A Senior citizen in Ndola has urged government to revoke authority to allocate land from the councils to lessen the illegal allocation of land by some Council officers and other unscrupulous members of society.
Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Ndola, George Ngosa said the move will also reduce the massive levels of corruption surrounding the issuance of plots to members of public by the councils.
Mr Ngosa said the authority to sale plots under the council has deprived many people of the privilege to own as plots are corruptly offered to the rich people and those that are either known by council officers or those able to bribe the council officers.
He also noted that councilors have dubiously acquired excess land at the expense of other citizens who also have the financial capability to buy land.
He suggested that government should instead make the ministry of land to be the sole issuer of land in the country so that the disparities in the allocation of land can be cleared.
Mr Ngosa also observed that most women and senior citizens of this country do not own land due to the corruption involved in the process of buying land.
And Mr Ngosa observed that the way the councils are allocation plots in some areas was not good.
He said some plots were too small resulting in construction of shanty compounds where house are too close to each other making it is impossible to put proper roads in such areas.
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I agree with Mr. George Ngosa’s concerns on the councils especially those in urban and peri urban arears illigal allocation of friends. Even if the such authority was reverted back Lands Ministry, the same corruption and bad administration of land issues will continue. The scourage has grown from bad to worse. It needs political will to clean up. Pipo have come to realise the importance of owning a piece of land. Seing is believing there was once Kalikiliki dam between Kabulonga & Ibex Hill. Pipo got where it was water submerged now its history, the lake has disappeared. The is a serious problem of land issue talk of Solwezi, Ndola, Mongu, Chipata, Kitwe, Chingola etc.The situation is the same.
I agree with Mr. George Ngosa’s concerns on the councils especially those in urban and peri urban arears illigal allocation of land to friends. Even if the such authority was reverted back Lands Ministry, the same corruption and bad administration of land issues will continue. The scourage has grown from bad to worse. It needs political will to clean up. Pipo have come to realise the importance of owning a piece of land. Seing is believing there was once Kalikiliki dam between Kabulonga & Ibex Hill. Pipo got where it was water submerged now its history, the lake has disappeared. The is a serious problem of land issue talk of Solwezi, Ndola, Mongu, Chipata, Kitwe, Chingola etc.The situation is the same.
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II am in total agreement thet the government takes the move as advised. In towns like Solwezi, land is very hard to acquire through the front door of the corrup coucil. I agree