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About Sanqua Engineering
Twenty years of building, making and powering progress in Uganda.
From water and sanitation to three divisions
Sanqua Engineering Ltd was founded as a sanitation and water engineering firm and incorporated in Uganda in 2004. Our founders, a civil engineer and a mechanical engineer, shared one belief: every community deserves safe water, decent sanitation and buildings that last.
We started with water and sanitation projects for peri-urban and rural communities. As our clients’ needs grew, so did we. Today we work across construction, manufacturing and renewable energy.
Our headquarters and production yard are on Plots 53, 55 and 57–59, Temele Industrial Road, in the Soroti Industrial and Business Park. From here we serve clients across East and North East Uganda and beyond, with a team of managers, technicians and support staff backed by skilled local workers recruited for each project.
We are proud to have delivered projects for PEAS Uganda, Save the Children, the Embassy of Japan in Uganda, the Uganda Red Cross Society and GOAL. That record rests on doing quality work, at a fair price, and keeping our word.
Our journey
2004
Incorporated in Uganda as a sanitation and water engineering firm
Water
Operated and managed the Agora Water Supply System to October 2017
Soroti
Headquarters and concrete yard at the Soroti Industrial and Business Park
Today
Three divisions: Construction, Manufacturing and Renewable Energy
Our vision
To be the leading concrete products manufacturing and infrastructure construction company in East and North East Uganda.
Our mission
To provide the best affordable construction services, and to process and manufacture high-quality concrete products, furniture and briquettes, while contributing to public infrastructure development and environmental conservation in the country.
Our core values
Professionalism
We meet engineering standards, respect contracts and communicate openly with clients.
Creativity and innovation
We look for smarter, lower-cost ways to solve infrastructure problems.
Integrity
We are honest in our pricing, our materials and our reporting.
Unity of purpose
Our whole team works towards one goal: work our clients can depend on.
Teamwork
Engineers, technicians and community workers succeed together.
Efficiency
We deliver on time and make every shilling of our clients' budgets count.
Leadership
Eng. Epuwat Ignatius
Managing Director
B.Eng. (Civil), HDC, ODWE, PGDPPM
A civil engineer with a lifelong passion for water, sanitation and the environment. Ignatius leads business development, proposals, planning, staffing and plant installations, and the technical consultancy on our projects.
Ignatius holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering from Ndejje University, and a Higher National Diploma in Civil Engineering and an Ordinary Diploma in Water Engineering from Kyambogo University.
Before Sanqua he worked as Water and Habitat Engineer with the International Committee of the Red Cross (Kampala Delegation); Public Health Manager with Concern Worldwide Uganda; Project Officer for Water and Sanitation with AMREF Uganda in Soroti, Gulu, Kitgum and Pader; Public Health Engineer with Oxfam GB in South Sudan; and for over five years with Katakwi District Local Government as District Water Officer, Assistant Engineering Officer, Town Engineer and drilling supervisor.
He is a member of the Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers, the Uganda National Association of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors, the Uganda Small Scale Industries Association and Lions Clubs International.
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Eng. Okwi Enos
Director
MBA, B.Eng. (Mechanical), PGD Project Planning and Management
A mechanical engineer with deep experience in production and manufacturing engineering. Enos leads our manufacturing, plant and equipment operations.
Enos holds a Master of Business Administration, a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and a Postgraduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management.
As Plant Engineer at Century Bottling Company, Mbarara, he headed the engineering department responsible for plant, building, fleet and utility equipment maintenance. At Monitor Publications Ltd he served as Maintenance Manager, leading the safe maintenance, repair and replacement of plant and systems and the health and safety of the production team. Earlier, as Mechanical Engineer there, he led the decommissioning and commissioning of the Goss Urbanite web offset printing press.
Our commitment to communities and the environment
Sanqua was born out of water and sanitation work, and that purpose still guides us. We focus on peri-urban settlements and rural communities, where good infrastructure makes the biggest difference.
Our biogas systems turn waste into clean energy and fertiliser. Our briquettes offer an alternative to charcoal and help protect Uganda’s forests. Our low-cost sanitation keeps waste out of water sources. Wherever we work, we hire and train local people, so skills stay in the community after we leave.
Looking ahead
- Heavy construction equipment
- Modern concrete production equipment
- Briquette manufacturing machines
Work with an engineer-led team
From the first site visit to handover, our engineers stay on your project.