This is John Muyisa from Kalangala, Uganda. John woke up one day to find bulldozers clearing his land to plant oil palms. Source: Friends of the Earth International
Within Uganda multiple forms of land tenure are recognized by the Ugandan government. One form that is unique to a specific area of this country is the “Mailo” system, in which the majority of farmers are tenants of a small, elite group of land owners. The district of Kalangala falls under this type of ownership regime and as the following video will show, when land is sold off, tenant farmers are often forcibly displaced from their land and livelihoods.
Courtesy of Friends of the Earth International: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=17QxF61PVC4