3 hours ago . 1 min Read Umeme Uganda Limited has announced a power blackout in several areas of Entebbe Municipality Friday.
According to Umeme, the planned shutdown is meant to allow maintenance works, and power restoration is expected at 5:00pm.
“All inconveniences caused are regretted,” Umeme apologised in a notice.
The affected areas include; Entebbe, Katabi, Kituburu, Abayita Ababili, Mpala, Kitara, Nkumba, Kasenyi, Kisubi, Entebbe Town, Nsamizi, Manyago, Kitooro, Bugonga, and Kiwafu.
Relatedly, areas of Kira municipality within Wakiso district also suffered load shedding Thursday, July 29.
Umeme said power supply was affected by a fault along the line, but added that the area team had been dispatched to handle for restoration.
Affected areas include; Bulindo, Kitukutwe, Nakwero, Nsasa, Kira, Butenga, Kitikifumba, and parts of Buwate.
The power outages come at a time when energy losses by Umeme have reduced from 27% in 2011 to a target of 14% in 2021, according to the energy and mineral development minister, Ruth Nankabirwa.
The minister also said; “government is implementing the electricity connection policy whose goal is to achieve 60% electricity access to the national grid in Uganda by 2027.”
Nankabirwa made the revelations while updating the media on the status of the energy sector in Uganda at the Ministry headquarters in Kampala Thursday.
In March this year, Umeme launched an operation dubbed ‘Komboa’ in Kampala to reduce the power loss levels, and it was later rolled out to other parts of the country.
