The Kampala Industrial and Business Park (KIBP), also referred to as Kampala Business and Industrial Park or Kampala Industrial Park, is an

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and

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. The park was developed by the

Uganda Investment Authority The Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) is a semi-autonomous investment promotion and facilitation organisation in Uganda and is owned by the government of Uganda. Location The headquarters of UIA are located at The Investment Center, The Investm ...

(UIA) as a central place where investors can locate factories, warehouses, distribution centers, and other business offices.

Location

KIBP is located in

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, Kira Municipality,

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. This location is approximately , by road, east of the central business district of

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, Uganda's capital and largest city, on the Kampala-Jinja Highway. The coordinates of Kampala Business and Industrial Park are: 0°20'35.0"N, 32°41'55.0"E (Latitude:0.343050; Longitude:32.698600).

Overview

The industrial park was created by act of parliament in 1997. An area measuring , previously occupied by a national

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forest was de-gazetted for that purpose. Over 200 businesses acquired land and space on concessional terms to establish their businesses in the park.

Roofings Limited Roofings Group, often referred to simply as Roofings, is the largest manufacturer of steel construction materials in Uganda, with installed production capacity of 72,000 metric tonnes annually. Location The headquarters of the group and two of it ...

, a manufacturer of galvanized iron bars, wires, and sheets, began production in September 2010 at a new factory called Roofings Rolling Mills Limited and located in the business park. In August 2018, UIA announced that all the land in the industrial park had been allocated to 290 prospective investors, of whom 192 (66.2 percent) were Ugandan-based and 98 (33.8 percent) were foreign-based. By that time, the park's size had grown to , with 33 factories operating, including Century Bottling Company (the

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franchisee in Uganda), Threeways Shipping Limited, and Leaf Tobacco & Commodities Limited. Another 87 companies were in the construction phase while 120 were in the feasibility study stage.

Points of interest

The following businesses are located at Kampala Industrial and Business Park

: * Roofings Rolling Mills - Roofings' plant here employs more than 2,000 people. *

Hima Cement Limited Hima Cement Limited (HCL) is a cement manufacturer in Uganda. It is a subsidiary of the Holcim Group, a building materials manufacturer headquartered in Switzerland, with subsidiaries in over 80 countries. Location The main factories of HCL are ...

- Uganda's second-largest cement manufacturer maintains a large warehouse and distribution center at this location. * Export Trading Company Limited * Victoria Seed Limited *

Kyagalanyi Coffee Limited Kyagalanyi Coffee Limited is a private company in Uganda, involved in coffee procurement, processing and export. Overview Kyagalanyi is a leading coffee procurement, processing and marketing company in Uganda. In 2009, the company exported ove ...

, a leading coffee processor and exporting company in Uganda, maintains a warehouse in the business park and is constructing a roasting plant there. * An ICT data center, owned by Raxio Data Limited, under construction by

ROKO Construction Company ROKO Construction Limited, also Roko Construction Limited, is one of the top five construction companies in Uganda, according to ''Construction Review Online'', as of April 2021. Headquartered in Kampala, Uganda's capital city, ROKO, as it is ...

. This project receives collaboration from

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Recent developments

In January 2019, the

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formally applied for a loan amounting to £246 million (USh:1.116 trillion or US$326 million) from

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for the development of a road network, sewerage disposal system, waste management network, high voltage electricity infrastructure, an IT network backbone and related developments. In 2020, the UK Export Finance approved a loan facility worth £250 million (USh:1.175 trillion or US$331 million). The loan was availed to the

(UIA) to carry out the above infrastructure developments, within a 42 months timeframe. As of December 2021, with 35 percent of the 42 months elapsed work was estimated at 17 percent compete.

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