Joshua Karamagi

When it comes to electricity, there is a common question among Ugandans, ‘why does Uganda export power to other countries when we need it here?’ Well, we are part of the process of trying to actualise this vision of a fully integrated power market. The government of Uganda has heavily invested in electricity power generation & transmission and with the much-awaited Karuma Hydropower Plant and its interconnection power lines coming on board, an extra 600MW will be added to the national grid. The question is, where do we put all this power if the local market cannot consume it all…