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Lands tribunal opens 38 cases for consideration

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The Lands Tribunal sitting in Ndola has opened thirty eight (38) cases for the tribunal to consider.

Registrar for Lands tribunal Michael Chisengele told ZANIS in an interview in Ndola today that the tribunal has received over one hundred cases but that only thirty eight will be considered.

Mr. Chisengele explained that apart from the thirty eight cases that the tribunal would consider others would not stand in court as they involved squatters who did not have the right papers.

He further explained that the cases that are prominent are to do with squatters who have no papers but are fighting to acquire the papers in order to have title to land.

He said most people think that they own land once they start living on a given piece of land but that there is a procedure on how to acquire land.

Mr. Chisengele said other cases involve land which is on title but not yet developed but offered to another person.

He said with such cases the one who has title on that piece of land should be given back the land or given an alternative.

Mr. Chisengele said a lot of people are not aware about the procedure to follow when acquiring land but that the tribunal was sensitizing people on how to acquire land using the right procedure.

The lands tribunal has officially commenced its sittings for Copperbelt province in Ndola today and will close the sittings on Friday July 31, 2015.

2 COMMENTS

  1. Can that hell place called Ministry of lands be abolished please especially the title deeds section. I am chasing my paper work for 3 years now. Each time i go there, i am told my file is missing and for so many other people I hear this ministry even has a minister with about 2 or 3 deputy ministers but with the higghest inertia in the land. Abolish this ministry, and just put it under an effective Director.

  2. My view too. That ministry is very corrupt beyond the corruption seen in the police service. They even issue titles on unsurveyed land and cause unnecessary confusion for the people. And when you go there to try to resolve the matter they all run away because its like they forge some of these titles with full knowledge of the commissioner. Its cover my back, I cover yours way of doing things in that ministry.

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