Madhvani Group Magazine Volume 26 No 1 January 2018 Marasa Africa receives tour guides commendation Sugarcane maturity affecting industry Families and friends reunite 45 years after leaving Kakira COVER PHOTO: Chobe Safari Lodge - Uganda AGRO INDUSTRY Fax: +256 414 256 414/ 259 643 Tel: +256 434 120 222 / 333 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +256 434 123 174 Marasa Sarovar Premiere Tirupati CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY / EDUCATION Kakira Sugar Ltd. Email: [email protected] Upadhyaya Nagar, Karakambadi Road Muljibhai Madhvani Foundation P. O. Box 121 Jinja, Uganda Software Applications (Uganda) Ltd. Website: www.jinjasailingclub.com Tirupati – 517 507, India P O Box 54 Jinja Uganda Tel : +256 41 444000 P O Box 22811, Kampala Uganda Tel: +918 776 660 000 / 766 000 6565 Tel: +256 414 255 432/ 773 215 554 Fax: +256 41 444333/6 Tel: +256 414 531 521/2/3 Kakira Guest House Email: [email protected] / gmmsp@ Fax: +256 312 263 999/ 414 255 433 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +256 414 531 524 P. O. Box 121, Jinja, Uganda sarovarhotels.com E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.kakirasugar.com E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +256 414 444 000 www.sarovarhotels.com Email: [email protected] Website: www.madhvanifoundation.com Kakira Sweets and Confectioneries Excel Construction Ltd. P. O. Box 121 Jinja, Uganda P O Box 1202, Jinja Uganda RWANDA GROUP SERVICES Tel : +256 41 4444000 Tel: +256 414 221 996/ 505959 Marasa Umubano Hotel Madhvani Group Limited Fax: +256 41 4444110 Fax: +256 434 123 150/ 414 220 482 Boulevard de l’umuganda P O Box 54, Jinja Uganda E-mail: kakirasweets@kakirasugar. E-mail:[email protected] P. O. Box 874 Kigali, Rwanda Tel. +256 434 121 318 / +256 332 342 100 com [email protected] Tel: + 250 788 136000 / + 250 252 Fax: +256 434 123 174 Website: www.excelconstruction.org 593500 Mwera/ Nakigalala Tea Estates Email: [email protected] / Madhvani Group Projects Division P. O. Box 6361 Kampala, Uganda [email protected] Plot 96-98, 5th Street, Industrial Area Tel : +256 75 2799988 / 750001118 TOURISM Website: www.umubanohotel.rw P O Box 6361 Kampala Uganda Fax : +256 41 4269399 Marasa Africa Central Reservations Tel: +256 414 259 390/4/5 E-mail: [email protected] Office KENYA Fax: +256 414 259 399 Plot 96-98, 5th Street, Industrial Area Marasa Africa Kenya Central Reservations E-mail: [email protected] P O Box 22827, Kampala Uganda Office [email protected] Tel: +256 312 260260/1 Simco Plaza, 5th Floor, Suite 501 MANUFACTURING +256 414 255 992 Lusaka Road, Industrial Area Madhvani Group Central Purchasing Fax: +256 312 260 262 P O Box 48995-00100 GPO Nairobi, Division Steel Corporation of East Africa Ltd Email: [email protected] Kenya P O Box 54 Jinja, Uganda P O Box 1023, Jinja, Uganda Website: www.marasa.net Tel: +254 20 557 009 Tel: +256 332 343 100 / 200 Tel: +256 434 121 451/2 Mobile: +254 737 799 990 / 2 Fax: +256 434 120 696 / 121 217 Fax: +256 434 121 453 Mweya Safari Lodge Fax: +254 20 556 126 Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] P O Box 22827, Kampala Uganda Email: [email protected] Tel: +256 312 260 260/1 Website: www.marasa.net Makepasi Match Ltd. Fax: +256 312 260 262 TPSC Uganda P O Box 54, Jinja, Uganda Lodge Tel. No: +256 414 340 054 Aberdare Country Club/ The Ark Kakira Airstrip P O Box 121, Jinja, Tel: 043 4121070 Lodge Fax No: +256 414 340 056 P O Box 48995-00100 Nairobi, Kenya Uganda Fax: 043 4121135 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +254 20 214 415/17 Tel: +256 434 121 938 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.mweyalodge.com +254 722 205 407 Fax: +256 434 121 474 / 130 040 Fax: +254 20 556 126 E-mail: [email protected] bb1650@ East African Packaging Solutions Ltd. Paraa Safari Lodge Email:[email protected] madhvani.org P O Box 1189, Jinja, Uganda P O Box 22827, Kampala Uganda Website: www.thearkkenya.com Tel: 043 4120432/ 4120134 Tel: +256 312 260 260/1 www.aberdarecountryclub.com Fax: 043 4120141 Fax: +256 312 260 262 East African Distributors Ltd. E-mail: [email protected] Lodge Tel. No: +256 772 788 880 Mara Leisure Camp P O Box 22938, Kampala, Uganda Lodge Fax No: +256 392 280 588 Marasa Africa Central Reservations Office Tel: +256 414 255 432 SARAYA East Africa E-mail: [email protected] P. O. Box 48995-00100 Nairobi, Kenya Fax: +256 414 255 433 P O Box 23740, Kampala, Uganda Website: www.paraalodge.com Tel: +254 20 557 009 +254 732 434 Mobile: (256) 75 2741373 Tel: +256 312 727 292 455 E-Mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Chobe Safari Lodge Email: [email protected] Website: www.saraya-eastafrica.com P O Box 22827, Kampala Uganda Website: