Dar es Salaam, Feb. 5 -- DODOMA: MEMBERS of Parliament have called upon the government to come up with a new arrangement for compensating individuals whose land is acquired for transport infrastructure projects.

The legislators made the call yesterday when deliberating on the 2024 Report tabled in Parliament by the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Infrastructure Development, Mr Selemani Kakoso.

According to the legislators, compensation for individuals whose land is acquired by the government during implementation of various transport infrastructure projects such as road, railway or airport construction has proven to be a daunting task, saying a new arrangement must now be devised to deal with the matter.

In the c...