Amuru Sugar Works Limited
Private | |
Industry | Manufacture & distribution of sugar |
Headquarters | Amuru District, Uganda |
Key people |
Mayur Madhvani, chief executive officer of the Madhvani Group |
Products | Sugar |
Amuru Sugar Works Limited (ASWL) is a proposed sugar manufacturing company in the Northern Region of Uganda.[1]
Location
The factory and sugar plantation would be located south of the Zoka Forest in Amuru District, Acholi sub-region.[1] This location would be approximately 130 kilometres (81 mi), by road, northwest of Gulu, the largest city in the Northern Region.[2]
Overview
Sometime before 2010, the Madhvani Group applied to lease 40,000 acres (63 sq mi), in Amuru District for the purpose of establishing a commercial sugar plantation and a factory. Uganda's central and district governments consented to the deal, but the communities of residents, through their traditional leaders, objected.[3] In September 2010, a group of members of parliament from the Acholi sub-region sued the Madhvani Group and the traditional chiefs over the matter of "land giveaway".[4] In 2012, the Madhvani Group won that case.[5] The most contentious issues are "who owns the land?" and "who has the right to determine how that land can be used?"[6]
See also
References
- 1 2 Wesonga, Nelson (24 January 2015). "Amuru Sugar Works: What is in it for Uganda?". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ↑ GFC (29 February 2016). "Distance between Zoka Forest, East Moyo, Northern Region, Uganda and Gulu, Northern Region, Uganda". Globeeed.com (GFC). Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ↑ Lawino, Sam (12 August 2012). "Residents Seek UN Intervention Over Land Evictions In Amuru". Acholi Times. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ↑ Eriku, James (9 September 2010). "Acholi MPs sue Madhvani and kingdom over land giveaway". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ↑ Monitor Team (5 February 2012). "Madhvani wins Amuru land case". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ↑ Nantaba, Agnes (20 September 2015). "Amuru land grab". The Independent (Uganda). Kampala. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
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