The residents of Nkhungu C in Dodoma municipality have called on President John Magufuli to dissolve the Capital Development Authority (CDA), saying it has failed to improve their residential areas.
This comes less than a week since over 1,000 residents of Ng’ong’ona ward resisted a move by CDA to develop their area, accusing the authority of giving them a raw deal.
But Nkhungu residents who spoke to The Guardian on Sunday on Wednesday evening said CDA had failed to settle land disputes in their area and instead fuelled them.
Some of them argued that they had lived in the area since 1942 and had witnessed CDA repeatedly taking photographs of their land with promises to survey the land, but had all along failed to do so.
One of the residents, Bihaware Aire, alleged that the development authority issued numbers for survey exercises in 1998, 2000 and 2005 but had not done any survey wok but instead had embarked on the demolition of their houses.
“They first marked our house when I was still young but now I have three children and nothing has been done,” said Bihare.
She called on the relevant authorities to intervene so CDA surveys the area and allows them to carry on with development activities on their plots.
Rashid Futo, another resident, also observed that it was quite absurd for them to live in such a poor state while CDA had not revealed plans to survey the area.
He noted that even some of them with financial ability to build good houses could not do so since the authority had not demarcated their land, and they feared that their structures would be later demolished if they built on unsurveyed plots.
“We have lived here for decades but our plots have never been surveyed. Some of us have money but cannot build proper houses for fear of being demolished later,” he said, adding that the pace of fifth government on such buildings was quite threatening.
CDA director general could not be reached for comment on the matter, nor could the authority’s public relations officer, Angela Msimbila, when reached on phone.
This is the second revolt against CDA by town residents this week after the residents in Nhg’ng’ona ward in the municipality stopped it from surveying the area, saying they were not getting their rightful deal.
Over 1,000 residents on Monday protested against CDA, adding that they would only listen to Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlement William Lukuvi.
They said CDA had become a problem by forcing them to move to different areas without giving them permanent residential places.
Jonas Jale, one of the residents, said they had differed with CDA over the amount of compensation, saying what the authority was offering them was too little.
“We do not want to hear anything about CDA because of their poor compensation rates,” he said.
This comes less than a week since over 1,000 residents of Ng’ong’ona ward resisted a move by CDA to develop their area, accusing the authority of giving them a raw deal.
But Nkhungu residents who spoke to The Guardian on Sunday on Wednesday evening said CDA had failed to settle land disputes in their area and instead fuelled them.
Some of them argued that they had lived in the area since 1942 and had witnessed CDA repeatedly taking photographs of their land with promises to survey the land, but had all along failed to do so.
One of the residents, Bihaware Aire, alleged that the development authority issued numbers for survey exercises in 1998, 2000 and 2005 but had not done any survey wok but instead had embarked on the demolition of their houses.
“They first marked our house when I was still young but now I have three children and nothing has been done,” said Bihare.
She called on the relevant authorities to intervene so CDA surveys the area and allows them to carry on with development activities on their plots.
Rashid Futo, another resident, also observed that it was quite absurd for them to live in such a poor state while CDA had not revealed plans to survey the area.
He noted that even some of them with financial ability to build good houses could not do so since the authority had not demarcated their land, and they feared that their structures would be later demolished if they built on unsurveyed plots.
“We have lived here for decades but our plots have never been surveyed. Some of us have money but cannot build proper houses for fear of being demolished later,” he said, adding that the pace of fifth government on such buildings was quite threatening.
CDA director general could not be reached for comment on the matter, nor could the authority’s public relations officer, Angela Msimbila, when reached on phone.
This is the second revolt against CDA by town residents this week after the residents in Nhg’ng’ona ward in the municipality stopped it from surveying the area, saying they were not getting their rightful deal.
Over 1,000 residents on Monday protested against CDA, adding that they would only listen to Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlement William Lukuvi.
They said CDA had become a problem by forcing them to move to different areas without giving them permanent residential places.
Jonas Jale, one of the residents, said they had differed with CDA over the amount of compensation, saying what the authority was offering them was too little.
“We do not want to hear anything about CDA because of their poor compensation rates,” he said.
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