Deputy Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development, Ms Angelina Mabula
The preparation of this comprehensive
action plan is done through Urban Local Government Supporting Programme
(ULGSP), Deputy Minister, Ms Angelina Mabula, said yesterday.
She noted that a Master Plan which
provides a long-range vision for the built environment of a community
will help in guiding the appropriate use of land within a municipality
in order to protect the public from unnecessary disputes.
She was responding to Ms Salma Mwassa
(Special Seats-CUF) who claimed that land disputes were escalating due
to government’s failure to survey and prepare good land use in the
country.
The MP wanted to know how the government
was prepared to end such disputes and when it will come up with a
comprehensive plan of action that will guide land use in the country.
The deputy minister admitted that to a
large extent, land disputes were fuelled by lack of proper land
management plans and people’s failure to respect land laws and policies.
She pointed out that the ministry has already embarked on a ten-year
programme, 2015-2025, to survey and plan land use in the country.
The deputy minister also informed the
National Assembly that the government is having discussion with the
World Bank to speed up preparation of Master Plans in 30 towns in
Tanzania Mainland.
Other efforts the ministry is taking to
address land disputes, according to Ms Mabula, are engaging other
offices including Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and
Natural Resources and Tourism to chart a joint strategy to end the
problem
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