Dar es Salaam, Sept. 28 -- LOOKING to curb land related conflicts and address shortage of farming and grazing plots, the government gave out a total of 900,000 acres of land to nearly 1000 villages in the past five years.

Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) Ideology and Publicity Secretary, Mr Humphrey Polepole said yesterday that the fifth-phase government will go down in history as one that resolved the biggest number of land disputes in the country during its first term.

He said President John Magufuli, who is also a Chairman of CCM, formed a team of ministers to go around the country for the purpose. He said upon the completion of the job, he gave out 900,000 acres of land to ordinary citizens.

Mr Polepole was responding to some issues raise...