Soil contamination with heavy metals is among the leading health concerns all over the world because of their long-term cumulative effects. This study investigated the concentrations of the selected 3 heavy metals( Pb, Cr, and Cd ) in soils around the Tororo cement factory in Osukuru Subcounty Tororo district in Eastern Uganda.

Three soil samples were collected from each side of the cement factory i. e (Eastern, Western, Southern, and Northern sides ) at varying distances of (100, 200, and 300) m from the perimeter wall of the cement factory making 12 soil samples in total collected around the cement factory while a total of 3 soil samples were collected from the control site, Chamilula.

Known weights of oven-dried soil samples were digested using Nitric acid and Hydrochloric acid. The digests were analyzed for selected heavy metals using a flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer.

The concentrations of metals around the cement factory ranged from 7. 80 to 22.

80 mg/kg for Cr, 0. 76 to 1.

49 mg/kg for Cd, and 29. 80 to 61.

60 mg/kg for Pb while in the control site, Chamilula ranged from 4. 70 to 4.

80 mg/kg for Cr, 0. 10 to 0.

11 mg/kg for Cr and 11. 59 to 11.

70 mg/kg for Pb. .