water user associations / Tanzania / Pangani Basin / Mkomazi River / Ndung’u Irrigation Project / Landanai Village / Rufiji River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041410)
Tanzania is at an advanced stage of drafting a new legal framework for water resources management, aimed at attaining the objectives of the National Water Policy of 2002. Three separate pieces of legislation will result from the proposed legal framework to cover water resources management, rural water supply and urban water supply and sewerage. This paper discusses the government’s efforts in trying to fix property regimes and formalizing informal arrangements related to the use of water resources. The paper traces historically the process of formalising customary laws, then presents four case studies that display interactions between traditional water management systems and the modern, formal systems. The paper also contains a discussion of the proposed policy and legal changes focusing on the extent to which the proposed legislative dispensation will protect the existing traditional or customary water rights. It is argued that, despite the early initiatives at providing space for the growth of customary law, the legal system pertaining in Tanzania today is tilted more in favour of formal than informal systems.
4 Juma, I. H.; Maganga, F. P. 2004. Formalization of water rights and its implications for equitable sharing of water resources in Tanzania. Paper presented at the 5th Waternet/WARFSA IWRM Annual Symposium, Windhoek, Namibia, October 2004. 11p.
Water resource management ; Water rights ; Water policy ; Legislation ; Water supply ; Sanitation ; Case studies ; Irrigation water ; User charges / Tanzania / Landanai Village / Manyenga irrigation canal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041411)
Tanzania is already in advanced stage of drafting a new legal framework for water resources management, aimed at attaining the objectives of the National Water Policy of 2002. These objectives include the development of a comprehensive framework for promoting the optimal, sustainable and equitable development and use of water resources for the benefit of all Tanzanians; and separation of water resources management legislation from those of service provision. Three separate pieces of legislation will result from the proposed legal framework to cover water resources management, rural water supply and urban water supply and sewerage. In light of proposed framework, this paper surveys the increasing pressure on water resources, the efforts of the government in Tanzania trying to fix property regimes and formalizing informal arrangements related to the use of this resource. The paper starts with a brief discussion of the link between property rights and water resources management. This is the theoretical framework under which the discussion is based. The paper then presents four case studies that display interactions between traditional water management systems and the modern, formal systems. The paper then concludes with a discussion of the proposed policy and legal changes, focusing on the extent to which the proposed legislative dispensation will protect the existing traditional or customary water rights.
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