Those who try to return to their ancestral lands find that the government has already leased their lands to foreign investors who are hurriedly bulldozing forests, farms, and wetlands in order to grow commercial crops of agro fuels, tea, spices, rice, and sugar cane, mostly for export. 
Wale wanaojaribu kurudi kwenye ardhi zao za asili wanakuta tayari serikali imeshaigawa ardhi hiyo kwa wawekezaji wa kigeni ambao kwa haraka haraka wanasafisha maeneo hayo kwa kuondoa mapori, mashamba yaliyokuwepo na vichaka ili kupata nafasi ya kulima mazao ya kibiashara kama vile ufuta, chai, viungo, mchele, na sukari, ambapo mazao mengi yanakusudiwa kuuzwa nje ya nchi.