The Minister of Lands, Housing and Housing Development, Dr Angeline Mabula has launched a book known as 'Building the Just City in Tanzania: Essays on Urban Housing' prepared by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftng (FES).

The book is a collection of essays with content that carries various messages that contribute to the planning and development of cities and the administrative system that can affect the availability of affordable housing for all and the conditions or procedure for acquiring land that is the basis of housing.

Speaking at the launch of the book in Dodoma today, March 21, 2023, Minister Mabula has asked stakeholders in the property development sector to help the government to speed up the development of safe and well-planned cities.

He said planning and surveying stakeholders are welcome to increase the speed of planning and land surveying to enable Tanzanians to get land planned and surveyed to avoid or get rid of arbitrary construction and thus have cities that are in a planned order.

"I have found that there are policy recommendations for the central government, local government authorities and other stakeholders that all aim to contribute to improving the availability of adequate, suitable and safe affordable housing" said Dr. Mabula.

The worthy mayor of Dodoma, Professor Davis Mwamfupe said that in many cities, their development is going differently from ambitious plans due to the limited capacity of the council in implementing the plan, which he explained contributes to the growth of arbitrary cities.

"Implementation of the master plan, for my part, I see that the councils have little ability to manage, the central government should be a major stakeholder in this matter," said Professor Mwamfupe.