MANYARA region’s real estate investor, Mr Surendra Odedra, has forked out up to 2,390 acres of his Hamiri Estate Unit 18, handing it over to the Regional Commissioner, Mr Joel Bendera, for redistribution to the landless.
Mr Bendera told a village gathering at
Kiru over the weekend that the land he received from the investor would
soon be parceled out equally and fairly among local residents.
The RC told the residents that the
generous offer would help reduce land-related conflicts between local
villagers and investors as well as between farmers and livestock
keepers, saying more space would now be made available to all parties.
“All people must be patient here … the
land and plot allocations may not start immediately and during this time
we do not want to hear cases of people invading or trespassing into
other people’s areas to cause trouble,” warned Mr Bendera.
Hamiri Estate currently operates two
pieces of land in Babati District, including its largest, Unit 18 with
2,390 acres, which has now been given back to local residents and Unit
181 with 613 acres – which remains under possession of the Estate.
“The investor still holds the 99-year
lease of (both) the farms and now we are going to revoke the title deed
for the Unit 18 Estate in order to revert the land ownership to local
villagers,” the RC elaborated.
Kiru village which sits next to the
farms will be the first to benefit from the new land allocation; the
neighbours have always remained steeped in conflict -- all related to
farms, land and related resources.
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