According to the Lands Act Chapter 184 of the Laws of Zambia, customary land cannot be bought or sold; it can only be transferred. This implies that the land is held in trust by the chiefs for the community. The traditional leaders only have the authority to allocate land for use to the community members; the chiefs’ way such land can be sold is when it is converted to state land. Interestingly, there is a rampant practice of selling and buying without converting across the country, a status quo that questions the effectiveness of the government in implementing its statutory...
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