President Museveni Lauds Tembo Steels Founder for Transforming Uganda’s Steel Industry President Museveni has commended Sanjay Awasthi, the visionary founder of Tembo Steels, for revolutionizing Uganda’s steel industry. This followed the commissioning of a new 250,000 TPY Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) plant in Iganga—a state-of-the-art facility that positions Tembo as the country’s only fully integrated primary steelmaker and a continental leader in green, innovation-driven steel production.