LETS RESOLVE LAND WRANGLES AMICABLY
Dear Editor,
THERE is need to address the issue of land wrangles which have continued rock the nation. Day in day out we hear of land encroachments or displacement of people from their land by someone claiming ownership.
Just last week over 2,800 hectares of land in Chief Mumena’s chiefdom in North Western Province was dubiously sold to an investor without the traditional leader’s knowledge. That’s too much land to be sold to one person when there are so millions of Zambians who don’t even own an inch of land in this country.
There is no way one person, no matter the investment, can own so much land while indigenous people are left languishing because of a few greedy individuals. The chief, with his royal establishment with the help of government should get back this land at all costs.
Why should Zambians be displaced from their own land as though they were foreigners? This trend is becoming common nowadays but should be stopped as it is very wrong and unfair.
I appeal to the Ministry of Lands to help Chief Mumena get back the land… after all it was sold illegally. Chances are that this investor wants to subdivide the land into small plots which he will later sell to make a killing.
I appeal to government to seriously ensure Zambians benefit from the land through a systematic plan which would enable people own at least a piece of land… at least something to point to.
Time has come for government to scrutinise the land policy and iron out all flaws that are making it difficult for Zambians to own land at the expense of foreigners or only those citizens who have money.
Don’t wait for a land crisis … don’t procrastinate because land issues are a major source of conflict globally.
Concerned citizen LUSAKA