[1] 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, north-west of Gulu, the largest city in the Northern Region of Uganda.
[2] 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.
[3] In September 2010, parliament members from the Acholi sub-region sued the Madhvani Group and the traditional chiefs over the "land giveaway".
"[6] On 13 January 2015, State House announced that the community had agreed to withdraw the court case and accept compensation for the land in contention.