Mzuzu-(MaraviPost)—People’s Land Organisation (PLO) has resuscitated the land reclaiming battle from tea estates owners in Mulanje and Thyolo Districts.
According to one of the trustees of the organisation, Vincent Wandale, local owners of the land in the districts want to have their land back, allegedly snatched by foreign estates owners years ago.
“The fight is not by me as such, I am just one of the trustees. So, the fight is still on, it has never stopped. The issue of land is still intact. There is no way we can just sit back. Our land was stolen; there is evidence at the Office of the President and Cabinet. It is everywhere that the land was stolen and the people that are calling to that land know what they are saying. They are saying a lie; the land belongs to us,’ ranted Wandale.
Commenting on the development, Minister of Land and Urban Development, Kezzie Msukwa, said government is available to help all Malawians embroiled in land disputes.
Msukwa said: “Government is always available to solve problems of all Malawians including issues to do with land that is there in Thyolo. We will come to the gist of the matter so that we are able to understand what the real issues are so that we should be able to help wherever possible; but as government, we are always willing to help the people.”
Reports indicate that people in Mulanje and Thyolo are the worst hit with matters of land disputes with only 0.2 hectares being possessed by aborigines and the rest of it is under foreign ownership.
The foreign land owners, on the other hand, claim they acquired the land lawfully.
