Innovative developments in Zambia : requirement for a land policy document
Kachamba, F.S.
If a person wants to hold land on title in Zambia, the place to begin with is the Lands Act. The Lands Act has been a very controversial piece of legislation since it was enacted in 1995. The policy under the Lands Act is one of vesting the Land in the office of President of the Republic to hold it for and on behalf of the people of Zambia. Section 5 is as follows: (5) All land in Zambia shall, subject to this Act, or any other law be administered and controlled by the President for the use or common benefit, direct or indirect, of the people of Zambia. All interests in Land in Zambia therefore derive their beginnings from the office of President. The issue that this state of affairs raised has been to do with whether this arrangement of vesting the Land in the office of President is beneficial to the people of Zambia.
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