Deal #1976 Version #56445

5,500 hectares of land were allocated from the Sempa Family, and 3,000 hectares out of public land in the same district for this project. However the land was occupied by illegal squatters, as it was not being used by the Sempa Family.

The Sempa family were not using the land. Illegal squatters were growing coffee, bananas, cassava and potatoes on some of the land.

Approximately 3600 hectares of natural forest was removed to plant oil palms- causing severe environmental degradation and water pollution. The operations occur on an island of Lake Victoria which has high biodiversity.