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Tarime treats Tarime District, in Mara Region, as a cannabis growing area, with the valley of the Mara River where the reports place most of the farms. It covers the historical mentions of cannabis grown there and the operations against it since 2006. Tanzania's law on cannabis and the national figures are treated at Tanzania.

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Discussion

Why Tarime is a growing area

• Magoti (2023, p. 118), from the Tanzania National Archives, gives Tarime among the places where a United Nations summary of government reports for 1945 recorded cannabis grown locally in Tanganyika. On p. 121 he cites Thisday (8 November 2006) for cannabis grown on two acres at Turugeti village, Bumera ward, Tarime District.
• The Daily News (10 October 2023) reports an operation in Tarime and Rorya and the DCEA commissioner general's statement that residents had made the Mara River basin a special area for growing cannabis.
• The Guardian (10 October 2024) and the Daily News (9 October 2024) report 3,007.5 acres destroyed in Tarime and Serengeti districts and name seven villages. The Tarime district commissioner is quoted on the farming in the Mara River valley.
• The Citizen (8 September 2025) reports an alleged long-running cannabis-growing network in Tarime District.
• The DCEA (statement posted 28 July 2026) reports 291.2 acres destroyed in Tarime and Rorya districts in July 2026.
• The status is Active: the reports describe cannabis grown after 2000, the latest in July 2026. The DCEA's statement that farming in Mara Region has fallen by about 80 per cent describes a decline, not an end, so the status stays Active.

Extent and border

• No source read for this page maps the farms. The reports name the district, the Mara River valley, the Masinki Valley and villages.
• The map border is approximate. It is drawn on Tarime District Council and Tarime Town Council together, as mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 1,500 km²). The town council, which runs Tarime town separately, is included so that the town lies inside the border. The infobox area is rounded from the border.
• Nkerege, Weigita, Nyarwana, Matongo, Rozana, Sirari and Tarime town fall inside the border. Iseresere and Masinki, named in the 2024 operation, lie in Serengeti District in OpenStreetMap and fall outside; the 2024 sources say the operation covered both districts. Kembwe and Nyakunguru could not be found on the map data used.
• The 2023 operation is reported for "Tarime Rorya", and the July 2026 operations for Tarime and Rorya districts. Rorya District is left outside the border, since no source read places a named farm there.
• The title is the district's name. "Mara" alone is not used, because it names the region, the river and the game reserve.

Sources

• Magoti (2023). Read in full. An argued history that makes the case for legalising cannabis; the page uses only its archival and newspaper references for Tarime and attributes them to him. The running header gives "Volume 12 No. 1" where the repository gives issue 2; the citation follows the repository.
• Daily News, 10 October 2023. Read in full. The statement that residents kept outsiders away from the basin is the newspaper's narration; the shutting of the chairperson's office and the renting of farms are quoted from the commissioner general. The operation figure is in hectares (807) and is given as printed.
• The Guardian and Daily News, October 2024.' Both read in full and agree. The Guardian gives 3,007.5 acres, the Daily News "over 3,000 acres" and eight tonnes. The village names are The Guardians.
• DCEA annual report for 2024. Gives 3,045 acres for Mara Region (p. 23), without districts. In July 2026 the commissioner general put the 2024 figure for Mara at more than 3,500 acres, and the executive officer of Nkerege put it at more than 3,000 acres for the village's area; the page uses the report's figure.
• The Citizen, 8 September 2025. Read in full. The arrested man is named in the report; the page does not name him, since the network is alleged.
• DCEA, July 2026. Read in Swahili on the DCEA's website; the speech is dated 24 July 2026 and the statement posted 28 July. Torch Media, Sayari News and Mara Online News reprint it.

Sources not used

• An opinion column in Sauti Kubwa (15 November 2023) says that a secondary school at Nkerege was built with money from cannabis grown in the Nkerege valley. It is an argument for legalisation and is not cited.