He urged government to come up with a one-person-one-residential-plot policy as a matter of urgency, to avoid situations where some individuals own up to 700 plots, while thousands wait for years before they can be allocated land. The MP said that government is reluctant to formulate the policy because those in power do not care as they benefit from the status quo.
Gaborone was debating the draft National Development Plan 10 for Ministry of Lands and Housing on Monday afternoon in Parliament. It was not the first time Gaborone has warned that unfair land allocation will cause political instability in the country. He stated that some rich people own large chunks of land around Gaborone, but they are always consulted on proposed developments that may spill into their land with the option to refuse or give up the land for huge monetary compensation. He added that at the same time, the government is busy taking away the land that belongs to common people for little or no compensation at all.
