RUANGWA, LINDI: PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa yesterday launched a report on
Village Land Use Plan (LUP), stressing that the government’s intention is to survey the entire land in the country so that citizens, including villagers, can use it for economic activities.Majaliwa launched the report at a Stakeholders’ Meeting to discuss the implementation of the Land Tenure Improvement Project, which involved various stakeholders on land issues from different areas of Ruangwa District in Lindi Region. The PM also issued 18 certificates for village land.
He instructed the District Commissioners (DCs) and directors whose councils will be reached by the project to ensure that they cooperate with the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Development for the successful implementation of the project.
“I emphasise that District Commissioners, council directors, Chairpersons and Village Executives should participate fully in reaching out to the people and educating them about the importance of proper land use, so that they can benefit and obtain title deeds for the land they own,” Majaliwa said.
Mr Majaliwa said the efforts being made on land surveying in the country are the results of President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s good performance.
President Samia has been at the forefront championing for land surveying. Even when I told her that I am coming here, she sent her greetings and said she is following what is going on through various media outlets, pledging that her government will continue to allocate budget for land surveying work.
Meanwhile, the Premier has directed all councils in the country undertaking proper land use plan project for village to prepare monitoring plan in order to assess the efficiency of the project.
Opening a Stakeholders’ Meeting aimed to discuss the implementation of the land tenure improvement project in Ruangwa District, Lindi Region Mr Majliwa directed all councils to prepare specific plan which will provide solution to disputes relating to village boundaries.
“The government’s objective is to survey all land in the country so that citizens, including villagers, can utilise it for economic activities. Council chairpersons should make sure that they cooperate with a team which will execute the project to make sure that all shortfalls are resolved,” Majaliwa said.
Earlier, Deputy Minister for Land, Housing and Human Settlement Development Geofrey Pinda, said that the project will cover all the villages in Ruangwa District in order to ensure the proper land use plan in villages is successful.
He said Tanzania is among the countries facing of urban and rural growth due to increase in population, leading to an increase in the demand for planned and well-managed and safe land use.
“The ministry has been making various efforts to address these challenges by making various improvements to the services of the land sector, reviving the structures of the ministry and designing various programmes and projects such as surveying and settlement formalisation programme,” explained Mr Pinda.
He added that due to the good diplomatic relations between the government and international organisations and various countries in the world, Tanzania has managed to sign an agreement with the World Bank worth 150 million US dollars to improve land tenure security in the country.
“This World Bank-funded project is the first to receive such a large amount of funding in the land sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. The ministry promises to manage the implementation of this project well to continue creating a good image of the country internationally,” he emphasised.
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