Sugar production in Uganda

Uganda is the largest producer of granular brown sugar in the East African Community, accounting for about 500,000 metric tonnes annually as of May 2017.
Following a drought that adversely affected the water levels of Lake Victoria, which ended around 2011 or 2012, two misconceptions arose in Kenya's political and industrial circles: (a) Uganda was incapable of growing enough raw cane for domestic consumption; and (b) any claim by Uganda that it had a sugar surplus was based on the fact that Brazilian sugar barons were dumping sugar on the Ugandan (and Kenyan) markets. A more reasoned approach, by both governments, allowed the development of a verifiable, inter-government, database showing production, consumption and export data for Uganda, since 2013.
History.
In 1920, the Vithaldas Haridas & Company (VHC) was under the management of Muljibhai Madhvani, a 26-year-old Indian-born Ugandan businessman, entrepreneur, industrialist and philanthropist. VHC purchased of land in Kakira, between Jinja and Iganga, for the purpose of starting a sugar factory. Madhvani later became the managing director of VHC. That sugar complex, later renamed the Kakira Sugar Works, opened in 1930.
In 1924, under the stewardship of Nanji Kalidas Mehta, another industrialist of Indian descent, Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited (SCOUL) was founded as Uganda Sugar Factory at Lugazi. This marked the beginning of the Mehta Group, with headquarters in India and businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa and on the Indian sub-continent.
Kinyara Sugar Works Limited (KSWL), Uganda's second-largest sugar factory, was until September 2011, majority owned by the Central Government of Uganda. Since then, the majority shares in the business are owned by the Rai Group, domiciled in Mauritius. , the shareholding in KSWL is as illustrated in the table below:
Expansion of production.
In 2016, construction began on a new sugar factory in Gem Village, Pachilo Parish, Atiak sub-county, Kilak County, in Amuru District, in the Northern Region of Uganda. Known as Atiak Sugar Factory, it has capacity to crush 1,650 tonnes (1,650,000 kg) of raw cane daily, producing 66,000 tonnes (66,000,000 kg) of powder sugar annually.
In 2017, consensus was reached between the stakeholders for the Madhvani Group to lease of land in the villages of Kololo, Lakang, Bana, Omee, Lujoro, Lwak Obito and Pailyech, in Amuru Sub-county, Amuru District in order to establish Amuru Sugar Works.
Recent developments.
In March 2020, a delegation of Tanzanian government officials visited Uganda, to ascertain the country's ability to manufacture sugar and its ability to generate surplus for export. After touring Uganda's four largest sugar factories, the delegation, led by the Tanzanian Minister of Agriculture, Japhet Hasunga, agreed to place an initial order of 30,000 metric tonnes, the first order in nearly two years. As of May 2020, Uganda's annual sugar output, by the 11 largest manufacturers, was estimated at 510,000 metric tonnes. With Uganda's annual sugar consumption of 360,000 metric tonnes, approximately 150,000 metric tonnes are available for export.