Eng. Ziria Tibalwa Waako is the Chief Executive Director at the Electricity Regulatory Authority
2021 marks five years since Eng. Waako assumed the top office in Uganda’s Electricity Supply Industry (ESI). Her position involves providing strategic direction to the ERA Secretariat to ensure that the organization effectively delivers on its mandate efficiently.
Leading a known male-dominated, highly technical Industry, comes with its challenges but Eng. Waako continues to defy odds and leverage her engineering background to push the ESI to efficiency.
Owing to her able leadership, Uganda enjoys an internationally recognized regulatory framework, sufficient power supply, transparent legal processes, a formidable tariff regime, among other achievements.
Eng. Waako was awarded the Excellent Performance Engineers Award by the National Engineers Registration Board at its 50th Anniversary celebrations in 2019. During Eng. Waako’s tenure as Chief Executive, ERA has had various National and International Recognitions and Awards.
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She holds a MSc. and BSc. Electrical Engineering, both from Makerere University, and a Master of Business Administration in Leadership from Walden University, USA.
Eng. Waako is a Registered Engineer with the Uganda Institute of Professional Engineers and the National Engineers Registration Board; as well as a Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) of New York, United States of America.
