Hoima Sugar Limited
TypePrivate
IndustryManufacture & Marketing of Sugar
Founded2016
HeadquartersKiswaza, Hoima District, Uganda
Key people
Sarbhjit Singh Rajima
Executive Director
ProductsSugar
Number of employees
5,000+ (2016)

Hoima Sugar Limited (HSL), also Hoima Sugar is a sugar manufacturer in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community.[1]

Location

The company headquarters and factory are located on an 8,000 acres (32 km2) estate in Kiswaza Village, Kiziranfumbi sub-county, Hoima District,[2] approximately 31 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Hoima, the nearest large city and location of the district headquarters.[3] The sugar plantation lies adjacent to Budongo Forest, home of the Ugandan mangabey, and host to an estimated 550 chimpanzees.[1] The coordinates of the factory are 1°15'09.0"N, 31°11'36.0"E (Latitude:1.252490; Longitude:31.193326).[4]

Overview

The company is a medium-sized sugar manufacturer, established in 2016, with production capacity of 1,500 metric tonnes daily. The factory had signed up 450 out-growers as at May 2016, with that number expected to grow to 2,000 by 2017. The total work force at the company is projected to grow to 5,000, once all systems are operational. A thermal power co-generation facility is planned. The total investment is calculated at US$42 million.[5]

Ownership

The business is owned by Rai Holdings.[6] The family-owned group has a 70 percent shareholding in Kinyara Sugar Works in neighboring Masindi District and also owns West Kenya Sugar Limited, and Sukari Industries both in Kenya.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Reuters (5 June 2019). "Trees or sugar? Conservationists, traditional kingdom clash over Ugandan forest". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 5 June 2019. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. ↑ Kidandi, Moses (2 May 2016). "Hoima Sugar Limited Expected To Employ Over 5,000 People". Kampala: Capital Radio Uganda. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Globefeed.com (24 June 2016). "Distance between Kiswaza Primary School, Hoima District, Western Region, Uganda and Hoima, Western Region, Uganda". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Google (24 June 2016). "Location of Hoima Sugar Limited" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Presidential Press Unit (2 May 2016). "President calls for adoption of commercial agriculture". Entebbe: Uganda State House. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Kivabulaya, Fredrick (2 May 2016). "President Museveni Launches New Hoima Sugar Factory". Kampala: Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Nation Reporter (11 April 2015). "Why sugar miller Rai is set to be on many lips". Daily Nation. Nairobi. Retrieved 24 June 2016.


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