Feed the Future Tanzania Land Tenure Assistance (LTA) Monthly Report No. 66

The project began operations in FY 2016 in 36 villages in the Iringa District and completed the first period of performance in FY 2020 with five villages in the Mbeya District of Tanzania. LTA continued making steady progress in regard to land registration activities in Iringa, Mbarali, and Kilolo Districts. In the reporting month, LTA successfully completed adjudication and demarcation activities in three villages in Iringa District. LTA assisted in completing the demarcation and adjudication of land parcels in Msuluti, Ibumila, and Kihanga villages. LTA also posted the results of demarcation and adjudication for public display in five villages in the Iringa District. In the reporting month, LTA assisted in printing and registering a total of 1,077 CCROs and 1,941 CCROs for Sadani and Mfyome Villages, respectively. LTA plans to organize CCRO issuance ceremonies in these villages in the next reporting month. Moreover, LTA organized a CCRO issuance ceremony in Kaning’ombe, Iringa District. For the purposes of the CCRO issuance ceremony, LTA delivered 62 CCROs to the Village Land Registry. LTA continued strengthening the capacity of village land governance institutions with respect to land administration and village land use plan enforcement. In collaboration with Kilolo and Mbarali District authorities and the Regional Assistant Commissioner for Land in Mbeya, LTA provided trainings to five village councils, i.e., the village councils of Itamba, Ukwama, Azimio-Mswiswi, Ilongo, and Mahongole villages in Mbarali District. The trainings covered various topics including basic principles of land laws, introduction to the village land registration process using MAST and the beneficiary contribution model. LTA also continued making efforts to raise the awareness of village residents with respect to land rights. In collaboration with the DLO of the Mbarali and Kilolo District Councils, and the Regional Assistant Commissioner for Lands in Mbeya, LTA conducted five village assembly trainings and 44 hamlet level sensitization trainings in Winome, Mawambala, Ukumbi, Masalali, and Isuka villages in Kilolo District, and in Itamba, Ukwama, Azimio Mswiswi, Ilongo, and villages in Mbarali District. Specifically, the trainings focused on the enforcement of village land use planning, land rights of vulnerable groups including women and youth, introduction to the village land registration process, the beneficiary contribution model, and dispute resolution. During the reporting period, LTA continued to make efforts to encourage beneficiaries in Mbeya, Mbarali, Kilolo, and Iringa villages to contribute for their CCROs. LTA participated in a number of meetings to meet with beneficiaries in Winome, Mawambala, Ukumbi, Masalali, and Isuka villages in Kilolo District, and in Itamba, Ukwama, Azimio Mswiswi, Ilongo, and villages in Mbarali District and in Kaning’ombe, Ibumila, and Sadani villages in Iringa District to encourage beneficiaries to make their contributions in accordance with the agreement they made with LTA. LTA continued laying the groundwork for ensuring the sustainability of its activity through a financially and organizationally viable successor NGO. In the reporting month, LTA’s Chief of Party and Deputy Chief of Party held meetings with FCDO, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Tanzania, and UN Women. The purposes of these meetings were to explore potential areas of collaboration in the land sector, and possibly secure funding for land registration activities.