Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya’s Ministry of Energy on Friday announced a 15 percent reduction in power costs in the east African nation, handing relief to thousands of homes and industries burdened by high cost of living and production The ministry in a statement released in the capital …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Uganda’s shadow state
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Uganda’s Shadow State: Revealing the networks of people with power THE LAST WORD Is Uganda’s economy failing?: Why Ugandan pundits are mistaken in their understanding of why some foreign firms have quit our …
Read More »Uganda lost Sh25 billion to vandalism, power theft in 2020
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government through the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited -UEDCL made a loss of sh25.5billion in 2019/2020 financial year due to vandalism and power theft. UEDCL operates various businesses like leasing out electricity distribution infrastructure to UMEME, electricity pole plant operations and electricity distribution in eight …
Read More »BESIGYE: I will campaign for best candidates in all parties
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Forum For Democratic Change (FDC) Presidential flag bearer Kizza Besigye has said he will not shy from campaigning for candidates in other political parties, if they support his ‘liberation’ message. In a wide ranging pre-election interview on the NBS Morning Breeze show Monday (video …
Read More »Country suffers nationwide power blackout again
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda suffered a nationwide blackout on Saturday, the second in less than a month. Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited, which is responsible for bulk purchase and transmission of power countrywide, said “We have lost transmission across the nation which has caused a nationwide blackout, please …
Read More »Achwa power station ready to generate power- UEDCL
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited -UEDCL, says the Achwa 2 hydro-electric power station is ready to generate power for distribution to domestic and commercial end-users in northern Uganda. The 42 megawatts hydroelectric power plant is located in Angagura sub county along the Achwa river …
Read More »We need more power for industrialisation- Muloni
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Energy and Mineral Development Irene Muloni has said that Uganda needs more power to meet its plans for industrialization and other projects. She told journalists at the Uganda Media Centre on Tuesday that with 25 Industrial parks across the country planned …
Read More »Makerere University students challenge Vice Chancellor’s excessive powers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six students from Makerere University have challenged the powers given to the Vice-Chancellor under the Makerere University Regulations, 2015. The students include Abbas Ruyombo, Judith Nalukwago, Mugisha Mariam Kyomugisha, Mbabazi Julius Muyambi, Marion Kirabo and David Musiri. The students have petitioned the Civil Division …
Read More »Mugabe and the West: a love-hate affair
Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP | He came to power as a Mao-jacketed revolutionary, charmed the West with his policy of racial reconciliation, adopted stylish Saville Row suits and was knighted by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth. But Zimbabwean ex-president Robert Mugabe, who has died aged 95, ended his life stripped of his honorary …
Read More »Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s ruthless ex-president, dies aged 95
Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP | Robert Mugabe, the former guerrilla leader who held onto power in Zimbabwe for 37 years until forced out by the military with the economy mired in crisis, has died aged 95, the country’s president announced Friday. “It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing …
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