{{Nile Breweries Ltd (NBL) one of the major Beer companies has unveiled a new beer plant worth $90.6 million in western Uganda expected to creat hundreds of Jobs.}}
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni officially opened the factory saying, “The investment is a good boost to our economy because farmers will produce more maize and sorghum.”
He added that; “In the past beer was manufactured using imported cereals yet we had cereals here. Why do we use imported cereals when we have sorghum and maize here? By buying from the local markets, beer companies have improved what we call forward and backward linkages.”
The new Beer plant will be producing 5.5 million crates of beers per annum and will expand to 1.8 hectoliters. It uses sorghum, maize and barley, which will largely be grown by farmers in the region.
The expanded production will also see the company export beer to DR Congo and South Sudan.
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