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Coordinates: 01°3058N 31°2130E / 1.51611°N 31.35833°E / 1.51611; 31.35833
 

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Bwendero Sugar Factory
Company typePrivate
IndustryManufacture & distribution of sugar
HeadquartersBwendero, Hoima District, Uganda

Key people

John Fitzgerald Magara,
Executive Chairman of Bwendero Sugar Company Limited
ProductsSugar
Total assetsUS$6 million (2018)

Bwendero Sugar Factory (BSF) is a sugar manufacturing establishment, under development in the Western RegionofUganda.[1]

Location[edit]

The factory and sugar plantation would be located north of the town of Hoima, in the Village of Bwendero, in Kiragura Parish, Kitoba sub-county, in Hoima District, approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi), by road, north of Hoima, off of the HoimaKigorobya Road.[2]

Overview[edit]

The factory, under construction as of September 2018, is expected to be commissioned in December 2018. It has a nucleus plantation of 750 hectares (1,900 acres) of raw sugar cane.[3]

According to the Daily Monitor, the factory cost USh22 billion (US$6 million), to build. Funding was raised through equity and debt. It has capacity of 1,000 metric tonnes of crushing capacity per day, [3] producing approximately 25,000 tonnes (25,000,000 kg) of sugar powder annually.

Ownership[edit]

Bwendero Sugar Factory is owned by John Fitzgerald Magara, a Hoima-based businessman, who is also the proprietor of Bwendero Dairy Farm.[4] BSF was the 13th sugar manufacturer to be licensed in Uganda. [3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Agra.net (5 September 2018). "Uganda: Bwendero Sugar Mill to be commissioned in December 2018". London: Agra.net. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  • ^ Globefeed.com (21 September 2018). "Distance between Hoima, Uganda and Bwendero, Uganda". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  • ^ a b c Rainher Ojon, and James Babalanda (5 September 2018). "Shs22 billion sugar factory to launch in December". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 21 September 2018.[permanent dead link]
  • ^ Nation Television Uganda (27 August 2018). "Bunyoro Businessman John Magara To Open 22 Billion Shilling Sugar Factory". Kampala: Nation Television Uganda. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  • External links[edit]

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