learnt that the Ministry of Lands is misinformed about the land that can be
distributed at Rivers Farm. According to their map the total arable land is 200
hectares. However on the ground there is only 8 hectares of land for crop
production, the rest is a mountain range. He also highlighted that the land that was
allocated to the families from Arnold Farm was their grazing land such that it was
an inconvenience to them.
Only 5 families were resettled at Nyandirwe farm and each family was allocated
six (6) hectares of land. These were granted offer letters and were better placed in
terms of security of tenure. Rivers and Nyandirwe farms where people were
resettled had been largely used for animal husbandry as the land is unsuitable for
crop production. The land is sandy and arid and this will make it impossible for the
resettled people to resort back to normal livelihoods without the assistance of the
government. Even though the land at Lazy farm is fertile, some of the resettled
villagers complained that the land was waterlogged and was prone to flooding.
6.4.3 The
Right
to
Health
Services,
Including
Maternal
Services
and
Immunizations
The Constitution in Section 76 provides for the right to have access to basic health
care services including reproductive health care services. The nearest clinic to both
Lazy and Nyandirwe farm is called Ceaser Clinic and it is more than fifteen (15)
kilometres away from the settlements. Due to the bad dusty roads the transport
network is bad, which hampers access to the clinic. This has made it difficult for the
disabled, the aged, the sick and for parents to actively take part in immunizations of
their children due to the limited mobility to access the clinic.
6.4.4 The Right to Education
When the evictions were carried out there was no consideration for the right of the
affected children to education. At the time of the visit there was 1 (one) primary
school and one secondary school. The primary school Hawk Ridge was said to be
about five (5) kilometres away which is quite a long distance considering the ages of
the primary school going children. The nearest secondary school Ceaser was said
to be far from the resettlements such that it was not possible for the children to walk
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