Uganda to open EA's largest organic fertiliser plant in Sh65bn Chinese investment

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Sitting on a 600- acre piece of land, the Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group (U) Ltd owned industrial complex in Osukulu Sub-county, Tororo District, will produce about 300,000 tonnes of organic fertilisers annually, making it the biggest organic fertiliser plant in East Africa.

According to her, work on the fertiliser plant should have been completed by March this year and the rest of the sections would have been completed by the end of the year. She blamed the delays on the rigorous testing of the new technology and failure to secure financing in time. She, however, said all is now in place and expects the completion of the entire industrial park in June 2019.
"We had technological and financial challenges. It has taken us three years to develop the modern technology that we are going to employ in the project. We also got the funds last year. Construction started in February this year and we have the infrastructure for the entire plant,” she said.
Ms Guo said the factory currently employs about 500 local people and the number is expected to rise to 2,000 when it starts full production next year.

Uganda to open EA's largest organic fertiliser plant in Sh65bn Chinese investment

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