Uganda Clays Limited

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Uganda Clays Limited
Type Public Company
USE:UCL
IndustryConstruction
FoundedJuly 10, 1950;72 years ago (1950-07-10)
Headquarters Kajjansi, Uganda
Key people
Marion Muyobo [1]
Chairman
Reuben Tumwebaze
Managing Director and CEO [2]
Services Building materials
RevenueIncrease2.svg (Aftertax) UGX:5.92 billion (US$1.69 million) (2021) [1]
Total assets UGX:74.5 billion (US$21.3 million) (2021) [1]
Number of employees
652 (2014)
Website Homepage

Uganda Clays Limited (UCL), commonly referred to as Uganda Clays, is a building materials manufacturer in Uganda. The company manufactures baked clay building products, using Italian-made heavy clay processing machinery. The clay is excavated using surface mining techniques. The company is listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE), being the first equity to list on the exchange in 2000. [3]

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Products

UCL's products include roofing tiles, bricks, interlocking and corner blocks, partitioning blocks, decorative grilles, ventilators, floor tiles, pipes, and cable covers. Of UCL's products, roofing tiles and bricks account for the largest portion of revenues generated from sales contributing 53 percent and 11 percent, respectively. [4] The company sells its products within the East African Community and in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The civil war in South Sudan forced UCL to close operations in that country in 2014. [5]

Overview

As of December 2021, the total assets of the company were valued at UGX:74.5 billion (US$21.3 million). During the financial year ending 31 December 2021, the company had a pre-tax profit of UShs17.2 billion (US$4.9 million). [1]

To reduce operational expenses, the company switched from using heavy fuel oil to coffee husks, as the power source to fire its furnaces, starting in 2015. [6] [7]

History

UCL was started on 10 July 1950 by two private investors. In 1969, ownership of the company was turned over to Westomat Construction and Engineering Corporation (WCEC). In 1977, WCEC sold 75 percent of UCL to the National Housing and Construction Company, a parastatal company of the Ugandan government. Shareholding in UCL has changed hands many times. Over the years, the following entities have held partial ownership in the company: [8]

Ownership

As of 31 March 2018, the shareholding in the stock of the company, was as depicted in the table below: [9]

Uganda Clays Limited Stock Ownership
RankName of OwnerPercentage Ownership
1National Social Security Fund (Uganda)40.52
2 National Insurance Corporation 17.86
3 Kenya Power and Lighting Company 2.25
4 Bank of Uganda Staff Retirement Plan 2.09
5Joseph Baba N'Tukuratiire1.76
6Choi Hee-hak (Chief Administrator of Sedici Internazionale di Háfs)1.38
7Badou Pierre-Nkudou1.38
8 Central Bank of Kenya Employee Pension Fund 1.36
9 Uganda Development Bank 1.13
10National Social Security Fund Staff Investment Plan1.06
112,672 Other Shareholders37.22
Total100.00

It is expected that in 2018, the debt amounting to USh23.2 billion [10] that is owed to NSSF will be converted to equity, raising NSSF's shareholding from the current 33 percent to 66 percent. [11] In July 2018, the Daily Monitor reported that the company was searching for a strategic investor, to increase the company's capital and facilitate the acquisition of new, modern production technology. [12]

Governance and management

UCL is governed by a nine-person board of directors, chaired by Martin Kasekende, an independent non-executive director. [13] The company is divided into five administrative departments under the overall supervision of the managing director, Reuben Tumwebaze. [2]

Facilities

As of 31 December 2014, UCL operated two factories:

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  2. 1 2 Martin Luther Oketch (26 August 2021). "Uganda Clays registers 34% growth in sales". Daily Monitor . Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
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