tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-393463874272421687.post5819613223556288697..comments2024-02-02T19:58:53.625+01:00Comments on View from the Termite Mound: Fear and Silence in LoliondoSusannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12122582965111940302noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-393463874272421687.post-40700463431462242862018-02-16T13:16:34.441+01:002018-02-16T13:16:34.441+01:00Thank you, Ian.Thank you, Ian.Susannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12122582965111940302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-393463874272421687.post-2725783865241618142018-02-15T13:39:52.054+01:002018-02-15T13:39:52.054+01:00We all much appreciate what you are doing, Susanna...We all much appreciate what you are doing, Susanna.Ian Manningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-393463874272421687.post-44325003263482287232018-02-15T13:36:02.334+01:002018-02-15T13:36:02.334+01:00In 2015 a Parliamentary Select Committee reported ...In 2015 a Parliamentary Select Committee reported the following: <br /><br />1. Tanzania has no comprehensive mechanism to deal with land.<br />2. Weak law enforcement, contradictory legal regimes and ineffective and incompetent leaders were the major factors driving land conflicts. <br />3. There were several guiding principles that contradicted each other: the 1997 Land Policy contradicts the 2006 Livestock Policy - the former outlawing pastoralism, the latter allowing it.<br />4. Investors who need land are told they should enter into business ventures through the Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC), but the Land Act also allows the Land Ministry to sign up investors. <br />5. Only 1,200 villages out of more than 10,000 had been surveyed, and only a handful have land use plans, and there are no competent institutions able to supervise their implementation.<br />7. Conflicts involving farmers, pastoralists, investors and other land users are not only widespread, but they have persisted for a long time. <br />8. The land problems continue unabated despite the 1997 National Land Policy, which points to problems with implementation. <br />9. There are major shortcomings in the implementation of the 2006 Livestock Policy, including the failure to recognise livestock as wealth and therefore have land set aside for pastoralism.<br />10. There was no guidance on stocking rates.<br />11. Water policies are ineffectual due to water users and other stakeholders not being consulted. <br />12. There were serious flaws in the implementation of the Investment Policy, with landgrabbing taking place without consultation or compensation. <br />13. President Jakaya Kikwete’s directive to stop the movement of livestock from one district to another was ignored and Parliament should direct the government to make sure that livestock is transported using cars and trains.<br />14. The government should take immediate steps to control pastoralists from neighbouring countries. <br />15. The National Land Use Commission should assume responsibilities for landuse management<br /><br />While comments were made on the 1997 Land Policy, no mention was made of the Land Act No. 5 of 1999 in which Certificates of the Customary Right of Occupancy have been issuedI.P.A. Manningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-393463874272421687.post-10489514346246949582018-02-15T12:35:02.604+01:002018-02-15T12:35:02.604+01:00The land undeniably belongs to the villages accord...The land undeniably belongs to the villages according to Village Land Act No5 of 1999. The “argument” by too many Tanzanians is that all land belongs to the government and the president can do whatever he seems fit with it. They don’t answer the question about why Tanzania then has relatively progressive land laws, or why there are any laws at all… The current government is the worst ever when it comes to Loliondo.Susannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12122582965111940302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-393463874272421687.post-14960687608828189372018-02-15T09:55:21.692+01:002018-02-15T09:55:21.692+01:00The Land Act No. 5 of 1999 in which Certificates o...The Land Act No. 5 of 1999 in which Certificates of the Customary Right of Occupancy have been issued on some 162,000 ha to the clans of the Masai, Barbaig and Hadzabe, with more in the offing with the aid of an NGO, the Ujamaa Community Resource Team, is the track to follow. But then the big money comes along and all laws and principles fly out of the window. Yet another landgrab of the rangelands. I thought Magafuli was wrenching Tanzania away from the destructive neoliberal path?FRIENDS OF LOWER ZAMBEZIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06193343090968516070noreply@blogger.com