The government has cautioned Zambians against selling land to foreigners.
Lands Minister Jean Kapata says Zambians should think of their children before selling land to foreigners.
Ms. Kapata says currently the law does not allow the government to stop individuals from selling land to whoever they want.
She told ZNBC News that it is sad that people have taken advantage of this to sell land to foreign nationals without considering the implications of their decisions.
The Minister has expressed sadness that the government is being accused of giving out land to foreigners when it is the individuals who are doing so.
Ms. Kapata said the new land policy will only allow foreigners to own land for investments.
She said the policy also provides for investors to surrender the land to the government in a case where they decide to close their business.
Why don’t you push for a law amendment to make it illegal for a foreigner to own our land? This would be more patriotic than some of these controversial bills you are wasting our precious time on.
These clueless people in government never cease to amaze us. You don’t “caution” people or urge them not to sell land. You have to CREATE A LAW! People only respect punishment. Create a law with stiff penalties for people selling land to foreigners and you’ll see things change for the better. You all need to be fired, starting with clueless Lungu. Because apparently you don’t seem to know what you’re doing. We don’t want to wake up one day and the whole country is in the hands of foreigners. Sell land only to foreigners who have permanent residence or naturalized citizenship. But even these, sell them One PLOT, just enough for one house. That’s it. Don’t sell acres up acres to foreigners. Create a law.
Says the minister who degazetted a forest reserve and allocated herself the land. We look forward to the day when we will have capable leaders not these clowns.
ECL, Lie Detector and Chuma – you guys are talking common sense. That is not a language this government comprehends. You are all spot on. Unfortunately they’d rather listen to thieving cadres.
Make it impossible for a foreigner to buy land.
Make it possible for foreigners to lease land
Ask Chitimululu how that can be done.
Never seen such a brainless cabinet in my entire life and I am not young…
Step in the right direction.This is commendable. A policy provides a good basis for relevant legislation.
@2 Ba Rev..WHERE IS POLICY HERE??Some one after selling off the country has come to blindfold and you say “policy,policy…”
YOU ARE LITERALLY THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE AND CAN MAKE THIS FUTURE PROBLEM GO AWAY WE ELECTED YOU TO PROTECT US EVEN FROM OURSELVES. 99 YEAR LEASE ON LAND IS TO LONG FOR FOREIGNERS MAKE IT TEN OR SOMETHING THEN LAND REVERTS TO GOVERNMENT ACT DON’T TALK. FOREIGNERS BUY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE MONEY AND WE SALE BECAUSE WE DON’T BUT SALEING FOR 99YEASR LEASE IS TO LONG FOR FOREIGNERS
Let’s grab land from foreigners but must be conducted within the law. Let’s hasten the law amendment in this regard. We are a population of ~ 16 Million of which 46% are children in the age group 1-14 years. Now you know the importance of our land to our children. For the second time Hon. J Kapata makes sense and looks good. The first was when she along with her twin sister Nkandu L stopped Scott G from exercising his whiteness index over us the chroma and made sure power skewed towards Edgar CL. Again I can’t wait to celebrate you Kapata when we amend the law making it unlawful for foreigners to own land. Remember God stopped creating land. This is all land we have for Zambians.
Is this a joke when pf are the ones giving out land to the Chinese in very corrupt ways. Please do not think we are I.d.i.o.ts. learn to shut mouth if you have nothing worty saying. Meanwhile today we are travelling to Scotland with my whlte wlfe. She has family there. A fact of the day is that the first whlte woman I slept with was Scottish and was very attractive.
what an wonderful comment, please proof read your statements before posting them online. As an academic that is married to a white man I distance myself from your morbid comment. I certainly sound more educated than both you and you wife who maybe on welfare.
What about Mukula?
Some of these can only be resolved by HH.
Says Mama Mukula, who has depleted Zambia’s Mukula, & sold it to foreigners.
Zambian’s, DON’T be like Mama Jean Mukula. This woman has no ounce of shame.
Institutionalised xenophobia.
You don’t know what you are talking about. Xenophobia??? We need to protect our land if you want to support them go and ask for land in their country.
The Special One…protecting land from foreigners is not xenophobia, you ignoramus. The Chinese buy acres of land cheaply and then resell it at exorbitant prices to unsuspecting poor Zambians. Is that what you want? Or maybe you’re a Chinese yourself ?
PLease educate me, Isn’t this the very Government that has been selling prime land in Lusaka’s Silverrest area all the way to Kyundu ranch and Chongwe? If ba lands minister has got nothing to do, join the STOP Minning in the Lower Zambezi campaign that Land is meant for our wildlife not minning. Surely, do we always have to tell you how to do your job?
Make a law to prevent people doing that. In fact the govt can refuse to give legal titles to foreigners.
It’s ignorance and carelessness on the part of ‘eat now and worry later’ Zambians. After colonisation, you would not believe this is happening.
In 2011 you brought all this malabishi by putting thieves to run affairs of the nation, Sata, lungu and all lot of them are the people you gave keys to drive the car, they have driven the car into deep holes, fire tender#1and #2, mikulak, 48 houses without owners, list is endless. Why even waste time to talk that maybe thieves can change heart. Their followers like Sharon on this forum think they’re doing a great job. Their punishment to all the pain and suffering they have caused to the nation will be not by us by the almighty Jah
More blessings and this time vote change
You yourselves can never be trusted. Who do you think u can deceive? You speak with lots of hypocricy. You mean the chinese in your constituence and somalians in ndola are building on rented land? You mean u dont know. You process titles and tell us u dont know? You are really irritating to say the least. Get serious and grow up.
Government should implement laws foreigners can buy house but cannot buy land
Land belongs to indigenous Zambians have look in other countries they respect their citizens not just by talking but by implementing the laws and if you are found you will face the mighty law
In Zambia every thing is easy for the foreign to what they like, you are planting a time boom
When other countries fight foreign you other wise