Uganda: President Yoweri Museveni commissioned the first phase of Yaobai Cement’s Moroto integrated cement plant on 24 April 2026, a 6000t/day clinker production line. The US$300m project is designed to produce 2Mt/yr of clinker and 3Mt/yr of cement upon full operation, reducing clinker imports and supporting domestic and regional markets. Ruth Nankabirwa, Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, said Uganda now has five cement plants with a combined production capacity of about 9Mt/yr. In 1986, it only had two plants producing 600,000t/yr.
The plant will supply markets including the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and western Kenya, and is expected to create more than 1500 jobs in the first phase and over 3500 jobs at full capacity. The project is also expected to save an estimated US$200m in foreign exchange from clinker imports.