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ZLA urges re-initiation of land policy consultation

ZLA urges re-initiation of land policy consultation
By Namatama Mundia
Mon 26 Apr. 2010, 03:40 CAT

THE Zambia Land Alliance (ZLA) has called on government to re-initiate the land policy consultation process.

In an interview, ZLA executive director Henry Machina urged the government to consult those stakeholders who were not fully consulted such as traditional leaders on how land should be administered.

“We cannot continue to administer land in this manner because land is a fundamental resource for all Zambians,” he said.

Machina said people in some parts of the country have continued losing land because of lack of a land policy document which should give direction.

“In settlement schemes such as Kanakantapa in Lusaka, a lot of people have struggled for decades to get title but all in vain. In some parts of the country people are being displaced from their land and therefore losing their land rights and sources of livelihood,” he said.

Machina said his organisation would like to see a pro-poor land policy formulated to manage land in the country.

“We cannot continue managing land in the way it is being done. There is so much bureaucracy in land administration and a lot of poor people are facing problems processing their applications for title,” said Machina.

Labels: HENRY MACHINA, LAND REFORM, LAND RIGHTS, ZLA

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