Kakira Sugar Works

The main factories of the company are located in the town of Kakira, in Jinja District, Eastern Uganda. This location lies approximately {{convert|16|km|mi}}, by road, northeast of Jinja, the nearest large town.{{cite web|title=Road Distance Between Jinja And Kakira With Map|publisher=Globefeed.com|accessdate=13 July 2014| url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Kakira%20%28Jinja%29&toplace=Jinja%20%28Jinja%29&fromlat=0.5083333&tolat=0.4244444&fromlng=33.2877778&tolng=33.2041667}} Kakira is located approximately {{convert|100|km|mi}}, by road, east of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country.{{cite web|accessdate=13 July 2014| url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Kakira%20%28Jinja%29&toplace=Kampala%20%28%29&fromlat=0.5083333&tolat=0.3155556&fromlng=33.2877778&tolng=32.5655556|

title=Map Showing Kampala And Kakira With Distance Marker| publisher=Globefeed.com}} The coordinates of the main factory are:0°30'36.0"N, 33°17'24.0"E (Latitude:0.5100; Longitude:33.2900).{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B030'36.0%22N+33%C2%B017'24.0%22E/@0.51,33.29,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0|title=Location of Kakira Sugar Works at Google Maps|

accessdate=13 July 2014|publisher= Google Maps}} In addition to the factories in Kakira, the company maintains a corporate office along 5th Street, in Bugoloobi, in Kampala Industrial Area, and offices and warehouses, in Kakira, Jinja and Kampala.

Kakira Sugar Works is the largest manufacturer of sugar in Uganda, producing an estimated 165,000 metric tonnes of sugar annually, accounting for about 47 percent of the national output in 2011.{{cite web|title=Kakira Doubles Sugar Production |date=8 December 2008 |access-date=13 July 2014 |author=Barbara Among | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/663560|publisher=New Vision |url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022153358/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/663560 |archivedate=22 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-05/ugandan-sugar-producers-plan-to-invest-197-million-to-expand-diversify.html|title=Ugandan Sugar Producers Plan to Invest $197 Million to Expand, Diversify |author=Fred Ojambo |date=5 April 2011 |access-date=13 June 2014 |work=Bloomberg News}}

Kinyara Sugar Works in Masindi District is Uganda's second-largest sugar manufacturer, accounting for about 31% of annual national output. Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited (SCOUL), in Buikwe District, accounts for about 17% of national production. The remaining 5% (about 15,000 metric tonnes annually), is produced by Sango Bay Estates Limited, in Sango Bay, Kyotera District.(See Annual Production & Market Share Among Uganda's Sugar Manufacturers)

The sugar produced by the companies is marketed to the Eastern African countries of South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. Kakira Sugar Works is the flagship business of the Madhvani Group of Companies, the largest conglomerate in Uganda, accounting for over 10% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of Uganda in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.kakirasugar.com/content/our-history|title=Kakira Sugar Works: Our History|year=2011|publisher=Kakira Sugar Works|accessdate=13 July 2014}} Kakira Sugar Works possesses its own social infrastructure : free schools for employees' children, roads, hospitals, staff housing...{{cite book |last=Flick |first=David |date=2007 |title=Africa: Continent of Economic Opportunity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GRMiBgAAQBAJ&q=%22Kakira+Sugar+Works%22+Madhvani+Group&pg=PA349 |location= |publisher=SE Publisher |page=349 |isbn=978-1-919855-44-8 |access-date=5 April 2015 }}

In 1920, the Vithaldas Haridas & Company, under the management of Muljibhai Madhvani, a twenty-six-year-old Indian-born Ugandan businessman, entrepreneur, industrialist and philanthropist, purchased {{convert|800|acres|km2}} of land, in Kakira, between Jinja and Iganga, for the purpose of starting a sugar factory.{{cite web|url=http://www.kakirasugar.com/content/our-history|title=About us|publisher=Kakirasugar.com|accessdate=5 April 2015}} Muljibhai later became the managing director of Vithaldas Haridas & Company. That sugar complex, later renamed Kakira Sugar Works, opened in 1930. By adding to the original parcel of land, through purchases, the company land holdings at Kakira, were in excess of {{convert|9500|ha|mi2}}, as of April 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/25/641686|title=From India, Penniless, Madhvani Made A Fortune in Uganda|publisher=New Vision|date=29 July 2008|accessdate=13 July 2014|last=Odongo|first=Jacobs|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710122906/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/25/641686|archivedate=10 July 2015}} The sugar manufacturing complex at Kakira employs over 7,500 people, according to the company website.

