Kuri uyu wa 26 Kanama 2026 , Perezida wa Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, yatashye ku mugaragaro uruganda rushya rwa Roofings Group rutunganya ibyuma mu buryo bugezweho, rwubatswe ku ishoramari rya miliyoni 125 z’amadolari ya Amerika.
Uru ruganda rwa Phase IV Level 2 Ultra-Modern Cold Rolling Mill Complex, ruherereye muri Kampala Industrial and Business Park i Namanve, rwongereye ubushobozi bwa Roofings bwo gukora ibyuma bya cold-rolled steel ku kigero cya toni 150,000 ku mwaka.
Ibi bivuze ko ubushobozi bwose bw’uruganda mu gukora ibi byuma bugera kuri toni 300,000 ku mwaka, mu gihe ubushobozi rusange bw’inganda za Roofings mu mirongo itandukanye yo gukora ibicuruzwa bugera kuri toni 625,000 ku mwaka.
Museveni ashimangira ko Uganda ikwiye kongera agaciro ku mutungo wayo
Mu muhango wo gutaha uru ruganda, Perezida Museveni yashimiye Dr. Sikander Lalani, Chairman akaba na Managing Director wa Roofings Group, kubera uruhare rw’uru ruganda mu guteza imbere inganda no kongera agaciro ku bikoresho biboneka muri Uganda.
Perezida Museveni yavuze ko urugendo rwa Roofings rugaragaza akamaro ko kuva ku gutumiza hanze ibikoresho by’ibanze, ahubwo Uganda ikabitunganyiriza imbere mu gihugu kugira ngo amafaranga menshi n’agaciro k’ibikorwa by’ubukungu bigume mu gihugu.
Kugeza ubu, Roofings ivuga ko igera kuri hafi 54% by’agaciro kongerwa mu gihugu kuri buri coil y’ibyuma itunganya, bikaba bivugwa ko agaciro k’iki gikorwa karenga miliyari 400 z’amashilingi ya Uganda.
Perezida Museveni kandi yagarutse ku mutungo kamere wa Uganda, cyane cyane amabuye y’agaciro y’umubyimba wa fer, avuga ko igihugu gifite ubutare bwa fer bufite ubuziranenge bushobora kugera kuri 65%, bityo bukwiye gukoreshwa mu kubaka urwego rukomeye rw’inganda z’ibyuma.
Yashimangiye kandi ko kugira isoko rinini kandi rihamye ari ingenzi mu guteza imbere inganda, guhanga imirimo no kongera ubukungu bw’igihugu.
Roofings imaze gushora miliyari zirenga 500 z’amadolari
Roofings Group imaze imyaka isaga 30 ikorera muri Uganda, aho yatangiriye ku bikorwa bito byo gukora amabati i Lubowa mu 1994.
Uyu munsi, iyi sosiyete imaze gushora miliyoni zirenga 500 z’amadolari muri Uganda kandi ifite ubushobozi bwo gukora toni zigera kuri 625,000 ku mwaka mu bicuruzwa bitandukanye.
Perezida Museveni yavuze ko Roofings imaze kugera ku musaruro w’umwaka ugera kuri hafi triliyoni 1.2 z’amashilingi ya Uganda, mu gihe ibyoherezwa mu mahanga bigera hafi kuri miliyoni 70 z’amadolari.
Uruganda rwa Phase IV rugizwe n’imirongo ine y’ingenzi ikora ibyuma bitandukanye:
• Uruganda rwa 4-Hi Cold Rolling Mill;
• Umurongo wo gutunganya no gukata impande z’ibyuma;
• Umurongo wo gutwikira ibyuma hakoreshejwe zinc (Hot-Dip Galvanising);
• Umurongo wo gusiga ibyuma amabara (Colour Coating).
Ikoranabuhanga rikoreshwa muri uru ruganda ryatanzwe n’ibigo mpuzamahanga bizobereye mu ikoranabuhanga ry’inganda, birimo Danieli, Siemens na ABB.
Roofings ivuga ko umurongo wo gutwikira ibyuma ukoresha hydrogen ikorerwa ku ruganda ubwaho hifashishijwe amashanyarazi n’ikoranabuhanga rya electrolysis.
Ibi biteganyijwe kongera umusaruro, kunoza ubuziranenge bw’ibicuruzwa no gufasha Uganda gukomeza guhangana ku masoko yo mu karere no ku rwego mpuzamahanga.
Imirimo mishya n’amahirwe ku rubyiruko
Usibye kongera umusaruro w’ibyuma, ishoramari rya Phase IV riteganyijwe no guhanga imirimo mishya igera kuri 400 ku buryo butaziguye.
Hari kandi indi mirimo izakomeza kuboneka binyuze mu bacuruzi, abatwara ibicuruzwa, abatanga serivisi, abashoramari, amaduka acuruza ibikoresho by’ubwubatsi n’abandi bagize urwego rw’ubwubatsi n’inganda.
Dr. Sikander Lalani yavuze ko kubaka ubukungu bw’inganda bidashingiye gusa ku kubaka inganda, ahubwo bisaba no gutegura abantu bafite ubumenyi bwo gukoresha no guteza imbere ikoranabuhanga rihanitse.
