Policy to forbid transfer of undeveloped plots

Friday, April 10, 2015

Disharmony and inefficiencies in land management processes have birthed what is to become the first consolidated national land policy, provided the proposition gets the green light from legislators.

Initially tabled in 2013 but owing to time constraints the issue was not conclusively debated. It is now fermenting at the policy drawing board.

The policy’s primary goals as explained by the minister of Lands and Housing, Prince Maele in Parliament this week are to protect and promote land rights of all landholders as well as sustainable human settlements.

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