This land, spanning 10,000 hectares, encompasses several villages including Kololo, Omee, Pailyec, Lwak Obito, Lujoro, and Bana within Lakang sub-county, Amuru district.Sometime before 2010, the Madhvani Group applied to lease 40,000 acres (63 sq mi) in Amuru District to establish a commercial sugar plantation and a factory.It was planned that the sugar estate would sit on 40,000 hectares. 20,000 hectares would be a nucleus estate for the factory and the remaining acreage would be leased out to sugarcane outgrowers

Production of sugarcane

The project stalled at inception. Investment estimated at USD 100 million. 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.

The project stalled at inception. Investment estimated at USD 100 million. 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 2017, the government acquired the land through a survey and provided compensation to the original landowners. This was intended to facilitate the establishment of a sugarcane plantation and a sugar factory by Madhvani Sugar Factory. However, no developmental activities have taken place on the land since then, rendering it unused and susceptible to occupation

The sugar estate and factory are expected to create an estimated 8,000 jobs.

Amuru Sugar Project /Amuru Sugar Works Limited

Madhvani Group would supply equipment to clear, plough and furrow the land as well as distribute treated cane seeds and give technical advice on agricultural matters.

Madhvani Group would supply equipment to clear, plough and furrow the land as well as distribute treated cane seeds and give technical advice on agricultural matters. The entire project is budgeted at approximately US$100 million.

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. Locals say investors should hold direct talks with landowners and farmers, instead of the government intervening.

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. Locals say investors should hold direct talks with landowners and farmers, instead of the government intervening. September 2010, parliament members from the Acholi sub-region sued the Madhvani Group and the traditional chiefs over the "land giveaway"

In the past three years, the government has been compensating landowners whose land was identified and surveyed to pave the way for the commencement of the infrastructural development of the area for sugar manufacturing by the Madhvani Group. So far, just four people remain uncompensated out of the over 50 initial landowners

sugar factory will be established

Resistance from the local community 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 community members.

Resistance from the local community 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 community members. No production has started on the land. More than 100 land owners out of 209 project-affected persons have so far been compensated by the government for 9,098 hectares of land out of the proposed 10,000 hectares