Kinyara Sugar Works
| Private | |
| Industry | Manufacture & Marketing of Sugar |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Headquarters | Kinyara, Masindi, Uganda |
| Products | Sugar |
| Website | Homepage |
Kinyara Sugar Works, whose complete name is Kinyara Sugar Works Limited (KSWL) is a sugar manufacturer in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community.
The main factories of the company are located in the town of Kinyara, in Masindi District, Western Uganda. Kinyara lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi), by road, west of Masindi, the nearest large town and the location of the district headquarters. This location lies approximately 208 kilometres (129 mi), by road, northwest of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country. The coordinates of the factory of Kinyara Sugar Works Limited are:1°38'14.0"N, 31°36'30.0"E (Latitude:1.637222; Longitude:31.608333). In addition to the factory at Kinyara, the company maintains a corporate office in Kampala and warehouses, in Kampala and Masindi.
KSWL is the second-largest manufacturer of sugar in Uganda, producing an estimated 110,000 metric tonnes annually, accounting for approximately 31% of national output.Kakira Sugar Works, located in Kakira, Jinja District, is the nation's largest sugar producer, accounting for approximately 47% of national output. Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited (SCOUL), located in Lugazi, Buikwe District, produces about 60,000 metric tonnes, about 17% of national output. Uganda's fourth-largest sugar producer is Sango Bay Estates Limited, producing 15,000 metric tonnes annually, accounting for about 5% of total ouutput in Uganda in 2011. The estimated 350,000 metric tonnes of sugar produced by the four leading sugar manufacturers in Uganda is marketed to the Eastern African countries of Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
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