Tanzania: Tibaijuka Issues Yet Another Threat

Dar es Salaam — She put land grabbers on notice 10 months ago, seemingly with little effect. Yesterday, minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Anna Tibaijuka was at it again--threatening to evict people who have grabbed public land, including open spaces.

This time, though, she declared that the ministry would launch an operation to repossess the grabbed plots. The minister told the land grabbers to immediately surrender their ill-gotten plots or risk eviction and legal action.

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