11 FACTORS THAT HAVE INFLUENCED INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN UGANDA
The factors that favoured the development of the industrial sector in Uganda can be categorized into physical, human and historical factors. Availability of adequate mineral resource such as copper in Kirembe, limestone and phosphates at Tororo and Hima, clay at Kajjansi-Wakiso thus leading to the growth of cement industries, ceramics, etc Presence of adequate supply of raw-materials especially agricultural products used in agro-based industries like cattle and goat meat for meat packers, cotton used in textiles like in nytil Jinja, sugar cane in Lugazi and Kakira sugar refinaries, milk in Gesa, etc. Availability of adequate and reliable supply of water from lakes and rivers in Uganda. This is used as raw-material in beverage making like in Nile breweries in Jinja and as a coolant in iron and steel rolling industries like in Mukono. The relatively flat and gentle land of Uganda which have favoured the establishment of industrial plants like the flat lands of Kasese and Hima for c...