Museveni commissions ethanol plant in Luwero
Museveni also called on Ugandans to support the NRM in the forthcoming elections to consolidate gains made in industrialisation and national development.
President Museveni commissions PRO Industries Limited, the ethanol and extra-neutral alcohol manufacturing plant located in Luwero district, on December 30, 2025. (Credit: Mpalanyi Ssentongo)
LUWERO - President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commissioned PRO Industries Pte Limited, an ethanol and extra-neutral alcohol (ENA) manufacturing plant located in Ndibulungi village, Luwero district.
The President, accompanied by the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni, for the Tuesday (December 30) event, praised the company for its role in agro-industrialisation, value addition, and the promotion of cleaner energy solutions.
President Museveni commissions PRO Industries Limited, the ethanol and extra-neutral alcohol manufacturing plant located in Luwero district, on December 30, 2025. (All Photos by Mpalanyi Ssentongo)
The President, accompanied by the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni, for the Tuesday (December 30) event, praised the company for its role in agro-industrialisation, value addition, and the promotion of cleaner energy solutions.
He reaffirmed the government's commitment to improving workers’ welfare, lowering the cost of production inputs such as electricity and transport, and strengthening industrial growth as a pathway to job creation and economic transformation.
Museveni also called on Ugandans to support the NRM in the forthcoming elections to consolidate gains made in industrialisation and national development.
The director of PRO Industries Pte Limited, Riddhi Oswal, said the facility is the largest extra-neutral alcohol and ethanol plant in East Africa, with a production capacity of 120,000 litres of ENA per day and 35,000 litres of ethanol per day.
She said the company has invested 100 million US dollars (363 billion Ugandan shillings) in the Luwero plant and works directly with more than 20,000 farmers in Luwero and surrounding areas who supply maize to the facility.
Oswal highlighted Uganda’s leadership in mandating ethanol blending in all petroleum products sold nationwide starting January 2026, in line with Vision 2040 and the Biofuels Act, 2020.
She said ethanol blending is expected to reduce Uganda’s two billion US dollars (7.3 trillion Ugandan shillings) annual petroleum import bill, and promote environmental sustainability through cleaner energy use.
The company director thanked the Ugandan government for the peace, security, and policy consistency that have enabled PRO Industries and other investors to thrive and contribute meaningfully to Uganda’s socio-economic transformation.