President Yoweri Museveni this afternoon commissioned Umeme’s upgraded multibillion Mbale Substation near Bugema. Mr. Selestino Babungi, the Umeme Managing Director, explained that the $17m (about sh64b) modern substation will now make electricity supply in eastern region more reliable resulting from the integration of the new transmission 50MW substation at the Mbale Industrial Park. He said […]
Government of Uganda has invested in expanding the transmission network from 730 kilometres (km) in 2000 to 3,223 km Uganda’s power sub-Sector is divided into three: the generation, transmission, and distribution segments. While generation has both public and private power producers, the transmission segment is solely in the government’s hands. The distribution portion has private […]
The Minister for Energy and Mineral Development Goretti Kitutu Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Energy and Mineral Development Goretti Kitutu has asked companies involved in the electricity sector to work reduce the cost of power. The minister notes that the tariffs have remained high because the costs of doing business were […]
A mobile mini power substation in Mbale District. Most of such projects are funded through loans. The Energy Infrastructure Fund seeks to create a window through projects can be supported without necessarily resorting to loans. PHOTO | COURTESY Cabinet has approved the setup of an Energy Infrastructure Fund, which will draw money from the Treasury […]
Government has revealed that once the 600MW Karuma Power Plant is commissioned and fully utilized, the weighted generation tariff will reduce from the current US Cents 6.47/kWh (Shs243.43) to US Cents 5.34/kWh (Shs200.93), indicating a 17.65% reduction According to Eng. Simon D’ujanga, the Minister of State for Energy, power distributors like Umeme and other distribution […]
The fall in the shares of the companies could be attributed to a fall in demand as foreign investors withheld their money, while others sold off their share to either keep cash or reinvest in their home countries and other markets considered safer. The market value of the companies listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange […]
Umeme Managing Director Selestino Babungi on a guided tour of Amos Dairies one of the large power consumers in Western Uganda (PHOTO/Courtesy) LYANTONDE — Power distributor Umeme is building a switching station in Lyantonde District to improve supply in the district, Masaka and Mbarara cities. The Managing Director Umeme, Mr. Selestino Babungi says the switching […]
Umeme is on a mission of putting up another substation in some other parts of the country like Ishaka. PHOTO/FILE Power distributor, Umeme is constructing a switching station in Lyantonde District to improve supply in greater Masaka and Mbarara City. The station, which, according to Mr Selestino Babungi, the Umeme managing director, is expected to […]
An opportunity is brewing for people in Mbarara city as the Sino Industrial Park in Nshara finalises set up of a modern abattoir that will attract local demand of about 150 cattle per day. Speaking at the industrial park in Mbarara, Mr Stephen Kaboyo, Sino Industrial Park and Economic Zone chairman, said the abattoir was […]
Herbert Tumwesigye of Great Lakes, distributors of Nile Breweries products, said they were operating at 60% capacity. He said this was lower than the 85% operating level they needed to break even. People taking local brew at a bar. Distributors of alcoholic beverages say it would be more beneficial to the economy if bars were […]
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