Njeru

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| official_name = Njeru

| image_skyline = Njeru Uganda Str.jpg

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| image_caption = Njeru, Uganda

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Central Region

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Buikwe District

| subdivision_type3 = County

| subdivision_name3 = Buikwe County

| subdivision_type4 = Constituency

| subdivision_name4 = Buikwe North

| leader_title = Member of Parliament

| leader_name = Kakoba Onyango

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| population_as_of = 2020 Estimate

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| population_total = 178800

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| timezone = EAT

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| coordinates = {{coord|0|25|52|N|33|08|52|E|region:UG|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_m = 1100

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Njeru is a town in Buikwe District, in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the largest town in the district. It is mainly a residential town. However, it hosts industries such as East African Packaging Solutions Limited, a manufacturer of paper packaging supplies, Nile Breweries Limited, a subsidiary of AB InBev and Nyanza Textile Industries Limited (Nytil), a textile manufacturer.{{cite web| newspaper=Daily Monitor | url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Nytil-moving-textile-ladder-turbulent-past/688322-3163324-28ibsm/index.html | title=Nytil Is Moving Up The Textile Ladder After A Turbulent Past |date=17 April 2016 |author=Ismail Musa Ladu |access-date=5 January 2020 | location=Kampala}}

Location

Njeru is located approximately {{convert|38|km|0}} northeast of Buikwe, where the district headquarters are located.{{google maps|title=Road Distance Between Buikwe And Njeru | url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Njeru/Buikwe/@0.3492949,32.8690191,10.5z/data=!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x177e7be1b33fe749:0xc6466f47bd92f662!2m2!1d33.1492106!2d0.4263679!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dded1f0932639:0xc64bd141115f53b3!2m2!1d32.9888319!2d0.3144046!3e0!5i1 |

access-date=5 January 2021}} This location lies about {{convert|7.5|km|0}} west of downtown Jinja.{{google maps|

url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Njeru/Jinja/@0.4373222,33.1405021,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177e7be1b33fe749:0xc6466f47bd92f662!2m2!1d33.1492106!2d0.4263679!1m5!1m1!1s0x177e7b862c391f47:0x300fe90f956a9f4a!2m2!1d33.2026122!2d0.4478566!3e0 |

title=Road Distance Between Downtown Jinja, Uganda And Njeru, Uganda |access-date=5 January 2021}} The town is located across the River Nile from the city of Jinja and is functionally a suburb of that city. The coordinate of Njeru Town Council are:0°25'52.0"N, 33°08'52.0"E (Latitude:0.431111; Longitude:33.147778).{{google maps|

url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B025'52.0%22N+33%C2%B008'52.0%22E/@0.4321351,33.1484752,1320m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.4311111!4d33.1477778 |title=Location of Njeru Town, Buikwe District, Central Region, Uganda |access-date=5 January 2021}}

Economic activity

There are several industries and businesses located in Njeru that provide employment to a significant number of people and contribute significantly to the economy of Uganda. Some of these include:

1. Nile Breweries Limited, a subsidiary of SAB Miller, based in South Africa and ultimately of AB InBev of Belgium

2. Nalubaale Power Station - Installed Capacity 180 MW, owned by the Ugandan government. Operated under concession by Eskom (Uganda), a subsidiary of Eskom

3. East African Packaging Solutions - A 50/50 joint venture between the Madhvani Group and Graphic Systems Limited.{{cite web|publisher=Kakira Sugar Works |date=5 January 2021

|url=http://www.kakirasugar.com/content/packaging |access-date=5 January 2021 |title=Madhvani Group: Packaging - East African Packaging Solutions Limited |author=Kakira Sugar Works}}

4. Nile Vocational Institute - A technical college with over 100 students founded by German charity Kindernothilfe

5. Vitafoam Industries - A Factory Manufacturing Mattresses.

6. Njeru Stock Farm - Formerly a government livestock farm, now used as an Army Detach.

7. Nytil Picfare - The biggest garments factory in Uganda, making garments out of locally grown organic cotton.

Transportation

Both the old Kampala-Jinja Highway and the new Kampala–Jinja Expressway, pass through Njeru and are part of the northern corridor of the Trans-Africa Highway. The Kampala–Jinja Expressway connects to the Source of the Nile Bridge in Njeru.{{cite web|url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1486630/jinja-bridge-ready |title=Jinja's New Bridge Ready |newspaper=New Vision | date=28 September 2018 |author=Donald Kiirya |access-date=5 January 2021 |location=Kampala}}

Population

In 2014, the national population census put the population of Njeru at 159,549. In 2020, UBOS estimated the population of Njeru at 178,800 people. The population agency calculated the average annual growth rate of the town's population at 1.97 percent every year, between 2014 and 2020.{{cite web| url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/cities/ | title=Population of Njeru Town, Buikwe District, Central Region, Uganda |publisher=Citypopulation.de |date=14 June 2020 |

author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=5 January 2021 |

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