private industry manufacture of construction materials founded 1952 headquarters tororo uganda key people b.m. gagrani executive director products cement galvanized iron steel bars nails number of employees 8 000 2015 1 website homepage tororo cement limited tcl a ugandan company is one of the largest manufacturers of construction materials in eastern africa . contents 1 location 2 overview 3 history 4 subsidiary company 5 ownership 6 see also 7 references 8 external links location edit the main factories of tcl are in the town of tororo approximately 230 kilometres 140 mi by road east of kampala the capital and largest city of uganda . 2 this is approximately 15 kilometres 9.3 mi by road west of the border town of malaba and the international border between uganda and kenya . 3 the coordinates of the main factory are 0 39 36.0 n 34 09 18.0 e latitude 0.6600 ; longitude 34.1550 . 4 overview edit tcl is the largest manufacturer of cement in uganda producing an estimated 1.8 million metric tonnes annually . 5 in second place is hima cement limited which produces an estimated 850 000 metric tonnes annually . 6 in july 2015 tcl began a ugx 86 billion expansion to increase annual production to 3.0 million metric tonnes . 7 8 history edit tcl was established in 1952 by the british colonial government to manufacture cement from the abundantly available limestone in the area around the town of tororo in the eastern region . the company then known as uganda cement industries uci was administered as a parastatal company under the umbrella of the uganda development corporation . in 1995 the government of uganda divested from uci which was then acquired by the present owners and re branded as tororo cement limited . 9 subsidiary company edit mombasa cement limited in mombasa kenya is a subsidiary of tcl . 10 ownership edit the shares of stock of tcl are privately held . the detailed shareholding in the company is not publicly disclosed . see also edit busia uganda references edit tajuba paul 3 september 2015 . unra to erect weighbridges on tororo road to prevent damage . daily monitor . kampala . retrieved 3 september 2015 . road distance between kampala and tororo with map . distancecalculator.globefeed.com . retrieved 13 september 2014 . map showing malaba and tororo with distance marker . distancecalculator.globefeed.com . retrieved 13 september 2014 . google . location of tororo cement limited at google maps . google maps . retrieved 13 september 2014 . mugabe david 10 september 2014 . cma to discuss funding options at oil and minerals meet . new vision kampala . retrieved 1 august 2015 . lafarge uganda . hima cement limited . lafarge.co.ug lafarge uganda . retrieved 1 august 2015 . odeke faustine 30 july 2015 . tororo cement in sh86b expansion . new vision . kampala . retrieved 1 august 2015 . abdallah halima 24 september 2016 . hima cement to invest 40m in new tororo plant . the eastafrican . nairobi . retrieved 26 september 2016 . tororo cement . brief history of tororo cement limited . tororo cement limited . retrieved 13 september 2014 . michira moses 27 january 2011 . new cement firms ride on low prices to grow sales . business daily africa nairobi . retrieved 1 august 2015 . external links edit website of tororo cement limited company profile at linkedin coordinates 00 39 36 n 34 09 18 e 0.66000 n 34.15500 e 0.66000 ; 34.15500 v t e tororo district capital tororo towns and villages tororo nagongera malaba mulanda kisoko osukuru rubongi geography uganda kenya border economy seba foods nilefos minerals limited osukuru industrial complex tororo cement limited banking barclays bank of uganda centenary bank equity bank uganda limited stanbic bank uganda limited postbank uganda finance trust bank energy tororo solar power station tororo thermal power station tororo wind power station osukuru thermal power station health tororo general hospital st. anthony s hospital transport tororo airport jinja iganga bugiri tororo road tororo mbale soroti road tororo busia road tororo malaba road tororo nagongera road tororo gulu pakwach railway notable landmarks tororo rock roman catholic archdiocese of tororo education busitema university nagongera campus tororo girls school st. peter s college tororo notable people emmanuel otala charles olweny sylvia owori raphael owor retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tororo cement limited & oldid 741259633 categories companies of ugandacompanies established in 19521952 establishments in ugandatororo districteastern region ugandacement companies of 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 26 september 2016 at 11 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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