Amuru Sugar Works Limited

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. 1 2 Wesonga, Nelson (24 January 2015). "Amuru Sugar Works: What is in it for Uganda?". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. Lawino, Sam (12 August 2012). "Residents Seek UN Intervention Over Land Evictions In Amuru". Acholi Times. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  4. Eriku, James (9 September 2010). "Acholi MPs sue Madhvani and kingdom over land giveaway". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  5. Monitor Team (5 February 2012). "Madhvani wins Amuru land case". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  6. Nantaba, Agnes (20 September 2015). "Amuru land grab". The Independent (Uganda). Kampala. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

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Coordinates: 02°54′13″N 31°41′58″E / 2.90361°N 31.69944°E / 2.90361; 31.69944

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