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Issue 00498 |
December 8 - 14, 2007 |
issn 0856 - 9135 |
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Local News |
| Two former NAFCO farms
relocated to villagers by Novatus Makunga Two farms of the former NAFCO wheat complex in Basotu, Hanang district will be relocated to peasants and pastoralists in the area. The government has decided to release Gawal Warret farms that cover about 14,000 acres to be utilised by the communities around the area. The government decision was announced last weekend at a councillors and political party leaders meeting in Hanang district by the Minister for Law and Constitutional Affairs, Dr. Mary Nagu. Dr. Nagu explained that the move came after the request by the Hanang District to President Jakaya Kikwete was accepted and hence relocation of two of the six farms in the former NAFCO wheat complex. She said that the peoples need for land in the area wouldn’t be met by distribution of the two farms but noted that priority would be given to the people living near the farms and those removed from the Mount Hanang’ slopes for environmental reasons. The minister said the government could not "release" all the six farms for distribution to the people because companies and private investors were still needed in the area to spearhead modern farming and livestock keeping. Hanang’s District Commissioner, Captain Geoffrey Ngatuni said the council’s special committee for land relocation was about to finish demarcation work. The council has decided to split the two farms area into two equal halves, one for peasants and the other for livestock keepers. After the demarcation work, Captain Ngatuni said, the village governments would identify those who lacked land in the area. It is estimated that there about 1,000 residents within the surrounding five villages in the area who have no land to support them. The other four farms of Gidamond,
Marjanda, Setchet and Mulbadow were sold to individuals and investment
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