sugar & allied industries limited type private industry manufacture & marketing of sugar founded 2011 headquarters kaliro district uganda key people managing director products sugar total assets us 60 million 2013 number of employees 2 000 2013 website homepage sugar & allied industries limited sail also referred to as kaliro sugar limited is a sugar manufacturer in uganda . 1 contents 1 overview 2 location 3 history 4 ownership 5 memberships 6 co generation 7 see also 8 references 9 external links overview edit sail sits on approximately 5 000 acres 20 km2 of land owned by the factory owners ; alam group under sugar cane cultivation . the company also has 4 000 registered out growers who collectively have 25 000 acres 10 000 ha under sugar cane farming . sail is the fourth largest manufacturer of sugar in uganda producing an estimated 60 000 metric tonnes annually in 2013 accounting for approximately 14 % of national output . kakira sugar works located in kakira jinja district is the nation s largest sugar producer accounting for approximately 40 % of national output . kinyara sugar works ksw in kinyara masindi district is the second largest producer of sugar in the country accounting for about 27 % of national output . sugar corporation of uganda limited scoul located in lugazi buikwe district produces about 14 % of total national output . the remaining 6 % is produced by sango bay estates limited located in kakuuto rakai district central uganda . the estimated 450 000 metric tonnes of sugar produced by the five 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 . 2 location edit kaliro sugar limited is located in buwaya village namugongo sub county kaliro district eastern uganda near the town of kaliro . this location is approximately 160 kilometres 99 mi by road northeast of kampala the capital of uganda and the largest city in that country . 3 the estimated coordinates of kaliro sugar limited are 0 56 48.0 n 33 29 13.0 e latitude 0.946660 ; 33.486936 . 4 history edit the sugar estate was founded in 2011 . from 2011 until 2013 the owners planted sugar cane on 5 000 acres 2 000 ha on the land adjacent to the factory . they also recruited and put under contract an estimated 4 000 out growers with an estimated 25 000 acres 10 000 ha under sugar cane cultivation . the factory started crushing cane in june 2013 producing about 200 metric tonnes daily translating into about 60 000 metric tonnes annually . 5 ownership edit sugar and allied industries limited is a privately owned company . it is a 100 % subsidiary of the alam group of companies a uganda based conglomerate with subsidiaries in other east african countries . memberships edit sail is a member of uganda sugar manufacturers association usma an industry group of leading sugar manufacturers in the county . 6 co generation edit sail owns and operates kaliro power station a bagasse fired thermal power station that is incorporated in the sail sugar factory . the power plant generates 12mw of power of which 3mw are used internally by sail and 9mw are sold to uganda s national electric grid . 7 see also edit kaliro mayuge kaliro district uganda economy ug sugar factories uganda conglomerates references edit mulinda andrew 18 october 2012 . new sugar factory denies grabbing land . the observer uganda . retrieved 25 july 2014 . sanya samuel 26 january 2013 . kaliro sugar factory to ease sugar deficit . new vision kampala . retrieved 25 july 2014 . estimated road distance between kampala and kaliro with map . globefeed.com . retrieved 25 july 2014 . google 27 june 2016 . location of factory of sugar & allied industries limited map . google maps . google . retrieved 27 june 2016 . otage stephen 24 april 2013 . competition expected as new sugar company joins market . daily monitor uganda . retrieved 25 july 2014 . ojambo fred 25 july 2014 . uganda s kakira sugar plans to produce ethanol fuel by 2016 . bloomberg news . retrieved 25 july 2014 . monday times june 2014 . alam group launches kaliro sugar factory . mondaytimes.co.ug . retrieved 25 july 2014 . external links edit homepage of uganda sugar manufacturers association usma uganda s sugar output seen climbing a third year on more cane coordinates 00 56 48 n 33 29 13 e 0.94667 n 33.48694 e 0.94667 ; 33.48694 v t e kaliro district capital kaliro towns and villages kaliro economy kaliro power station sugar & allied industries limited banking tropical bank transport iganga kaliro pallisa road notable landmarks zibondo s palace buguge historical site notable people henry wako muloki retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sugar % 26 allied industries limited & oldid 730751313 categories companies of ugandacompanies established in 2011kaliro districteastern region ugandasugar companiesalam groupagriculture in ugandahidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 july 2016 at 22 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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