Kakira

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title: "Kakira" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-eastern-region,-uganda", "cities-in-the-great-rift-valley", "jinja-district", "busoga"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakira" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Kakira is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the location of the International headquarters of the Madhvani Group.

Location

Kakira is located in Jinja District, approximately 14 km east of downtown Jinja on the highway to Iganga.{{cite web|publisher=Globefeed.com| url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Jinja_(Jinja)&toplace=Kakira_(Jinja)&fromlat=0.4244444&tolat=0.5083333&fromlng=33.2041667&tolng=33.2877778|title=Road Distance Between Jinja and Kakira With Interactive Map| accessdate=27 February 2015}} The coordinates of the town are: 0°30'13.0"N, 33°16'57.0"E (Latitude:0.503611; Longitude:33.282500). accessdate=6 July 2015}}

Population

In 2014, the national population census put the population of Kakira at 32,819.

Madhvani Group activities

Kakira is the headquarters of the Madhvani Group, a diversified conglomerate involved in agribusiness, manufacturing, insurance, leisure services, and other business interests.

On an estate measuring 9500 ha, the group owns a sugarcane farm and a sugar manufacturing complex, Kakira Sugar Limited. They also own a sweets and confectionery factory, Kakira Sweets & Confectioneries Limited. An electricity generating plant, Kakira Power Station, is located on the estate and produces 52 megawatts of power for use there, with the excess sold to the Ugandan national grid. The estate has a private airport, Kakira Airport, for use by the family and corporate clients. The airport is home to Turbo Prop Service Centre, a subsidiary that deals in aircraft servicing.{{cite web|url=http://weather.gladstonefamily.net/site/HUKK| title= Coordinates of Kakira Airport|accessdate=27 February 2015| publisher=Gladstonefamily.net}} In 2017 the Group set up a distillery that produces approximately 60,000 litres of ethanol per day.

The group at Kakira employs more than 8,500 people. The group provides a private 100-bed hospital, eight primary schools, and one secondary school for use by its workers and their dependents.

References

References

1. (29 November 2014). "The Population of The Regions of the Republic of Uganda And All Cities And Towns of More Than 15,000 Inhabitants". Citypopulation.de Quoting [[Uganda Bureau of Statistics]].
2. (2013). "About Kakira Sugar Works". Kakirasugar.com.

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