PU seeks investors for Katwe salt
May 23, 2007
THE Privatisation Unit is seeking investors for the development of the Lake Katwe salt deposits. The winner would also be assigned other salt projects.
By Mikaili Sseppuya
THE Privatisation Unit is seeking investors for the development of the Lake Katwe salt deposits. The winner would also be assigned other salt projects, Jim Mugunga, the spokesman said on Tuesday.
“Interested parties should give expressions of interest in developing the salt and any other prospects that may be discovered,†he said.
Locals have for several years crudely extracted rock salt from the lake to use as cattle feed.
A report by the Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) said there was at least one modern firm already carrying out salt extraction in the lake.
“MUST and JDG Africa Limited have entered an agreement to improve the quality of salt produced by JDG Africa.
“The company has been processing salt mined from Lake Katwe for use in the preservation of hides and skins,†the report said. The Lake Katwe salt project was conceived in 1952.
It is the only source of salt in Uganda.
“The lake bed is 0.8m-thick and contains over 12 million tonnes of salt, varying in composition and depth and has salt stocks which can sustain an industrial extraction plant for 34 years,†it said.
THE Privatisation Unit is seeking investors for the development of the Lake Katwe salt deposits. The winner would also be assigned other salt projects, Jim Mugunga, the spokesman said on Tuesday.
“Interested parties should give expressions of interest in developing the salt and any other prospects that may be discovered,†he said.
Locals have for several years crudely extracted rock salt from the lake to use as cattle feed.
A report by the Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) said there was at least one modern firm already carrying out salt extraction in the lake.
“MUST and JDG Africa Limited have entered an agreement to improve the quality of salt produced by JDG Africa.
“The company has been processing salt mined from Lake Katwe for use in the preservation of hides and skins,†the report said. The Lake Katwe salt project was conceived in 1952.
It is the only source of salt in Uganda.
“The lake bed is 0.8m-thick and contains over 12 million tonnes of salt, varying in composition and depth and has salt stocks which can sustain an industrial extraction plant for 34 years,†it said.