Tororo Steel Mill (TSM), a Ugandan factory that is under construction, is planned to be the largest manufacturer of steel in East Africa and Central Africa, when completed in 2027. Owned by the Devki Group, a Kenyan conglomerate that manufacturers construction materials, the steel mill has planned production capacity of one million tons annually. Construction of Tororo Steel Mill is budgeted at US$500 million.
Location
The factories of TSM are in the commumity called Kayoro in Osukuru sub-county, outside the town of Tororo, in Tororo District, in the Eastern Region of Uganda.[1] Kayoro lies approximately 27 km southwest of downtown Tororo, off the Tororo-Kampala Road.[2] This is approximately 211 km, by road, east of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.[3]