CCM Promises to Solve Mlandizi Land Conflicts

THE ruling CCM has vowed that if voted back to the office, will ensure land conflicts currently claiming a number of lives find permanent solution.

Speaking to Mlandizi residents at Azimio Primary School grounds on Friday, the party’s Presidential running mate, Ms Samia Suluhu Hassan, said 7,500 villages in 25 districts in the region have been earmarked for mapping and demarcation.

Ms Samia said there will be land for pastoralists, farmers and reserved land and proper land use plans to end conflicts between farmers and livestock keepers. She said there’s enough land but what’s needed is proper land use plans in villagers whose implementation will be fully supervised if elected to form the 5th government.

Ms Samia said the CCM presidential candidate, Dr John Pombe Magufuli, who does not entertain corruption or corrupt officials will reinforce the system and route out corrupt elements to end land conflicts.

She noted that the land use plan, which will identify areas under pastoralists; those controlled by farmers and reserved should will be put in place by Dr Magufuli’s government.

On employment, Ms Samia said 40 per cent of youth employment in the country will come from industries. In Kibaha rural she said the Chinese Honey Industry, Energy Mill and the soon to be completed iron industry will provide a good number of employment opportunities to youth and the public in general.

“These employment opportunities coupled with the 5th government’s 50m/- to Saccos and vikoba and the 5 per cent each for women and youth groups from the district councils, we will be heading towards the right development direction and beating poverty, “ she said.

She also promised that her government will support the council’s efforts for Mlandizi to acquire a hospital and assisting with building a fence which are among needed conditions to have it upgraded as well as support other challenges.

Earlier, the Kibaha Rural CCM parliamentary candidate, Hamoud Jumaa, said his constituency is faced with a number of challenges including meeting conditions to upgrade the health centre.

“We have been able to build a mortuary and surgery room but we are appealing to you once Dr Magufuli is voted in to form the next government, to support build a fence to complete the conditions,” he explained.

Other challenges included land conflicts between farmers and pastoralists and a modern market whose budget is 5bn/- .

On her part, the former Nkenge legislature Assumpter Mshama said the State House is not a place to hold prayer, stressing that CCM does note value voters according to religious denominations as is the case with one presidential candidate from the opposition party.

Source: Daily News