Regularization of Urban Informal Landholdings: The Case of Adama City
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2019-01
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Addis Ababa University
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This paper aims to assess the process of regularization of urban informal landholdings and compares with the law. In conducting this research, both primary and secondary data qualitative research methods are employed. The regularization program is complex in nature and the times given by the law is inadequate, As a result, delays in the implementation of this activity created fear or threat of forced eviction up on people. This is because they are afraid that someday the government may evict them from their landholdings. Regularization by itself causes evection because possessors who do not fulfill the planning and parceling requirement will be evicted from their possessions. On the other hand, regularization encourages others to grab state or community land in the hope of getting regularized. As a result, regularization triggers development of informal landholdings. Findings of the study show that there has been insufficient capacity of implementation in the city’s land Administration. Thus the existing institutional set up and experts could not fit with the demands of the community who wants solution for the existing problems. The city Administration has no clear program to this regularization program and this shows that less emphasis was given to the program and there is no commitment to solve the problem of informal landholdings. There has no additional structure in the office for the regularization program and has no separate budget for the regularization program. The existence of strong social network in the community save many people from demolishing and evicted from their landholdings. Regularization has an effect on tenure security, economic development and political stability. As the Oromia regional state spent four years by formulating, amending and repealing regulation and directives. The city Administration executed regularization contrary to the law. For the program to be implemented effectively there should be well organized project office or department or team structurally at city level mandated to undertake regularization program which prioritizes prevention measure rather than regularization and eviction.
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Landholdings, Regularization of Urban