The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has enumerated 64,233 land titles under the National Land Titling Project since the beginning of this year.
Ministry Permanent Secretary, Ndashe Yumba says 53,453 titles are ready to be issued to anyone who is willing to pay the statutory fees but the challenge is that people do not seem to be in a hurry to collect their titles.
Speaking in an interview with Zambian Business Times-ZBT, Yumba said 3827 titles have been given to individuals who have paid the statutory fees which vary depending on the area with the lowest being K660.
Yumba also said that 6630 offer letters have been collected and has urged individuals to come forward and pay the required statutory fees which will enable them to collect the title deeds.
The government has collaborated with Medici Land Governance who will conduct the project and it wishes to provide four million land titles in a period of seven years with 250, 000 land titles being issued before the end of the year 2021.
Yumba added that the programme will create employment opportunities in the country as each province will require a team that will be handling data collection and other matters related to the project.
The project will enable the country to increase the issuance of land titles which was standing at 300, 000.
