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Resettlement Action Plan (Rap) for Kasulu- Manyovu Road Section Project First Draft THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MINISTRY OF WORKS, TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS (MoWTC) TANZANIA NATIONAL ROADS AGENCY (TANROADS HQ OFFICE) P. O. BOX 11346, Airtel House, Ali Hassan Mwinyi/Kawawa Road Junction Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [email protected] THE PROVISION OF CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND DETAILED ENGINEERING DESIGN OF THE NYAKANAZI-KASULU- MANYOVU/RUTUNGA-RUMONGE-BUJUMBURA ROAD Contract No. P&1/2/2/20/01 RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN (RAP) FOR KASULU- MANYOVU ROAD SECTION PROJECT FIRST DRAFT June, 2018 i RAP EXPERT ADDRESS: Michael Mpuya, P.O.BOX 32623, Dar es Salaam Mobile : 0783403028/ 0754403023 Email : [email protected] Expert’s Name Position/Responsibility Signature Michael Mpuya Sociologist Siège social 15 avenue du Centre CS 20538 Guyancourt 78286 SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES France Tel: +33 (0)1 39 41 40 00 PROPONENT’S CONTACT: TANROADS HQ OFFICE P. O. BOX 11346, Airtel House, Ali Hassan Mwinyi / Kawawa Road Junction Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [email protected] ii TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES......................................................................................................... VI LISTS OF PLATES ........................................................................................................ VI LISTS OF TABLES ....................................................................................................... VII ABBREVIATION AND ACRONYMS ........................................................................... VIII ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................ IX CHAPTER ONE: ............................................................................................................. 1 1.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................... 1 1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND ............................................................................................ 1 1.2 OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT FOR THE KASULU-MANYOVU ROAD SECTION ..................... 2 1.3 PROJECT RATIONALE ................................................................................................ 3 1.4 OBJECTIVE OF RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN ............................................................. 3 1.5 SCOPE OF DEVELOPMENT OF RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN ........................................ 3 1.6 METHODOLOGY USED FOR RAP PREPARATION ........................................................... 4 1.7 RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN REPORT STRUCTURE ................................................. 10 CHAPTER TWO............................................................................................................ 11 2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................... 11 CHAPTER THREE ........................................................................................................ 13 3.0 POTENTIAL IMPACTS ......................................................................................... 13 3.1INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 13 3.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS ..................................................................................... 13 3.2.1 Positives impacts ........................................................................................................................................ 13 3.2.2 Negative Impacts ....................................................................................................................................... 14 3.3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS IN THE PROJECT AFFECTED AREA .................................... 15 3.4 IMPACTED PROPERTIES ........................................................................................... 16 3.5 LOSS OF LIVELIHOOD .............................................................................................. 16 CHAPTER FOUR .......................................................................................................... 18 4.0 ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITY ........................................................... 18 4.1 RAP IMPLEMENTATION ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS ........................................ 18 4.2 INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION ............................................................................... 22 CHAPTER FIVE ............................................................................................................ 24 5.0 COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ........................................................................... 24 5.1CONSULTATION AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ....................................................... 24 5.2 OBJECTIVES OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION ..................................... 25 5.3 IDENTIFICATION OF STAKEHOLDERS FOR CONSULTATION ........................................... 25 5.4 PUBLIC CONSULTATIVE AND PARTICIPATORY MEETINGS ............................................ 26 5.4.1 Methods of stakeholder participation ........................................................................................................ 26 iii 5.4.2 Notification to stakeholders ....................................................................................................................... 27 5.4.3 Interviews with Household Heads .............................................................................................................. 27 5.4.4 Official meetings with Ward/Mtaa leaders ............................................................................................... 27 5.4.4 Meetings with Local Government officials ................................................................................................. 27 CHAPTER SIX .............................................................................................................. 31 6.0 SOCIO-ECONOMIC BASELINE INFORMATION ................................................... 31 6.1INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 31 6.2 SOCIAL SERVICES IN THE PROJECT AREA ................................................................. 31 6.3 OBJECTIVE OF CENSUS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEY ............................................ 32 6.4 METHODOLOGY FOR UNDERTAKING PAP CENSUS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE ..... 32 6.5 SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION FOR THE PAPS ............................................................ 32 6.6 LOCATION OF RESIDENCE OF THE PAPS IN THE SURVEYED HOUSEHOLDS .................... 34 6.7 USES OF PROJECT AFFECTED HOUSES ...................................................................... 34 6.8 BUILDINGS MATERIALS OF AFFECTED HOUSES ........................................................... 35 6.9 LAND OWNERSHIP AND MEANS OF LAND ACQUISITION ................................................ 36 6.10 GENDER ISSUES IN RELATION TO LAND AND PROPERTY OWNERSHIP ........................ 36 CHAPTER SEVEN ........................................................................................................ 38 7.0 POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................... 38 7.1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 38 7.2 POLICY .................................................................................................................. 38 7.2.1The National Land Policy (1995) ................................................................................................................. 38 7.2.2 National Human Settlements Development Policy (2000) ......................................................................... 39 7.2.3 The AfDB Involuntary Resettlement Policy (2003 approved in 1990) ........................................................ 39 7.3 LEGISLATION .......................................................................................................... 41 7.3.1 Land Act [1999] .......................................................................................................................................... 41 7.3.2 Land Acquisition Act Number 47 of 1967 ................................................................................................... 43 7.3.3 Compensation Disputes Section 13 (1) ....................................................................................................... 44 7.3.3 Urban Planning Act of 2007 ....................................................................................................................... 44 7.3.4 Land Use Planning Act of 2007 .................................................................................................................. 45 7.3.5 The Road Act of 2007 ................................................................................................................................. 45 7.3.6 Road Sector Compensation and Resettlement Guidelines ......................................................................... 45 7.4 GAP ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL LAWS VIS-À-VIS AFDB RESETTLEMENT POLICY .............. 46 CHAPTER EIGHT ......................................................................................................... 56 8.0 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................................ 56 CHAPTER NINE ........................................................................................................... 59 9.0 MECHANISMS FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS
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