Moses Ssempala the LCI Chairperson of Bulingo; a village next to the rice estate says the Chinese are already luring residents in the area to sell off their pieces of land for rice growing.
Juliet Namakula, one of the affected residents blames the Chinese Investors of Zhong Rice Estates; currently operating in Lwera, for interfering with the Lake Victoria shorelines as they draw water for irrigating their plantations.