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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Mashonaland West Minister of State, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka, has warned land barons that it is a crime to conduct farm and land invasions.<\/p>\n

She speaks amid reports that some land barons are invading farms and grazing lands.<\/p>\n

Speaking last Friday in Mhangura after a monitoring and evaluation visit at Gandawasvika Clinic being constructed by Makonde Rural District Council in Ward 13 using devolution funds, Mliswa-Chikoka said the period of farm invasions \u201cwas now behind us\u201d. She added:<\/p>\n

We want people to follow the right procedure of acquiring pieces of land. There is a process that one has to follow and the lands committee will verify the applications accordingly.<\/p>\n

My office is seized with complaints of land invasions in Mhangura area where fights and bloodshed, have ensued. It is a crime to conduct any farm or land invasions.<\/p>\n

Makonde legislator and Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Deputy Minister, Kindness Paradza, recently lamented farm invasions, saying they were affecting production.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, land barons have in the past two decades been illegally acquiring and selling land to desperate and unsuspecting home-seekers.<\/p>\n

Resultantly, thousands of home-seekers have seen their structures erected in undesignated sites demolished by authorities leaving them counting their losses.<\/p>\n

While the central government and local government authorities have in the past spoken against illegal selling of land, the practice has lingered for a long time.<\/p>\n

Some analysts believe that land barons are politically connected, therefore, they violate the law with impunity, at least until elections are over, as land is being used to amass votes.<\/p>\n

More: Pindula News; The Herald<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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