{"id":650,"date":"2012-10-25T09:08:56","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T09:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/kampala-industrial-and-business-park\/"},"modified":"2012-10-25T09:08:56","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T09:08:56","slug":"kampala-industrial-and-business-park","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/kampala-industrial-and-business-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Kampala Industrial and Business Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Location<br \/>\n<\/strong>Kampala Industrial and Business Park (KIBP) with an area of 894 acres of land is located in Wakiso District on Kampala-Jinja Highway. It is 15 km from Kampala the capital city of Uganda. This park is conveniently situated along Kampala-Jinja Highway which is part of East Africa\u2019s northern transport corridor linking Uganda with Kenya, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Land Acquisition<\/strong><br \/>\nSince 2006 a total of 212 companies have applied for Land in KIBP and over 200 companies with a combined planned investment of about US $ 2 billion have acquired land and space on concessionary terms to establish their businesses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Businesses Located in the Park<\/strong><br \/>\nThe businesses located in KIBP include the following;<br \/>\n\u2022 Namanve Power Station &#8211; 50MW Thermal power plant owned and operated by Jacobsen Electro of Norway<br \/>\n\u2022 Roofings Limited &#8211; With Headquarters in Lweeza, Roofings has a new plant at Namanve, employing in excess of 2,000 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal of the Park<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen complete KIBP will provide a fully-integrated environment for manufacturing and services activities with the following facilities:<br \/>\n\u2022 A well planned and regulated industrial and business environment providing minimum standards to be met by each operator in the Park.<br \/>\n\u2022 Developed and well planned transport infrastructure that is; road, rail and water way providing access to markets and sources for inputs.<br \/>\n\u2022 In land port complete with terminal handling, ordinary and refrigerated storage\/warehousing.<br \/>\n\u2022 Export processing zones dedicated to service export oriented industries in an effort to develop Uganda as a regional distribution hub.<br \/>\n\u2022 Dedicated efficient utility services including;<br \/>\n1. A high speed telecommunication data network.<br \/>\n2. Reliable electricity with a dedicated substation and 50MW backup thermal power. supply and Water supply with a 30 day reservoir.<br \/>\n3. Incubator units to support entry of local entrepreneurs into the manufacturing sector.<br \/>\n4. Office accommodation to house enterprises servicing the KIBP.<br \/>\n5. Residential, labour and hotel accommodation.<br \/>\n6. Institutes to support research and training of technical staff for KIBP industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location Kampala Industrial and Business Park (KIBP) with an area of 894 acres of land is located in Wakiso District on Kampala-Jinja Highway. It is 15 km from Kampala the capital city of Uganda. This park is conveniently situated along Kampala-Jinja Highway which is part of East Africa\u2019s northern transport corridor linking Uganda with Kenya, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-650","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Location Kampala Industrial and Business Park (KIBP) with an area of 894 acres of land is located in Wakiso District on Kampala-Jinja Highway. It is 15 km from Kampala the capital city of Uganda. 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