Simba Cement Uganda Limited (SCUL), also National Cement Company Uganda, is a

cement A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel (aggregate) together. Cement m ...

manufacturer in

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. It is a subsidiary of National Cement Company Limited, the construction materials manufacturer based in

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. National Cement is itself a subsidiary of the '' Devki Group of Companies''.

Location

The factories and main offices of SCUL are located off of the Tororo–Mbale Road, in ''Nyakesi Village'', Nyakesi Parish, Rubongi sub-county, in

Tororo District Tororo District is a district in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The town of Tororo hosts the district headquarters. Location Tororo District is bordered by Mbale District to the north, Manafwa District to the north-east, Kenya to the east, Busia ...

, approximately , by road north of the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the " cit ...

of the town of

Tororo Tororo is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Tororo District. History Tororo was garrisoned by the Uganda Army's Air and Sea Battalion during the Uganda–Tanzania War ...

. The coordinates of the Simba Cement Uganda Limited Complex are: 0°44'05.0"N, 34°11'02.0"E (Latitude:0.734709; Longitude:34.183878).

Overview

The new cement factory has an installed production capacity of one million metric tonnes annually. It was developed at an estimated cost of US$185 million. Other credible sources have estimated cost at US$199 million. Commercial production started during the first half of 2018. Installed capacity production is 3,000 metric tonnes daily, which translates to about 800,000 metric tonnes annually.

Ownership

SCUL is a wholly owned subsidiary of

National Cement Company Limited National Cement Company Limited (NCCL), also National Cement Company Kenya Limited, is a cement manufacturer in Kenya. It is a subsidiary of the Devki Group of Companies, an industrial and manufacturing conglomerate, with headquarters in Ken ...

(NCCL) based in Kenya. The shareholding in National Cement Kenya, the parent of Simba Cement Uganda Limited, is as illustrated in the table below:

Construction

The main contractor was Mepani Technical Services Limited. The construction of the factory (excluding equipment and systems), cost an estimated US$55 million, and took two and one half years. Official commissioning took place on 29 August 2018.

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