Kakira

Kakira
Kakira
Location in Uganda
Placement on map is approximate
Coordinates:
Country Uganda
Region Eastern Uganda
Sub-region Busoga sub-region
District Jinja District
Elevation 4,003 ft (1,220 m)

Kakira is a town in Eastern Uganda. It is the location of the International headquarters of the Madhvani Group.

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Location

Kakira is located in Jinja District, approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of downtown Jinja on the highway to Iganga.[1] The coordinates of the town are:00 30 00N, 33 16 48E (Latitude:0.5000; Longitude:33.2800).

Overview

Kakira is the location of the headquarters of the Madhvani Group conglomerate. On a 9,500 hectares (37 sq mi) estate, the Group owns a sugarcane farm and a sugar manufacturing complex, Kakira Sugar Works. They also own a sweets & confectionery factory, Kakira Sweets & Confectioneries Limited. Also on the estate the Group has an electricity generating plant, producing 22MW of power for use on the complex with the excess sold to the Ugandan national grid. Narshibhai Naran Pankhania and family are well known in Kakira. The Madhvani estate at Kakira employs in excess of 7,500 people.[2] The Madhvani Group also own a private 100-bed hospital; Kakira Hospital and a private airport, Kakira Airport, (ICAO: HUKK).[3]

Madhvani Companies at Kakira

The Madhvani Group Industrial complex at Kakira includes but is not limited to the following companies:

See also

References

  1. ^ Distance between Jinja and Kakira
  2. ^ About Kakira Sugar Works
  3. ^ Coordinates of Kakira Airport
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