TANZANIA Airports
Authority (TAA) was yesterday given a one-week ultimatum to identify and
punish employees who deceitfully received plots, which were allocated
to the Kipawa evictees.
Works, Transport and Communications Deputy
Minister Engineer Atashasta Nditiye charged that some dishonest TAA
workers poised as wananchi who vacated their houses to pave way for
construction of Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) terminal
III.
The deputy minister accused the TAA
employees of deceitfully acquiring the land, which was reserved as
compensation to the evictees. He said initial investigations have shown
that some of the dishonest workers inserted their names in the list of
the then Kipawa and Kigilagila dwellers who were relocated to Pugu
Mwakanga area in Ilala District.
Engineer Nditiye was speaking during his
tour of TAA office to follow up on implementation of his directives to
the authority some months ago. One of his instructions was improvement
of all airports, including eviction of people residing near airports for
smooth expansion projects.
“After surrendering their plots, there
should be arrangements to compensate the rightful people, I have been
told that over 600 Kipunguni residents who deserved compensation have
not been given the plots, give them land and punish those who acquired
them deceitfully,” he stressed.
Meanwhile, Engineer Nditiye instructed TAA
management to form an estate department with at least 10 people to help
the authority in obtaining the title deeds for all airports across the
country. He as well instructed the fencing of all airports in the
country.
TAA Director General Richard Mayongela
said that 537 out of 1,186 Kipunguni residents were expected to move to
their new settlement at Msongola area, effective next week. He said that
about 3.7bn/- was spent as compensation to 537 evictees.
“Tanzania Remix Centre won the plot survey
tender…we, in collaboration with the municipal authorities, will next
week go for final inspection of the survey work,” he said.
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