THE
government will this week release indicative prices for land or the sale of
land plots countrywide as a measure to protect buyers, the Deputy Minister for
Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development, Ms Angeline Mabula, has said.
Moreover, she said, it is illegal for land officers to acquire people’s land
before paying them the needed compensation.
She
gave the announcement at the National Assembly here yesterday when responding
to a number of questions posed to her ministry during the question and answer
session.
Responding
to question by Mr Faustine Ndungulile (Kigamboni - CCM), who wanted to know
when the government will waive its stop order of surveying and sale of plots in
Kigamboni areas, Ms Mabula said the move aimed at coming up with indicative
prices for sale of land plots.
“We
have decided to stop the survey by private companies so that we come up with
indicative prices as there others who were selling them at the exorbitant
prices,” she said.
She
gave an example of Kigamboni where there are three private companies surveying
the plots for sale whereas they range between 20,000/-, 15,000/- and 10,000/-
per square metre, which, she described as unrealistic.
“We
also survey and sale plots, but the prices offered by private companies are
unrealistic, that is why we decided to stop the process as we come up with
indicative prices which will be out this week” said Ms Mabula.
She
was reacting to the main question by Ms Lucy Magereli (Special seats- CHADEMA),
who wanted to know the government’s plans to ensure that the Master Plans are
available in all municipalities as a land use and city plan toolkit.
The
deputy minister said the Master Plan and City Plan architects were supposed to
be available in all responsible authorities in cities, town council, municipal
and district councils.
She
noted that lands conflicts needed special attention and that is why her
ministry had for a start, issued the master plan to all local government
chairpersons in Dar es Salaam as key persons in dealing with the problem.
Ms
Mabula stated that the government was intending to empower the local government
chairpersons as key partners in implementing proper land use by training them
to have capacity to read the master plan and stand by their intended use.
“They
have to be given the basic skills to be able to read the master plans and at
the end of the day they will be guided by the earmarked land use when endorsing
land sale” she said.
Ms
Anna Lupembe (Special Seats-CCM), wanted to know when the government will start
issue land certificates for Kichangani residents in Mpanda Urban District to
which the deputy minister said they were still demarcating the areas before
issuing the plots.
Ms
Mabula told the House that it is forbidden for a land officer to acquire land
from the people regardless of the intended use before paying them appropriate
compensation. “It is forbidden to acquire people’s land or farms without
completing all proper acquisition rules, including compensation.
Land
officers must be guided by this,” she directed. She added that the government
is also working on the land conflicts involving Kibada residents in Kigamboni
to verify the land certificates for the contested areas before allowing them to
go ahead with construction.
written by NELLY MTEMA in Dodoma//daily news
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