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THE Cabinet yesterday held a special meeting in which it was briefed about progress on the Land Amendment Bill and the probe into the 2007 Commonwealth summit expenditure.
Libyan President Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has called for an end to the buying and selling of African farmland by rich nations during UN hunger summit the headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Italy.
South Africa's main agriculture and farming union has expressed concern about the bilateral investment treaty agreed with Zimbabwe, which is set to exclude South African owned farms that were expropriated by the Robert Mugabe regime during the chaotic land 'reform' programme.
The Northern Region is the biggest region in the country, with a landmass covering the traditional areas of Gonja, Mamprusi and Dagbon kingdoms. The size of the region however is not commensurate with the level of development, resulting in discussion about dividing it into two.
The proposed amendments to the Land Act have divided MPs from Buganda region, forcing many to stay away from Parliament where the matter is currently being debated.
On Sunday, November 15, I went to Katwe to address Makindye West MP Hajji Hussein Kyanjo's consultative rally.
Despite the outcry that has greeted the increase in land premium and application charges by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), minister of the FCT, Senator Adamu Aliero has once more underscored the need for the increase, stressing that only the increase can bring a solution to housing problems in the territory.
As debate on the controversial Land Amendment Bill 2007 takes centre stage in Parliament, Buganda Kingdom is resigned to the fact that its protracted opposition to this Bill will not stop the NRM government from passing it into law.
MOST MPs from Buganda region on Wednesday stayed away from the heated debate on the Land Amendment Bill. Only 20 out of the 80 Buganda MPs attended the debate, which was chaired by Speaker Edward Ssekandi.
NOT moved by criticisms that are trailing the increase of land premium and application charges in the Federal Capital Territory, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Senator Mohammad Adamu Aliero yesterday insisted that this was the only panacea to the problem of housing in the territory.
THE 99-year leases for farms allocated under the Land Reform Programme have been attacked for being non-transferable by sale, voluntary or forced, and thus rendered useless as collateral for loans.
Houses left behind by Mau settlers were demolished on Thursday in a clear indication that the government would not allow the evicted squatters to return to the forest.
The government plans to deploy more security officers in the Mau forest amid threats by local politicians to lead evicted settlers back into the forest.
For the umpteenth time, we are again writing an editorial on the Land Amendment Bill 2007 which restarted its journey towards becoming a law in Parliament on Tuesday.
The draft constitution and a policy tabled in Parliament this week give a clear path on management of land, property and natural resources.
Someone is being economical with the truth on the Mau Forest saga - and just about everything that ails Kenya. That is sad.
The land issue is the very cornerstone of our political, socio-economic system in Zimbabwe. The primary objective of the liberation struggle was to address the historical imbalances and injustices brought about by the colonial system. The need to redistribute land to the majority black population was the major driving force for our quest for independence and self rule.
THE minister for tourism, trade and industry, Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire, has called for a review of the land ownership system if the country is to industrialise.
HEATED debate on the Land Amendment Bill continued in the House yesterday with MPs of the ruling NRM arguing that the law was long overdue, while opposition MPs described it as unnecessary.
Barely one month after the display of the new customized waste bin introduced by Lagos Waste Management Agency (LAWMA) at the 2009 Medical Waste Summit, delay in the payment of land use charge by landlords is frustrating the distribution of the bin. The state agency had tied the free distribution of the waste bin to property owner's ability to show evidence of paid land use charge.
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Senator Adamu Aliero, and federal lawmakers have disagreed over the hike in land charges just as Aliero warned that the Abuja model city dream may remain unactualized for upward of 100 years, if there is no alternative to the sole government funding of the city.
PARLIAMENT yesterday embarked on the long-awaited debate of the Land Amendment Bill with the House divided along party lines.
At least 25 percent of the Mau Forest Complex has been recovered under the ongoing restoration efforts.
THE Land Claims Commission cannot afford to honour at least R10bn in outstanding commitments to land owners and claimants, Business Day has established.
The squatters who have left South Western Mau Forest will not be paid any compensation by the government.
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