Image: [Gunnar Pippel]©123RF.com With the expiry of concession in sight, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development in Uganda has recommended the halting of new investments by Umeme. The Minister of State for Energy, Sidronius Okaasai Opolot, said this during a meeting with members of the Committee of Environment and Natural Resources to respond to […]
The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has reviewed and approved ne w electricity tariffs for 2022 in accordance with the principles of tariff calculation and the terms of supply of the licensees in the Electricity Supply Industry. Due to the amendment of tariff targets for UMEME Limited and Eskom Uganda Limited, the 2022 tariff base has […]
The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa speaking to reporters in Kampala on Thursday. The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa has announced changes to the Electricity Tariff Structure for customers under Umeme Limited, effective January 2022. The amendments to the Tariff Structure were made by the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA). […]
Umeme Managing Director, Celestino Babungi says that almost all the schools that use the post-paid systems have arrears in varying periods over the two years. Schools and other learning institutions have a one-year grace period to clear their outstanding bills, thanks to a decision by electricity distributor, Umeme. The education sector has been arguably the […]
Airtel Uganda Managing Director, Manoj Murali Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s stock market saw a big leap in growth in 2021, thanks to the listing of MTN Uganda, after more than three years of near-stagnation with limited shares activity. Over the year, the total value of the stocks of the locally listed companies, […]
Power distributor Umeme has given educational institutions a one-year grace period to pay outstanding arrears. With only about three weeks to resume business, Umeme says many educational institutions are still unable to meet their bills because of the lockdown hence the decision to revise the repayment plan. ADVERTISEMENT Speaking to journalists, Umeme’s managing director Selestino […]
Kampala, Monday, December 20th, 2021: Power distributor Umeme connected 125,000 new customers to the grid in the 11 months to November 2021. This represents a 54% growth in new connections from 57,000 recorded in the same period in 2020. “Of the 125,000 connected customers, 53,000 were self-funded and the remaining 72,000 through the Government-subsidised programme […]
An electric poll down, after the transformer vandalised Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has rallied all concerned agencies in the energy sector with different government administrative and security structures to launch the biggest offensive ever on power theft and vandalism of transmission lines and distribution infrastructures which. […]
Stellah Nakibuuka, Communications Officer, Electricity Regulatory Authority It takes a young Ugandan averagely 24 months from the time they complete or drop out of school to when they land their first stable job. This is according to a Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS, 2016) survey on the School-to-Work transition. A lucky few youth, though, get […]
Hiring private companies has largely been blamed for the high cost of power and unstable supply, and for this, the public view is dominated by calls not to renew Umeme’s contract at the end of its 20 years in 2025. "Even if the contract is to be renewed, the government should leave the companies to […]
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