Njeru is a town in

Buikwe District Buikwe District is a district in the Central Region of Uganda. It is named after its 'chief town', Buikwe, where the district headquarters are located. Location Buikwe District is bordered by Kayunga District to the north, Jinja District to t ...

, in the Central Region of

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. It is the largest town in the district. It is mainly a residential town. However, it hosts industries such as ''East African Packaging Solutions Limited'', a manufacturer of paper packaging supplies,

Nile Breweries Limited Nile Breweries Limited (NBL) is the leading beer manufacturer in Uganda. Location The NBL's headquarters and main brewery are in the town of Njeru in Buikwe District, approximately north-east of the central business district of Jinja, Uganda. ...

, a subsidiary of

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and

Nyanza Textile Industries Limited Nyanza Textile Industries Limited (Nytil), is an integrated textile manufacturing company in Uganda. Location The headquarters of the company and the company's factory are located in the town of Njeru, in Buikwe District, along the western bank o ...

(Nytil), a textile manufacturer.

Location

Njeru is located approximately northeast of

Buikwe Buikwe, sometimes spelled Buyikwe, is a town in Buikwe District, Uganda. It is the administrative center of the district and the location of the district headquarters. Location Buikwe is approximately , by road, east of Kampala, Uganda's capital ...

, where the district headquarters are located. This location lies about west of downtown Jinja. The town is located across the

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from the city of Jinja and is functionally a suburb of that city. The coordinate of Njeru Town Council are:0°25'52.0"N, 33°08'52.0"E (Latitude:0.431111; Longitude:33.147778).

Economic activity

There are several industries and businesses located in Njeru that provide employment to a significant number of people and contribute significantly to the economy of

. These include but are not limited to: 1. Nile Breweries Limited, a subsidiary of

SAB Miller SABMiller plc was a South African multinational brewing and beverage company headquartered in Woking, England on the outskirts of London until 10 October 2016 when it was acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev. Prior to that date, it was the worl ...

, based in

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and ultimately of

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Nalubaale Power Station Nalubaale Power Station, formerly known as Owen Falls Dam, is a hydroelectric power station across the White Nile near its source at Lake Victoria in Uganda. ''Nalubaale'' is the Luganda name for Lake Victoria. Location The dam sits across the N ...

- Installed Capacity 180 MW, owned by the Ugandan government. Operated under concession by Eskom (Uganda), a subsidiary of

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3. East African Packaging Solutions - A 50/50 Joint Venture between the

Madhvani Group The Madhvani Group of Companies commonly referred to as the Madhvani Group, is one of the largest conglomerates in Uganda. The group has investments in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, the Middle East, India, and North America. His ...

and Graphic Systems Limited. 4. ''Nile Vocational Institute'' - A Technical College with over 100 Students founded by German Charity

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5. Vitafoam Industries - A Factory Manufacturing Mattresses. 6. ''Njeru Stock Farm'' - Formerly a government Livestock Farm, now Used as an Army Detach. 7. Nytil Picfare - The biggest garments factory in Uganda, making garments out of locally grown organic cotton.

Transportation

Both the old Kampala-Jinja Highway and the new

Kampala–Jinja Expressway The Kampala–Jinja Expressway, also known as the Jinja–Kampala Expressway, is a proposed four-lane toll highway in Uganda, linking Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda, with the city of Jinja in the Eastern Region of Uganda. L ...

, pass through Njeru and are part of the northern corridor of the Trans-Africa Highway. The Kampala–Jinja Expressway connects to the

Source of the Nile Bridge The Source of the Nile Bridge, also New Jinja Bridge, which was commissioned on 17 October 2018, by the President of Uganda, is a cable-stayed bridge across the Victoria Nile in Uganda. It replaced the Nalubaale Power Station, Nalubaale Bridge, w ...

in Njeru.

Population

In 2014, the national population census put the population of Njeru at 159,549. In 2020, UBOS estimated the population of Njeru at 178,800 people. The population agency calculated the average annual growth rate of the town's population at 1.97 percent every year, between 2014 and 2020.

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