Zimbabwe: 'Get Tough On Land Barons'

5 December 2016

Legislators have called for stiffer penalties on land barons in the wake of several people being duped by criminals who irregularly acquire pieces of urban land and sell them to desperate home seekers. The call was made last Thursday in the National House of Assembly during debate on the Land Commission Bill. The Bill seeks to establish the land commission to carry out periodic audits and resolve disputes, among other issues.

During debate on the Bill, legislators said the two-year imprisonment that the Bill imposed on people who transfer title of land without permission from acquiring authority was too lenient.

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