THE Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development has said that most of applications filed for investment land have not met required conditions.
Speaking during a television programme
aired live by Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) ‘Tunatekeleza’,
the Permanent Secretary (PS) in the ministry, Dr Yamungu Kayandabila,
said that most of the applications were not containing business plans.
“At least 168 applications had been
filed but only 34 applications contained business plans. Therefore, we
encourage more people to apply along with presenting the necessary
documentation as per the requirements,” urged the PS.
He called on interested parties to come
up front and file workable applications to fit in the allocated
investment land, adding that an area has been set aside at Pemba Mnazi
in Kigamboni Ward for the same purpose.
“In pushing forward the current
government’s agenda of industrialisation in the one year of President
Magufuli’s administration, up to 3,288 properties have been surveyed,
out of which 240 plots have been set aside as Industrial areas,” said Dr
Kayandabila.
The ministry posted an advertisement on
its website and various newspapers calling for suitable investors to
apply for the land, further advising that the applications should be
accompanied with business plans for the intended investment.
Currently, the ministry was pushing
further with the 10 years’ programme to survey, allocate and create
ownership of land through the support of the World Bank (WB), the
Department for International Development (DFID) and the government of
Sweden.
The programme has begun in three
districts of Morogoro, which are Kilombero, Malinyi and Ulanga, whereas
50,000 traditional deeds have been issued out in the areas.
Formalisation of properties has started
in such wards as Kimara, Makongo and Saranga for Dar es Salaam and other
areas will follow as well taking into consideration that 74 per cent of
the region are squatters.
Commenting on the increased number of
emerging land conflicts in the country, Dr Kayandabila noted that land
councils have received about 117,000 disputes and settled 103,000
disputes therefore currently there are about 14,000 unsettled disputes.
He pointed out that the government has
put in place conducive environments to ensure low-income earners have
access to proper housing facilities.
“There is a special fund for public
servants to obtain a housing loan of 20m/- on an interest rate of 3 per
cent of which the available funds amount up to 4.5bn/-,” he said.
Plans are underway to avail a proper
policy that will be able to regulate the housing sector, which will
require property owners to charge rents in a month interval like what
the National Housing Cooperation (NHC) is doing.
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