[1] The honey processing plant is located in the city of Mbarara, in the Ankole sub-region, in the Western Region of Uganda.
[1] Mbarara is located approximately 270 kilometres (168 mi), by road, southwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.
[2] Following the blockage of importation of Ugandan milk into neighboring Kenya in February 2020, Pearl Dairy Farms Limited, whose Lato Brand milk was specifically targeted, decided to invest UShs10 billion (about US$2.75 million) in honey farming, working together with dairy farmers in the districts of Bushenyi, Kabale, Kiruhura, Lyantonde, Mbarara, Mubende, Ntungamo, Rukungiri and Sheema.
[3] The introduction of bee-keeping among the dairy farmers, diversified their income and hedged against an unreliable export market for their milk.
[3] In 2020, Pearl Dairy Farms Limited started building a honey-processing plant in Mbarara City.