AfricaPress-Tanzania: THE GOVERNMENT has entered into an agreement with NMB bank to provide loans to citizens not exceeding Sh150,000 for surveying plots of citizens in the streets and then provide them with certificates immediately after repaying the loans.
The two-year loan, which will pay off, will help alleviate payment challenges for plumbing companies in many parts of the country, with many citizens obtaining ownership certificates so that they can use them in various activities and pay taxes.
In addition, district commissioners in the country have been asked to take strong action against several companies in Dar es Salaam that took public money for testing plots but failed to complete the work.
The Minister of Lands, Housing and Residential Development, Wiliam Lukuvi said this in a working session with the new leaders of the Dar es Salaam region including the governor, district commissioners, council directors and other executives.
He said in enabling citizens to collectively pay local land formalization funds, the government and NMB have agreed to lend to the people under district supervision and get a quality company to measure the land.
Lukuvi said citizens will be given a loan of not more than Sh150,000 for two years and after obtaining the document, the testing company will send it to NMB bank to hand over to the people when they finish paying the debt.
“In order to ensure this is achieved, the bank has agreed to open an account for the public for these loan costs and together the district will pay them to the company to start implementation,” he said.
He said in Dar es Salaam the agreement will be implemented and they will officially launch next month in Mbarali district, Mbeya region to enable more citizens to get documents which will increase tax collection as well as citizens to use their documents to grow their economy.
He also instructed the district commissioners to address the dispute resolution by having a register of disputes to facilitate its resolution.
He said by using the register they would be able to identify the types of disputes and how to resolve them including self-assessment of how many have resolved from small to large disputes that require ministry decisions.
