THE Prime Minister, Mr Kassim Majaliwa, has uncovered irregularities in the sale of a government plot located at Kikuyu East here, which was sold at 240m/- but out of which only 6m/- was remitted to the Capital Development Authority (CDA).
He has, therefore, directed the
Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Prime Minister’s Office (Policy and
Parliamentary Affairs), Mr Juma Uledi, to make a follow up on the matter
to find out officials who pocketed the funds.
“I want you to find out who sold Plot
Number 26 Block AA at Kikuyu East, pocketed 234m/- and remitted only
6m/- to CDA,” Mr Majaliwa instructed the PS yesterday during a meeting
with the management and workers of CDA at the Treasury Sub-Head Office.
The premier did not go much into details
but explained that the plot in question was meant for the construction
of a filling station, urging the PS to speed up inquiries into the
matter.
In a related move, Mr Majaliwa
instructed the PS to look into a leasing contract for a building
belonging to CDA, which is currently occupied by a private firm,
Tunakopesha Limited.
According to the premier, there are
allegations that the occupant was leased the property for free but now
wanting to sub-lease it to other people. During the meeting, Mr Majaliwa
as well warned employees of CDA against conspiring with middlemen on
the sale of plots.
He challenged them to work hard to
enable the government realise the plans of relocating the capital to
Dodoma from Dar es Salaam.
“There has been a trend by some CDA
employees to conspire with brokers in selling plots and this should end.
However, I am pleased to learn that the authority has put in place an
electronic system for some services, which should be extended to the
sale of land,” he stated. The PM further urged the authority to speed-up
land survey given the fact that the demand for plots in the designated
capital was very high.
He warned that as the surveying exercise
is being executed, residents who bought plots but have not made all
payments should not be removed from the land. “We want more surveyed
plots in Dodoma.
But this should not be a pretext to
remove land owners who are yet to make all payments just because we want
the government to be impressed with increased surveyed land,” he
warned.
He added that if one has been given an
offer or a title deed for respective piece of land, he/she should not be
removed just because he/she has not completed the instalments.
These people should be urged to make
good on their end of the deal.” The PM pointed further that the CDA has
so far surveyed 70,000 plots since it was established in 1973, urging it
to speed up the exercise to achieve the target of new 100,000 surveyed
plots.
Earlier, briefing the premier, the
Director General of CDA, Engineer Paskasi Muragili, said a blueprint for
surveying 20,000 plots had been completed, noting that the plan is to
survey 100,000 plots by June, 2017.
Meanwhile, Mr Majaliwa received a total
of six million/- from a crosssection of residents in Dodoma Region to
support people who were affected by the earthquake in Kagera Region on
September 10, in which 16 were killed and scores injured in addition to
the massive destruction to infrastructure.
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