Kinyara Sugar Works Limited
| 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 main factories of the company are located in the town of Kinyara in Masindi District in the Western Region. Kinyara is approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi), by road, west of Masindi, the nearest large town and the location of the district headquarters. This location is approximately 208 kilometres (129 mi), by road, north-west of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of the company factory are 1°38'14.0"N, 31°36'30.0"E (Latitude:1.637222; Longitude:31.608333).
KSWL is the second-largest manufacturer of sugar in Uganda, producing an estimated 110,000 metric tonnes annually, accounting for approximately 31 percent of national output. According to a 2011 published report, the estimated 350,000 metric tonnes of sugar produced by the four leading sugar manufacturers in Uganda are marketed to the eastern African countries of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
In 1955, the Omukama of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom Tito Owinyi was given land by the Bunyoro Native Government. He opened a Jaggery factory in Kinyara, where the current factory is located. Owinyi began production of jaggery in 1959, selling it to the Lango, Acholi and West Nile districts. The whole of northern Uganda relied on this product from Kinyara for their alcohol brewing and the sweetening of other products. In the late 1960s, the government of Uganda asked the Omukama of Bunyoro to partner with him and the Kingdom of Bunyoro. He convinced the Orukurato (Parliament) of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom to allow the government to expand the factory and the plantation. The central government and Bunyoro Kingdom agreed and a memorandum of understanding was signed between the central government and Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, requiring the central government to pay 30 percent to Bunyoro Kingdom and the Omukama of Bunyoro. This relationship continued until 1966 when the kingdom was abolished, but the factory continued to run. During the political and economic turmoil in Uganda in the 1970s and 1980s, Kinyara was adversely affected and production of sugar ceased. In the 1990s, KSWL was rehabilitated by Booker Tate Limited with aid and loan agreements for various funders underwritten by the Ugandan government. Sugar production resumed in 1995.
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