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Article

9 Nov 2017

Author:
Chrispin Gerald, The Guardian (Tanzania)

Tanzania: Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance calls for compensation of locals from railway reserve; say exercise violated human rights standards

"Demolition victims should be paid, human rights body asserts"

The Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance [has called for]...victims of the recent demolition of structures built railway reserve to be compensated because the exercise was conducted in violation of human rights and the national constitution. Presenting its final verdict on a petition lodged by a committee representing those whose houses were bulldozed by Reli Assets Holding Company (RAHCO), CHRAGG Chairman Bahame Nyanduga directed that estimates of the losses be carried out and the victims compensated accordingly...

In March this year, the government through RAHCO conducted a demolition exercise targeting structures located railway reserves in Dar es Salaam. CHRAGG asked the government to halt the exercise and hold an audience with the commission first to discuss public complaints submitted to the commission against the exercise. However, RAHCO knowingly violated the call for a meeting and instead went ahead with the demolition exercise on behalf of the government.