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| Effectiveness of Land Institutions in Addressing Land Conflicts in Dodoma Region: The Capital City of Tanzania, Tanzania |
MacLean Charles Mwamlangala, Reguly Baltazari Mushy, Selemani Shenkambi Hamza
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Abstract:
Land is the main economic asset and resource for the majority of people in developing countries. However, due to increasing demand of this unique resource though population growth and changing land uses, there have been frequent conflicts between local communities and institutions vested with powers to administer and manage land matter. This paper assesses the involvement of stakeholders in addressing land conflicts in Dodoma urban district. The study involved 110 respondents in Dodoma region who provided their opinions on the study theme. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were employed in data collection. Data was collected using questionnaires, interviews, observation and documentary review; and were analyzed using SPSS (20.0) for quantitative data and content analysis for qualitative data. The study reports that Dodoma Urban District is managing land issues. But it is not effective in managing and administrating land issues for sustainable development. Moreover, most of majorities are not knowledgeable on the responsibilities in managing and administrating land issues. But also, the study investigated that most residents are affected by losing of their piece of land due to confiscations by government. Furthermore, the study noted that formal land institutions consider gender equality in accessing, using and distributing land. Lastly, the study noted the opinions of the residents that the government and other land institutions should invest in disseminating land laws, procedure educations so as to increase awareness, knowledge and practices of accessing, using and distributing land . The study recommends that government under ministry of land and all stakeholders should make coordination and provide land policy education to the community.
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