Ati: “Buri coil dukata, buri toni dushongesha, buri murimo dushyiraho n’umusore cyangwa umukobwa w’umuhanga mu by’ubwubatsi twigisha, ni umusanzu ugambiriwe mu cyerekezo cy’igihugu.”
Roofings ishaka kugera ku ntambwe ikurikira
Nubwo uruganda rwa Phase IV ari intambwe ikomeye, Roofings Group yavuze ko iteganya gukomeza gushora imari mu backward integration, aho ibikorwa byinshi byo kubona no gutunganya ibikoresho fatizo byajya bikorerwa muri Uganda.
Dr. Lalani yatangaje ko Roofings yamaze gushyiraho ikigo cyihariye kizatangira ibikorwa byo gushakisha no gukora ubushakashatsi ku mabuye y’ubutare bwa fer muri Uganda.
Intego y’igihe kirekire ni uguhuza ubutare bwa fer bwa Uganda, ingufu zisubira, ibikorwaremezo n’amasoko yo mu karere, kugira ngo habeho urwego rukomeye kandi ruhangana ku rwego mpuzamahanga mu gukora ibyuma.
Roofings kandi yasabye ko hakomeza gushorwa imari mu bikorwa remezo byo mu karere, cyane cyane gari ya moshi, imihanda y’ubucuruzi n’amashanyarazi ahendutse kandi yizewe.
Uganda irushaho kuba igicumbi cy’inganda muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba
Ishoramari rishya rya Roofings rije mu gihe Uganda ikomeje gushyira imbere gahunda zo guteza imbere inganda, kongera agaciro ku bikoresho biboneka mu gihugu no kugabanya ibicuruzwa bitumizwa hanze.
Rinashyigikira gahunda ya Buy Uganda Build Uganda (BUBU), kuko ryongera umubare w’ibikoresho by’ubwubatsi bikorerwa imbere mu gihugu.
Roofings isanzwe igurisha ibicuruzwa byayo mu bihugu bitandukanye byo muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba n’iyo hagati, birimo Rwanda, Burundi, Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo, Tanzania na Sudani y’Epfo.
Mu 2024, Roofings yohereje mu mahanga ibicuruzwa bifite agaciro ka hafi miliyari 264 z’amashilingi ya Uganda, naho mu 2025 byari hafi miliyari 229.6 z’amashilingi.
Uruganda rushobora gukora amabati arenga miliyoni 50 ku mwaka
Ubushobozi bushya bw’inganda za Roofings butuma ishobora gukora hafi miliyoni 4.2 z’amabati buri kwezi, ni ukuvuga amabati arenga miliyoni 50 ku mwaka.
Iyi mibare igaragaza uruhare rukomeye uruganda rushobora kugira mu gutanga ibikoresho bikenewe mu bwubatsi bw’amazu muri Uganda no mu bihugu byo mu karere.
Roofings ikomeje gushora imari no mu mibereho y’abaturage
Ishoramari rya Roofings ntirigarukira ku gukora ibyuma gusa.
Dr. Lalani yatangaje ko iyi sosiyete iri kubaka bundi bushya Kasubi Family Primary School ku giciro cya miliyari 3.7 z’amashilingi ya Uganda, ku bufatanye na Kampala Capital City Authority, imirimo yo kubaka ikaba ikorwa na CCCC.
Uyu mushinga usanga indi bikorwa bya Roofings mu burezi, ubuzima, gutera amashyamba no kurengera ibidukikije.
Mu gusoza, Dr. Lalani yasabye urubyiruko rwa Uganda kugira inzozi nini, gukorana umurava no gukomeza kurangwa n’ubunyangamugayo, kugira ngo bubake ibigo n’ubukungu bizasigara bifite akamaro mu gihe kizaza.
Ati: “Ejo hazaza ha Uganda n’uyu mugabane hazagenwa n’amaboko yanyu, ibitekerezo byanyu n’umuhate wanyu.”
Roofings Group yavuze ko ikomeje kwizera ubushobozi bwa Uganda na Afurika muri rusange bwo kwihindura igicumbi gikomeye cy’inganda, ishimangira icyerekezo cyayo cyo kuba “umusemburo w’Afurika irambye.”
Ku byerekeye Roofings Group
Roofings Group yashinzwe muri Uganda mu 1994 na Dr. Sikander Lalani. Ni imwe mu nganda zikomeye muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba zikora ibyuma n’ibindi bikoresho by’ubwubatsi.
Ifite ibikorwa by’inganda i Lubowa na Namanve, kandi ikora ibicuruzwa bitandukanye bikenerwa mu bwubatsi, ikabigeza ku isoko rya Uganda ndetse n’ibihugu byo mu karere.
Kuva yatangira, Roofings imaze gushora imari irenga miliyoni 500 z’amadolari, ikaba ifite ubushobozi rusange bwo gukora toni zigera kuri 625,000 ku mwaka.
Iri shoramari rishya rya miliyoni 125 z’amadolari ni indi ntambwe ikomeye mu rugendo rwa Uganda rwo kwihaza mu nganda, kongera agaciro ku mutungo wayo no kuba igicumbi cy’ibikorwa by’inganda muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba.
Mukimbiri Wilson
