 They claimed that their land had great potential for farming and fishing until the salt mining farms took over. Mareha mubabangu alikudia huku makawa elfumodia miatisa sabine na tatu. Wakati huwa ardi li kwanizuri, mimei kawani mizuri na mimei amba eli pandakwa katika shambahilo zahidi dibenazi miembe na mikoroshu. Mambahilo yot eli stawe kawzuri miakahilo, ya kutoka elfumodia tisaeni na tatu. Wakati huwa nga kutoka li pandakwa katika shambahilo zahidi dibenazi miiimbe na mikoroshu. Wakati huwa nga kutoka li pandakwa katika shambahilo zahidi dibenazi miiimbe na mikoroshu. Wakati kumpuni za chumdi zili wakua hazi yakuja kuetu tulukuatu na ishi wupande wa ufua bahari na tulukuahu kutu na pata chakula kawingi kwa sabut tulukuatu na gima na michanga wakuna rutu na. Lakin ni zili poingi ya kumpuni za chumdi, wakatu hamisha huku kila zima na wakatu elikeza wapande wa juu semusu wukame ambazo hatuwezi kupa ta chakula kawingi. Binez the veneer of the successful mining farms are tales of hopelessness as many local residents are living under the fear of eviction, environmental induced illnesses, human rights violation and general exploitation. Mume na bufze na kuko gredi na kalam fugaaji nambawa. Moving along Malindi Garisa Road, salt mining companies lay 40 kilometers along the Kenyan coast. Approximately 9,400 acres of land in the Mararene area are owned by the salt manufacturing farms. Land is a critical factor of production and is therefore at the center of contemporary discourse on human rights in Africa. It is a key of containing poverty and maintenance of sustainable livelihood system in the third world. These are issues that came way back since 1980 and since then we've never seen reparations or solutions to the problems that we are facing and it's a struggle that our parents, our grandparents, even us are going through and we have the fear that if we don't get the solution to these problems even our children and the children of our children are going to face the same ordeal. Bahadzana is a giri amatam that means yesterday was way better than today. In brief, the salt industries have brought more harm than good to the locals. While the salt processing industry in Kenya is thriving, the environment is being degraded and the economy depleted. Salt mining is expanding and the demand for wood fuel is rising. According to a worker at one of the salt mines, the factory can consume up to 500 tons of wood per day, which amounts to 15,000 tons per month. And 180,000 tons per year, tanning the region into a desert westland. And this is contributed by the pollution kind of polis that are normally emitted into the sea by the salt farms. Boholes have been a great source of water to the community. But after the salt mining practices, water has great salt levels, hence no longer consumable for humans and dangerous to most of the plant life. Nafisi mambara vi lukua vi kukatika shambaletu vi lukua vina saidiya wakati wawkame watu otu wa luku wakishi wupandewa maenewa maashambaya ju. Wakati wawkame watu wa lukua kiteremu kachimi na maji wakatu wa lukua ni maji yamzezi mukabisa. So, wali poku wa sasa wakilele aku bunisha, hale piyazi kabadili ka. Lichi wa kwa maolkua nasema piyamaenewa hale ni maenewa hale piyasa sasa hale yami mea ikanzaku badili ka. Minazi ikawa haifanyu vizuri, mikoroshu mpa kaleo haifanyu vizuri, miyembe mpa kaleo haifanyu vizuri. Hale maenewa umbo kabisa tu mepa kana na waw minazi haizai na enaku fakilasiku. Amba po sasa ena didi misha haile utumi katika bumahilele. Entili the water table has been changed just because of the salt funds. If you look at the whole area from Gomeni to the area to that end, you find that some years back there was a forest, a big forest. And you find that many community