Charles Rubaijaniza

When George Inholo arrived at Uganda Clays Limited (UCL) at the fold of 2014 – August to be exact, it was literally a company with a feet of clay. A new $15m Kamonkoli plant, on the outskirts of Mbale town (now Budaka District), which was opened in April 2009 amidst fanfare and mega optimism, had become a problem child, threatening to sink the entire company. Although UCL’s turnover in the first year of the Kamonkoli factory’s opening grew 6.6% from UGX16.7 billion in 2009 to UGX17.8 billion and then by 45.5% to UGX25.9 billion in 2011, higher costs of operation…