Since the East African region has expanded to include Rwanda and Burundi, Uganda clays have already had a lot of business in the East African region especially in Western Kenya, Rwanda and Northern Tanzania. So with the onset of the full operation of the region, they expect to harmonise the business they have been carrying out .In Rwanda and Northern Tanzania, Uganda clays had some few problems here and there especially the non tariff barriers.
“Now there is a lot of hope that the onset of the common market will erase all the glitches we have been having,†said Joseph Kitoone Uganda clays marketing manager. In anticipation of the market we have already set up the Kamonkoli factory which is targeted to serve western Kenya and Northern Tanzania and Southern Sudan though it is not in the region. What we have done for Rwanda and Burundi is to begin trading through agents in the short term and the medium term plan is to set up a factory in Rwanda where we have done a survey in partnership with the Rwanda government through a company called RIEK where the government of Rwanda has some shares.
However we haven’t taken off as expected in spite of having done preliminary surveys about clay deposits nearness to sources of power and water and the market as well. We had also carried out a market survey in Rwanda and we have a tip of how good the market is in that country. We are looking at having two factories in Uganda, one in Kenya and one in Rwanda. With the type of plans we have we hope to serve the market efficiently as we know the market is big.         Â
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