www.maraleisurecamp.co.ke East African Building Solutions Ltd. Tel: 031 2260260/1 Plot 96-98, 5th Street, Industrial Area Fax: +256 031 2260262 INDIA P O Box 33479, Kampala, Uganda SERVICES E-mail: [email protected] Marasa Hospitality Private Limited Tel: +256 312 259 390 MADHVANI GROUP JANUARY 2018 Website: www.chobelodgeuganda.com Bakhtawar, 11th Floor Nariman Point, E-mail:[email protected] East African Underwriters Ltd. Mumbai – 400 021 P O Box 22936, Silverback Lodge Tel: +91-22-22882517 / 22882518 Industrial Security Services Ltd. Kampala, Uganda P O Box 22827, Kampala Uganda P O Box 1483, Jinja, Uganda Tel. +256 414 232 893/ 233 794 Tel: +256 312 260 260/1 Marasa Sarovar Portico Rajkot Tel: +256 434 131 769 Fax: +256 414 234 221 Fax: +256 312 260 262 Address: Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, Fax: +256 434 123 174 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Limda Chowk, Opp. Shastri Maidan, E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.silverbacklodge.com Rajkot – 360001, India Liberty Life Assurance Uganda Tel: +912 813 016 000 Madhvani Properties Division P O Box 22938, Kampala Uganda Jinja Sailing Club Fax: +912 812 465 263 P O Box 33479 Kampala, Uganda Tel: +256 414 233 794/ 254 708 Plot 1-5 Nile Pier Road, Nile Crescent Direct: +919 978 969 671 Tel: +256 772 799978 P O Box 54, Jinja, Uganda Email: [email protected] / rpo@ +256 772 760 110 sarovarhotels.com E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.sarovarhotels.com 1 Editor’s Note Welcome to a new edition of the Madhvani Group Magazine and a new year, 2018. This is the time when most people make the resolutions they may spend the rest of the year breaking. At the Madhvani Group, it is a time to take stock of the year gone by and look ahead as we consolidate our achievements, our quality and our family. Each year comes with dark days and with rainbows. Among the dark days was the loss of beloved colleagues, one of whom is remembered in this edition. Timothy Ayiekoh, national football legend, coach and mentor is hailed not just for his performance, but for changing the lives of so many young sports people within the Madhvani Group. Contents Another cloud on our horizon has been the harvesting of immature cane in the sugar industry. The aggregate losses to farmers, the economy and the industry are huge, and we 4 How sugarcane maturity affects the industry hope the feature on understanding cane importance will open every reader’s eyes to the urgent need for legislation 6 Madhvani Group awarded, takes EABC chair within the sugar industry. Proprietors Madhvani Group Ltd. 7 Liberty appreciates customers, unveils business Plot 25 Main Street, However, the good always outweighs the bad. Madhvani insurance Group has continued its culture of excellence, winning P. O. Box 54, Jinja commendations from the Private Sector Foundation of 8 Excel Construction completes MUK project Correspondence Uganda and the Uganda Tour Guides Association among 10 Families and friends reunite more than 45 years after others. Madhvani Group Executive Director Jim Kabeho was All correspondence should be elected to head the East African Business Council, cementing addressed to: leaving Kakira our relevance and contribution as business leaders in the The Editor, Group Magazine 14 Madhvani Steel receives UNBS certification region. P. O. Box 121 Jinja, Uganda Tel: +256 - 41 - 4444000 15 Standard Bank partnership going strong We have contributed daily to the environment, planting E-mail: [email protected] thousands of trees, and as you will learn in this edition, treating 16 Pictorial our waste water to international standards before releasing it Registered at the GPO as a Newspaper 18 Tree planting crusader visits MGL back into Mother Nature. Conserving nature is arguably the most important component to any sustainable development Contacts 20 Kakira Sugar Limited hosts outgrower engagement plan, and the Madhvani Group is certainly doing its part. Jinja: Madhvani Group Ltd. activities We are also particularly proud of the strides our Steel Division Plot 25, Main Street, 21 Toyota Executives visit MGL has made. Madhvani Steel is an ISO certified and now, UNBS- P. O. Box 54, Jinja approved maker of steel products. Our dedication to ensuring Tel: +256 - 33 - 2342100/200 22 Kakira Sugar protecting water resources the best technologies and peak quality has won Madhvani 23 Madhvani Group contributes to Kimaka Army Gym Steel an impressive customer list, among which is Zenitaka- Kakira: Hyundai, the company working on the new landmark Kakira Sugar Ltd. 24 Makepasi gives mobility to PWDs NEW LOOK of MARASA UMUBANO. COMING SOON... suspension bridge over the River Nile in Jinja.