Coca-cola Beverages Africa
has today, April 20, 2018, officially broken ground for a new Manufacturing
Plant. The investment will cost USD 8.35 million, according to company
officials.
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| Century Bottling Company Bottling Ceremony at Namanve |
The new bottling line will
be constructed at their Namanve site, and will have a capacity of producing
24,000 bottles an hour.
“The investment in the
brand new US$8.35million Manufacturing Line is a strong demonstration of
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Uganda`s commitment to the development of Uganda
despite the tough economic conditions.” Said the Sales and Marketing Director, Patrick Oyuru.
“We employ about 1,800
Ugandans in our three plants in Kampala, Mukono and Mbarara, and support more
than 90,000 businesses across our extensive retail distribution
network..." remarked Oyuru, adding that the country will be assured of
ongoing employment because production will increase…”
According to Coca Cola, this
investment is part of a USD 15 million investment plan Coca-cola Beverages
Africa has for Uganda this year. As it is, the biggest bulk of this investment
will be spent inside our own country and will directly benefit Ugandans. This
fits well within the “Buy Uganda, Build Uganda” policy that Government is
advocating...
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| Members of Parliament being conducted on a Plant Tour of the Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (Uganda) Century Bottling Company Plant at Namanve ahead of the ground breaking for a Brand New Manufacturing Line |
"Coca-Cola
Beverages Africa (Uganda) has been at the fore front of quality and standards
compliance", said Dr. Ben Manyindo, the Excecutive Director, Uganda
National Bureau Of Standards, UNBS while commenting on the project.
On her
part, The State Minister for Privatization and Investment, Evelyn Anite, on
behalf of government, was proud of the investments that Coca-Cola Beverages
Africa Uganda has made in Uganda and said that "it fits well within our
Buy Uganda, Build Uganda policy and I applaud you for that. Also, your
investment in a new Manufacturing Line creates more jobs for very many categories
of Ugandans,”
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| Coca-cola Beverages Africa has today officially broken ground for a new Manufacturing Plant. |
“As
Government, we acknowledge and thank Coca-Cola for being a development partner
of Uganda," Anite added.
"The
bulk of the investment that we are launching today is going to be spent inside
our own country and will directly benefit Ugandans..."
Coca-Cola
Beverages Africa (Uganda), last year alone, paid UGX140billion in taxes. “This is a highly
significant amount,” the Minister emphasized, and “we look forward to seeing it
increase once this new investment begins to bear results...
Currently,
the company is fully committed to investing in Uganda and runs three
subsidiary bottling Coca-Cola products (Century Bottling Company).
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