sugar corporatuion of uganda limited type parastatal industry manufacture & distribution of sugar founded 1924 headquarters lugazi uganda products sugar number of employees 7 000 2006 1 website homepage sugar corporation of uganda limited scoul is a sugar manufacturer in uganda the third largest economy in the east african community . contents 1 overview 2 history 3 location 4 ownership 5 see also 6 references 7 external links overview edit scoul is the third largest manufacturer of sugar in uganda producing an estimated 60 000 metric tonnes annually accounting for approximately 17 percent of national output . kakira sugar works in kakira jinja district is the largest sugar manufacturer in the country . the sugar produced is marketed in uganda kenya tanzania rwanda burundi the democratic republic of the congo and south sudan . scoul is undergoing renovations and expansion to increase output to 100 000 metric tonnes annually by 2013 . 2 3 history edit nanji kalidas mehta is the founder of the mehta group of companies a mumbai based conglomerate with business interests spanning four continents namely asia africa europe and north america . in 1900 at age thirteen he left his native india and sailed to eastern africa settling in uganda near the town of lugazi buikwe district in the central region . over the next thirty to forty yearsm mehta travelled back and forth between india and east africa 46 times . during that period he established in uganda cotton ginneries a sugar plantation a sugar factory tea plantations and coffee plantations . the sugar factory established in 1924 was the founding of what today is known as scoul . 4 the mehta family lost their ugandan assets in 1972 citation needed when idi amin dispossessed all asians of their businesses and personal property . those assets were returned in the 1980s with the change of government in the country . citation needed since then the family has rehabilitated their businesses and started new ones as well . citation needed location edit the main factory of the company is located in the town of lugazi approximately 48 kilometres 30 mi by road east of kampala the capital and the largest city of uganda . 5 the coordinates of the scoul factory are 0 22 59.0 n 32 56 27.0 e latitude 0.383056 ; longitude 32.940833 . 6 ownership edit scoul is a subsidiary of the mehta group a diversified industrial and investment conglomerate based in mumbai employing over 10 000 people in asia africa europe and north america . as of august 2011 update the shareholding in scoul was as depicted in the table below 7 scoul stock ownership rank name of owner percentage ownership 1 government of uganda 51.00 2 mehta group 49.00 total 100.00 see also edit lugazi power station buikwe district economy of uganda list of sugar manufacturers in uganda references edit kajoba nicholas 19 november 2006 . scoul staff stage strike . new vision . kampala . retrieved 12 january 2015 . mehta group 2010 . the mehta group our business . mehtagroup.com . retrieved 12 january 2015 . ojambo fred 5 april 2011 . ugandan sugar producers plan to invest 197 million to expand diversify . bloomberg news . retrieved 12 january 2015 . mehta group 2010 . the mehta group founder s profile . mehtagroup.com . retrieved 12 january 2015 . distance between kampala and lugazi with map . globefeed.com . retrieved 12 january 2012 . google 12 january 2015 . location of scoul factory at google maps map . google maps . google . retrieved 12 january 2015 . habati mubatsi asinja 27 august 2011 . mabira no storm in mehta s tea cup . the independent uganda . retrieved 12 january 2015 . external links edit uganda s total annual sugar production to hit 350 000 metric tonnes in 2011 website of mehta group of companies coordinates 00 22 48 n 32 56 42 e 0.38000 n 32.94500 e 0.38000 ; 32.94500 v t e buikwe district capital buikwe towns and villages buikwe lugazi ngogwe njeru nkokonjeru nyenga geography river sezibwa mabira forest victoria nile lake victoria economy barclays bank of uganda stanbic bank uganda limited pride microfinance limited finance trust bank nyanza textile industries limited ugma engineering corporation limited cable corporation limited uganda hortech limited nile breweries limited east african packaging solutions sugar corporation of uganda limited mehta group gm sugar uganda limited energy bujagali energy limited bujagali hydroelectric power station nalubaale hydroelectric power station lugazi power station eskom uganda limited notable landmarks lake victoria source of the nile victoria nile lugazi golf course roman catholic diocese of lugazi health kawolo general hospital nkokonjeru hospital nyenga mission hospital st. charles lwanga buikwe hospital transport new jinja bridge kampala jinja highway kampala jinja expressway mukono kayunga njeru road mukono kyetume katosi nyenga road education university of military science and technology notable people lulume bayigga nanji kalidas mehta paul d arbela paulo kafeero judith babirye retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sugar corporation of uganda limited & oldid 742142427 categories sugar companiesagriculture in ugandacompanies of ugandabuikwe districtcentral region ugandafood and drink companies established in 19241920s establishments in uganda1924 establishments in africahidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2016articles containing potentially dated statements from august 2011all articles containing potentially dated statementscoordinates 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 1 october 2016 at 23 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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