Mombasa Cement Limited
Mombasa Cement Limited is an industrial company in Kenya specializing in the manufacture of construction materials. The company maintains its headquarters in the city of Mombasa and has offices and warehouses in Nairobi, with manufacturing plants in Athi River in Machakos County and in Vipingo, in Kilifi County. According to its website, as of May 2022, MCL had installed production capacity of 3.3 million metric tonnes of cement annually. The privately owned business markets its products under the NYUMBA brand.
Location
The headquarters of MCL are located in the neighborhood called Mikindani, in the port city of Mombasa, along the shores of the Indian Ocean. The geographical coordinates of the company headquarters are, Latitude:-4.007778; Longitude:39.617222).Overview
Mombasa Cement Limited is a large cement manufacturer in Eastern Africa. As of March 2016, MCL was the second-largest producer of cement in Kenya, with a 15.8 percent market share, behind market leader Bamburi Cement with a 32.6 percent market share, but ahead of third-placed East African Portland Cement Company, with 15.1 percent market share.Philanthropy
Mombasa Cement Limited is a family-owned business. The patriarch is described as "shy" and prefers to remain anonymous. Under his leadership, MCL supports a program that distributes food to over 40,000 Mombasa residents every week. The program started in 2008, on year after MCL was founded and has run continuously since.It has also set up schools and police stations, including the Sahajanand Special School, a school serving over 800 children with physical and mental disabilities.
In 2017, the company partnered with Mombasa County to refurbish the Mombasa Tusks Monument.