Assessment of tenure security and compulsory land acquisition in peri-urban areas of Dodoma City, a case of Msalato and Ng’hong’hona.

Amo, Yustina Kakay (2020) Assessment of tenure security and compulsory land acquisition in peri-urban areas of Dodoma City, a case of Msalato and Ng’hong’hona. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study imed at assessing tenure security in the context of implementation of the compulsory land acquisition (CLA) process Msalato and Ng’hong’hona wards in Dodoma city. It was specifically aiming at examining the role of various actors involved in tenure security matters, examining how CLA was implemented, and examining how institutional and legal frameworks was applied in safeguarding tenure security for landholders during CLA implementation. Crosse-sectional survey is a research approach that was chosen to undertake this study. A combination of purposive sampling, multistage sampling, proportional sampling and simple random sampling were used to draw a study sample. In data collection process, observation, focus group discussions and interview were used while analysis was done by the use of SPSS software. The information obtained show that tenure insecurity has been contributed by many factors including failure of some actors in protecting property rights; low levels of awareness on the property rights among actors. It was recommended that there must be some local based mechanisms of helping people know some laws and regulations governing sensitive resources like land without which, their tenure security will be in jeopardy. Also members of the planning authorities should make sure that they properly conform to the land laws when a decision of acquiring land for public purpose is sought. It is also recommended that there must be some changes in the regulations governing compensation arrangements such that, the displaced individuals should be offered an alternative property with comparable size and quality instead of offering money as the only medium of compensation. Keywords: Compulsory Land Acquisition, Tenure and Tenure Security.

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