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consultation only in the beginning of the negotiations, President Museveni has also tried to convince the residents to give the land up for the project in 2012. The community is urged to form a committee to discuss this project with the government and Madhvani Group. The residents have been assured that the land will not be grabbed without community involvement. It appears that consultation with the community is increasing. The state was involved in violence and bribery in an effort to evict local inhabitants and secure land for the company. In January 2015, clan leaders and MPs were seen in Rakitura (President Museveni’s countryside residence) for the signing of an agreement to avail 10,000 ha of land to the investor in return for compensation to all affected members.

The community have responded to the project in several ways. Women from the Amuru District stripped naked in a protest against this project. Communities also attacked the Amuru Sugar Works caravan of surveyors and technicians. The President travelled twice to Amuru in the aftermath of the protest and in May 2012 in order to convince the people about the portrayed benefits of the project.

All family farmers, around the village of Lakang. The state was involved in violence and bribery in an effort to evict local inhabitants and secure land for the company.

promised: jobs, schools, hospitals, roads, but so far "no clear compensation roadmap" (see comment: "Museveni’s double standards?"). As a result of this project Amuru residents wanted to invade game reserves in the district for grazing and harvesting, some residents have already been evicted from the game park. Resistance was successful in delaying the project but state and capital have recently regrouped and are trying to revive the project through a new strategy. In January 2015, clan leaders and MPs were seen in Rakitura (President Museveni’s countryside residence) for the signing of an agreement to avail 10,000 ha of land to the investor in return for compensation to all affected members.

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