“We checked with the Commissioner for Lands offices in Moshi … and established that the area is allocated to the NCAA … who holds the rightful title deed,” Dr Kigwangalla said, observing that when asked where they got the authority to build their private villas on government property, the owners said they bought the plots from the Arusha City Council.
However, Dr Kigwangalla reiterated that “there’s only one authority” with the mandate to allocate land, stressing, “… and that’s the Ministry for Lands and Settlements Development … under which the Lands Commission which issued the title to NCAA operates.
“… district, municipal or city authorities have no right to interfere with the Ministry of Lands on matters related to title deeds,” the minister said, and ordered that the city council’s titles for the 85 buildings whose owners had trespassed into the land belonging to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, be revoked and if possible the gullible developers, who bought the pieces of land from the council, be compensated by the Arusha City Fathers.
According to an officer in charge of Legal Services at NCAA, Mr Egidius Muyungi, the invaded land measures over 40 acres and was bought by the NCA in 2006 at 1.8 billion/- Arusha City Director, Mr Athumani Kihamia, could not be reached for comment yesterday.
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“In fact, all the leaders I met in the UAE praised us for maintaining peace, a prerequisite to achievement in development,” Dr Shein said at the press conference held at the airport in Zanzibar shortly after landing from the Arab countries. On January 21, this year the President and his delegation which included First Lady Mwanamwema Shein left the Islands for a week-long visit in countries forming UAE: Dubai, Sharjah, and Ras-al- Khaimah.
He said the reception he was accorded in each state was good, and that leaders in the Arab countries had promised to support Zanzibar move ahead in various sectors, including the search for alternative energy, oil and other natural resources, improvement of social services and infrastructure.
Dr Shein said, “… I personally learned a lot. The countries are economically well-off, but they have managed to advance because of determination and good planning, tools which we (Zanzibar) can copy from them.”
He said without good planning, even if you have money, one can fail to move forward as witnessed in some countries including in Africa where some nations have good economy, but have failed to achieve development goals.
Speaking with Journalists, the isles leader also answered questions which were not directly related to his trip. When asked to comment on ongoing views about changing presidential term limit from the current five to seven, he replied “It is not my agenda; I will respect my constitution term and leave the office to others.”
He was also asked about the temporary ban on registration of international ships after some foreign ship flying Tanzania flag were implicated in illegal business, he said “I know there are discussions going on.
It is the dishonest ships abroad are to blame for misusing our flag. I hope we will have the right to continue registering international ships.”
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