In 1987, Kakira Sugar Works went through a $59.38 million rehabilitation program funded by the World Bank and the African Development Bank. In 2000, the Madhvani group acquired 100% of Kakira Sugar Works' shares.

Kakira Sugar Works is a (100%) subsidiary of the Madhvani Group, based in Kakira, Uganda. The Group's shareholding is private and is not widely, publicly known.

{{asof|November 2013}}, Kakira Sugar Works Limited had gone through a USh 191 billion (about US$75 million) factory expansion and upgrade. USh 76.5 billion (about US$30 million), was raised through a 10-year corporate bond on the Uganda Securities Exchange, and the remainder was sourced from local banks. This upgrade boosted the factory's sugarcane crushing capacity to 7,500 tonnes per day. The co-generation capacity of Kakira Power Station, was also increased from 22 Megawatts to 52 Megawatts.{{cite web|access-date=16 November 2018 | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Kakira-Sugar-issues-Shs76b-bond-to-raise-capital-for-expansion/-/688322/2073170/-/6ghfnmz/-/index.html |title=Kakira Sugar Issues Shs76 Billion Bond To Raise Capital For Expansion | newspaper=Daily Monitor |last=Kulabako |first=Faridah | date=15 November 2013 |location=Kampala}}

In November 2016, Kakira Sugar Works started production of industrial-grade ethanol, distilled from molasses, produced as a by-product of sugar manufacturing. The ethanol distillery, was constructed by Praj Industries of India, at a cost of USh 133 billion (US$36.6 million). The distillery is expected to process the 74,000 metric tonnes of molasses that the sugar mill produces annually, into {{convert|20000000|L|0}} of "fuel grade anhydrous ethanol".{{cite web|title=Kakira Sugar opens Shs130b ethanol plant |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Markets/Kakira-Sugar-opens-ethanol-plant/688606-3510214-format-xhtml-va9t8i/index.html |newspaper=Daily Monitor |date=9 January 2017 |access-date=16 November 2018 |first=Isaac |last=Mufumba | location=Kampala}}{{cite web |date=23 February 2017 |url=https://mobile.monitor.co.ug/specialreports/Kakira-factory-turning-sugarcane-waste-fuel/2470144-3823588-format-xhtml-e2g9m5/index.html |title=How Kakira factory is turning sugarcane waste into fuel |newspaper=Daily Monitor Mobile |access-date=16 November 2018 |first=Isaac |last=Mufumba |location=Kampala |archive-date=16 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116215948/https://mobile.monitor.co.ug/specialreports/Kakira-factory-turning-sugarcane-waste-fuel/2470144-3823588-format-xhtml-e2g9m5/index.html |url-status=dead }}

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• Kakira
• Jinja
• Jinja District
• Madhvani Group
• Muljibhai Madhvani
• Kakira Power Station
• Uganda Sugar Factories

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• [http://www.kakirasugar.com/ Web site of Kakira Sugar Works]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20150710122906/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/25/641686 Profile of Muljibhai Madhvani At Newvision.co.ug]
• [http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1187442/-/ch67oy/-/index.html Uganda's Total Annual Sugar Production To Hit 350,000 Metric Tonnes In 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222611/http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1187442/-/ch67oy/-/index.html |date=3 March 2016 }}
• [http://www.ugandasugar.org/ Website of Uganda Sugar Cane Technologists’ Association (USCTA)]
• [https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Madhvani-in--30m-bond-/-/2558/2066998/-/6e1b46z/-/index.html Madhvani Group In US$30 Million Bond On The USE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001530/http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Madhvani-in--30m-bond-/-/2558/2066998/-/6e1b46z/-/index.html |date=4 March 2016 }}

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