Deal #1967

The nucleus estate expansion includes the development of a 1,200 hectares plantation in Butamira, a man-made reserve. The shapefile derived indicates area in operation as 10975 ha.

Kakira’s bagasse co-generation power plant produces a total of 51MW of electricity.

Land deal was allegedly taken to court due to allegations of fraud in leasing communal land to investors.

The first 323 hectares were obtained in 1918. This Company was formed in 1985 as a Joint Venture between the Madhvani Group and the Government of Uganda to take over the assets of Madhvani Sugar Works Ltd., which was the Group's flagship prior to 1972. At the time of take-over in 1985, owing to the economic turmoil in the intervening years as well as inadequate management whilst under Government control, the factory was no longer in production and most of the nucleus estate had reverted to bush.

The outgrowers supply 65% of the total sugarcane to the factory, 1.4 million tonnes of sugarcane is supplied to the factory from outgrowers. The company provides seedcane and agrochemicals as well as advice to the outgrowers