Summary: In Arua District, residents of Pajulu-Olevu village in Ajia sub-county, are among the locals residing in the neighborhood of a tobacco processing plant - Meridian Tobacco Company. In community engagements and stakeholder meetings in West-Nile, the plight of communities affected by the Meridian Tobacco company was shared. The community has suffered and complained of the pungent smell which attracts flies all year round, discharge of factory effluents into nearbycommunity streams for the past eight years.

Start Date: May 31, 2021

End Date: June 2, 2021

Location: West Nile Region