Tanzania, April 18 -- Dar es Salaam. The government is planning to repossess dormant land issued for mineral research and distribute it to small-scale miners to increase the youth's scope of benefiting from available opportunities in the country.

Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa issued the government's position in Parliament on Thursday, April 18, 2024, during the Questions to the Prime Minister Session held every sitting Thursday.

Mr Majaliwa was responding to a question from Mr Boniphace Butondo (Kishapu MP-CCM), who sought to know the government's plans to control hoarding of large pieces of land acquired for mineral research and development.

The lawmaker believes that continuing to remain in the hands of the said researchers denies s...