Tororo Cement Limited

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Tororo Cement Limited
TypePrivate
Industry Manufacture of Construction Materials
Founded1952
Headquarters Tororo, Uganda
Key people
B.M. Gagrani
Executive Director
Products Cement, Galvanized Iron, Steel Bars, Nails
Number of employees
8,000+ (2015) [1]
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Tororo Cement Limited (TCL), a Ugandan company, is one of the largest manufacturers of construction materials in East Africa. [2]

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Location

The main factories of TCL are in the town of Tororo, approximately 207 kilometres (129 mi), by road, east of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. [3] This is approximately 13.5 kilometres (8 mi), by road, west of the border town of Malaba and the international border between Uganda and Kenya. [4] The coordinates of the main factory are 0°39'36.0"N, 34°09'18.0"E (Latitude:0.6600; Longitude:34.1550). [5]

Overview

TCL is the largest manufacturer of cement in Uganda, producing an estimated 3.0 million metric tonnes annually. [2] In second place is Hima Cement Limited, which produces an estimated 1.7 million metric tonnes annually. [6] In July 2015, TCL successfully completed and commissioned a UGX:86 billion expansion to increase annual production to 3.0 million metric tonnes. [7] [8] Production on the newly completed production line is expected to begin in March 2018. [9]

History

TCL was established in 1952 by the British colonial government to manufacture cement from the abundantly available limestone in the area around the town of Tororo in the Eastern Region. The company, then known as Uganda Cement Industries (UCI), was administered as a parastatal company under the umbrella of the Uganda Development Corporation. In 1995, the government of Uganda divested from UCI, which was then acquired by the present owners and re-branded as Tororo Cement Limited. [10]

Subsidiary company

Mombasa Cement Limited in Mombasa, Kenya is a subsidiary of Tororo Cement Limited. [11]

Ownership

The shares of stock of TCL are privately held. The detailed shareholding in the company is not publicly disclosed.

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References

  1. ↑ Tajuba, Paul (3 September 2015). "UNRA to erect weighbridges on Tororo road to prevent damage". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 David Mugabe (10 September 2014). "CMA to discuss funding options at oil and minerals meet". New Vision . Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Google (23 July 2022). "Road Distance Between Kampala, Uganda And Tororo Cement Limited, Tororo, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  4. ↑ Google (23 July 2022). "Road Distance Between Tororo Cement Limited, Tororo, Uganda And Malaba Uganda Immigration Offices, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  5. ↑ Google (23 July 2022). "Location of Tororo Cement Limited Headquarters & Factory" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  6. ↑ Lafarge Uganda (23 July 2022). "About Us". Lafarge.co.ug (Lafarge Uganda). Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Odeke, Faustine (30 July 2015). "Tororo cement in sh86b expansion". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Abdallah, Halima. "Hima Cement to invest $40m in new Tororo plant". The EastAfrican . Nairobi. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Eronie Kamukama (21 February 2018). "Cement prices shoot up amidst scarcity". Daily Monitor . Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  10. ↑ Tororo Cement Limited (23 July 2022). "Company Profile of Tororo Cement Limited". Tororocement.com. Tororo, Uganda. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  11. ↑ Moses Michira (27 January 2011). "New cement firms ride on low prices to grow sales". Business Daily Africa . Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

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