Kampala Salt Manufacturer Demands Zero Tax On Raw Materials

Posted by: lukwago J in Uganda news October 11, 2020

Uganda’s leading Salt manufacturer, The Kampala Industries and Infrastructure Development Ltd under the brand Kampala Salt wants government to relief them from import tax levied on raw materials.

Alok Kala the Company Chief Executive Officer says the tax levied on raw materials is hindering their production capacity, and eating into their profits.

“As Uganda’s only Salt manufacturer, our plea to the president and tax body is to relief us from paying import duty levied on raw materials . If government scraps this, it will help us increase our production capacity and supply capacity across the region,” Kala said.

Under the brand Kampala Salt, the company plans to employ 500 workers at it’s factory in Buikwe District. This will be on daily basis and 15,000 indirectly in marketing and also transportation from its current 90 workers.

Kala noted that the demand for edible salt is on the increase. However, the company currently produces only 20% (192 tones) capacity instead of country’s demand of 16,000 tones of salt.

On operating and implementing government policy of Buy Uganda Build Uganda, Kala urged consumers to embrace local products to support country development and industrialization.

However, Kala said covid-19 has been a blessing in disguise. It helped Kampala Salt director’s to start production of Kampala Salt and launch its products in the market. He also added that they realized their industrialization dream this May.

KS also plans to expand it’s market share by entering Rwanda and Burundi markets. The plan is to do this next year after the production level is doubled.

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