Agilis Partners has received financial support from the Dutch Oak Tree Foundation, USAID, and the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC). Since 2022, it has been funded by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation to support 6,000 smallholder farmers, enhance maize production, provide a digital marketplace, and improve agricultural processes. The main financial backers are the World Bank and the governments of the United States and the Netherlands.

The native communities accused Agilis Partners for scheming with Uganda Police and Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) to forcefully grab their land for agribusiness. They also accused workers of Agilis Partners Limited burnt down their houses, razed down dozens of schools and hospitals, cut down people’s crops, illegally detained outspoken community leaders, used excessive force and live ammunition to grab their land. In 2017, families whose land is targeted by multinationals have experienced cruelty ranging from rape, defilement, and gender-based violence as a tool to evict women and girls, houses have been torched, kidnaps, torture, arbitrary arrests, to beatings, among others.According to her, a dozen of women and young girls have been sexually abused and harassed in their area, because they resisted surrendering their land to the company.On the fateful day of 18th August 2020, Opondo had gone to pick her pieces of stuff at a nearby Bweyale town. While returning home at about 8:00 pm, she was attacked and sexually abused by a private security guard attached to one of the multinational companies involved in large-scale agribusinesses. The rapist attacker her from behind and tried to strangle her neck and grabbed her mouth, and hit her to the ground. Opondo, she had have already received several threats and warnings from the agents of her evictors (Agilis Partners Limited). Ever since the government of Uganda announced the second lockdown, on 6th June 2021, to curb the spread of COVID-19 and a blanket lockdown further on June, 18th 2021, dozens of local farmers are crying foul for their gardens that have been ravaged their gardens and destroyed food crops by animals brought by multinationals including Agilis Partners Limited.Mr. Samuel Kusiima is among the residents affected, he said all his crops including maize, beans, banana plantations, and groundnuts have been destroyed.

The native communities accused Agilis Partners for scheming with Uganda Police and Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) to forcefully grab their land for agribusiness. They also accused workers of Agilis Partners Limited burnt down their houses, razed down dozens of schools and hospitals, cut down people’s crops, illegally detained outspoken community leaders, used excessive force and live ammunition to grab their land. In 2017, families whose land is targeted by multinationals have experienced cruelty ranging from rape, defilement, and gender-based violence as a tool to evict women and girls, houses have been torched, kidnaps, torture, arbitrary arrests, to beatings, among others.According to her, a dozen of women and young girls have been sexually abused and harassed in their area, because they resisted surrendering their land to the company.On the fateful day of 18th August 2020, Opondo had gone to pick her pieces of stuff at a nearby Bweyale town. While returning home at about 8:00 pm, she was attacked and sexually abused by a private security guard attached to one of the multinational companies involved in large-scale agribusinesses. The rapist attacker her from behind and tried to strangle her neck and grabbed her mouth, and hit her to the ground. Opondo, she had have already received several threats and warnings from the agents of her evictors (Agilis Partners Limited). Ever since the government of Uganda announced the second lockdown, on 6th June 2021, to curb the spread of COVID-19 and a blanket lockdown further on June, 18th 2021, dozens of local farmers are crying foul for their gardens that have been ravaged their gardens and destroyed food crops by animals brought by multinationals including Agilis Partners Limited.Mr. Samuel Kusiima is among the residents affected, he said all his crops including maize, beans, banana plantations, and groundnuts have been destroyed. In July 2024, Witness Radio articl reported that a security guard employed by Agilis Partners Limited allegedly committed sexual violence against a local woman. Over 2500 residents forcibly evicted from more than 2000 hectares of land. Issues Faced: Intimidation, lack of fair compensation, no alternative settlement provided.

Advocacy groups urge the World Bank and other financial backers to support an independent investigation into these abuses and to hold Agilis Partners Limited accountabl

occupied and cultivated by local and indigenous communities

The company has another deal (deal #7682) Agilis is the largest producer of grains and oilseeds in Uganda through Asili Farms, the group's farming division.

The company has another deal (deal #7682) Agilis is the largest producer of grains and oilseeds in Uganda through Asili Farms, the group's farming division.