members used to get down there and get some water from the dugout funds, water funds. But now it's impossible. Some of the water funds now do not have fresh water. It's salty altogether. Just changed. The water table has changed completely just because there are no trees anymore. Kabila komponi'a chuvi'i kweiga maerarenja. Jame'i maerarenja wa li kwa getumi'a maji hu pandewa ufua Bahari. Uli kwa kulishimua visima and bifika na maji tamu. Magia li kwa jia kaharigua na wakina chuzi. Wa sababi'ya ugukataja mi wa spithe hu pandewa iyoshamba wa nasema shamba nila'u. Haisa na mbiku bambu wa li hifanya. Kwa nishi kwa visima wakavi eka magunia ya chum binda ni Ili ale maji ya hui ma Kali kabisa waswezi kutumia Wale jami wakunia Ispoku wa tu katika helo shamba kuna sehemu ndo wambue mi me bakia Apu jami wana weza wakachimba kibugunu wakapata maji safi Iale maji ale piya Ika fikiya mahali wana taka Wapachimbe wa eki babriki ya chum Vila kini pasabi ya mashirika Amashirika maulina lili Jihunda pali mareni kuteti ya jami Wakakata akabisa wa iyo sehemu nsi chum weili jami wendele kunia hayo maji Sahi jami mareni wana pata shidi ya maji sana Wakini wamaji ni kutoka sehmi ya timboni ambo ni janaheri bongoni Hayo maji ina leto na magari Uleto wa kwa mutu wambaye ame jenga tangi kwa nyumbayake Ata nunuwa hi ogani kwa shingali futatu Nemi li mwenzake ambaye hanuwez waku jenga tangi aletu wei hi ogani ya maji Ita bidi hende kule kwa jirani ya aki hendakana nunuwa kwa shingali kumina tanu plastiki moja Tugi kwa sayo maji kwa jami ina lalami kastana haku na maji ya karibu wambako wana wakapata Ni ilazima tembe kilomita kumi ama kilomita shiri ni kuna sehmi piya tunahita Nui wakai ambachi ni kijiji karibu na mareni Hi ose mutu wambayo ina maji, miyengi piya kuna gisima watu tembe hanuwez waku wana wakapata Laki ni mutu wambaye hanuwez waka tembe karibu kilomita shiri ni wakapata Kwa ifi utu mekwa na hi oshida sana Health has also been an issue to local residents Kwa kwa kwa kazi ya tundini puna wali neta madhara ya afia Mutu wakipata mozi huwa azi ya aki mpa kamazi udya ho dewishi Human rights violation in food, water and environmental health has been a major concern Tuna itadi intervention, ifa ni uke so that kufa niwe research is it, why is it that kama amwana mke Anafanya kazi kwa kampuni za chumvi, anami skari o kuna izo changes zenezi na fani kampaka wana umia The question is, is the government doing anything to cap this situation? Tu me kumikuja watu engi, watu environment, watu forest, watu anini kuja kwangali azi lehalia vasu skokule Laki ni reportizote zi me kwa zikienda Npaka leho hakuni li reporte ambawu pengini tunawana kwa mpa Ita leta mabadili kuka tika halili Kwa ifi utu naomba sirkali au gatozi ya diya utupate utafiti Mpaka utupate masyamba e tu Natuangali wama zingira e tu kama ya nakuja na hivi Amma ya nade tunawama mpomingini Tunawama sirkali ya kauti Kama kuna uezekano wa uezekutu techea Ili hi ya le izile sehi momba za kampuni za chumvi hazi tu mi Ya le maine o tu ya pati weinewe na tu uezekuli Maa kama zamani na tu wei tu na pata jagule jagutoshi Tuki fikiya hapo tunawama sirkali Ifani a jivuli utu lete amaji Ya umsereji kwa sabumu to kukaribu Niku panga tu fe nambazozi na uezeku Lete amaji semi amare reini ili jami pati upumzika Mbali na ii umsereji kwa sabumu kama Injianda e fama yunata kampangili yo zahidi Hiyo sema wama yume baki ya na tumetete ya kama Watetes waha kiza binada mohaeja chimbama brika Wana ichiwa wana umurwa kuchote hao maji Na vissima vichimwe zahidi wei Vissima ambevu sivili wei kufanya kuchokora chokora Nivi vissima makini fitaka vutua maji menegi Ambevu jami wa tatumi ya pomuji nami fugu yao As the Giriama Award States Bahadzana Indeed, the past was better than the present