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Umeme operates, maintains, upgrades, and expands the electricity distribution system within Uganda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electricity distributor Umeme Ltd is owed by government close to US$400 million (1.5 trillion Shillings), equivalent to a whole month’s national revenue, as investment costs that are yet to be recovered by the company. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  At least 500,000 customers of electricity distributor, Umeme Ltd were affected by the company’s move to what they called rectifying a technical error that occurred December 2020.  During that month, Umeme says customers were given more power than the value of the money would pay. …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has been faulted over the failure to address inconsistent power supply in Northern Uganda. The power regulatory authority has been accused of sabotaging business development and industrialization in the Northern Region due to intermittent and low power supply. General …

Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited-UEDCL has taken over power distribution in Bundibugyo district. It replaces the Bundibugyo Energy Cooperative Society- BECS. In 2009, Bundibugyo Energy and Cooperative Society won the concession to manage the power line in the district. According to the concession, the …

What lies ahead as government agency takes over electricity distribution in the Rwenzori territory Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Bundibugyo District and its neighbourhoods have had frequent electricity outages for many years, leaving Bundibugyo Energy Cooperative Society’s (BECS) staff running up and about to fix the problem. For that, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans are expected to pay a little lower for electricity consumption next year following approval of the new end-user tariffs. The base tariffs have been reduced by an average 0.4 percent, with the big consumers mainly industries, benefitting more from this adjustment. Domestic or household …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A group of organisations advocating for good energy sector performance, have threatened to drag the government to court unless it reverses the decision to suspend the free Electricity Connection Policy, ECP. On Wednesday, the Electricity Regulatory Authority announced the new approved costs of connection of …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Anyone seeking to have electricity connected to their premises will now have to pay the full costs, following the scrapping of the subsidy, as well as the free connection policy, by the government.   Since 2005, the government has been subsidizing the cost of connecting power …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans will not see the relief on the money they pay for electricity as Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA), the industry regulator has decided not to change the tariff for the period to the end of September 2020. ERA announced today that between July and …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has warned against developments in the Murchison falls, saying tampering with it will destroy Uganda’s tourism sector. Last year, power regulator, Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) announced that they had received an application from Bonang Power Energy Ltd, a South African …