THE government presented in the National Assembly yesterday the Valuation and Valuers Bill 2016, which seeks to expedite compensation on land as well as checking land disputes arising from unethical valuers in the country.
Lands, Housing and Human Settlements
Development Minister William Lukuvi tabled the schedule for debate and
eventually approval by the House, outlining a number of benefits that
the envisaged legislation will introduce in the land sector.
“The Bill is a continuation of the
National Land Policy of 1995; the envisaged legislation will put in
place regulations and formation of aboard to oversee the conduct and
performance of valuers,” he explained.
Mr Lukuvi further noted that the
valuation industry was currently facing a number of challenges,
including unethical and unqualified valuers who are responsible for
fueling land disputes in many parts of the country.
“Due to lack of regulations there have
been complaints on delays in payments of compensation as well as
deliberate under and over valuation which eventually hold back swift
implementation of development projects,” he explained.
The Bill was well received with the
opposition camp in the National Assembly, challenging the government to
be pro-active in enforcement of the legislation. The opposition, through
Shadow Minister for the ministry, Mr Wilfred Lwakatare (Bukoba
Urban-Chadema), however, called for harmonisation of other legislations
covering the land sector.
It recommended further that the proposed
Chief Valuer office should be made independent as it is with the
Controller and Auditor General (CAG).
Among others, the envisaged legislation
has set a maximum of six months to effect compensation for acquired
land, failure of which the person or institution wishing to acquire the
land will have to pay interests for each six months.
The Bill stipulates further that the
evaluation will be considered to have been terminated if compensation
has not been made after two years.
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