The Former Chairman of Electoral Commission (EC) Eng Badru Kiggundu has been appointed new Chairperson of the Board of Directors of National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC).
While addressing the media yesterday, State Minister for ICT Peter Ogwang confirmed the appointment of Eng Badru Kiggundu as the new chairperson of the Board of Directors replacing Dr Eng Christopher Ebal whose term has expired.
The minister as well confirmed that Former EALA Speaker Dan Kidega has been approved as a member of the NWSC Board.
Ogwang noted that the appointment of Eng Kiggundu was resolved during the Cabinet meeting at State House that sat on Monday Last week.
Meanwhile, Ogwang also revealed that the cabinet approved the Electricity Amendment Bill 2020 whose objectives, among many, include increasing funding to the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) from 0.3 percent to 0.7 percent of the revenue from the generated electricity countrywide.
‘’We agreed that the objective of that bill is to provide for additional functions of the Authority, Increase the fund allocated to ERA and to empower the Minister to prescribe the procedure for transfer generation assets to government ‘’ –Minister Ogwang said.
“It will also provide for deterrent penalties for theft of electricity and vandalism of electrical facilities,” Ogwang added.
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Born in 1945 to the late Hajji Yunus Luswa, and the late Hajati Kabugo Namatovu, Badru Kiggundu is a Ugandan civil engineer, academic and consultant, who also serves as the chairman of the presidential select committee responsible for the supervision of the successful completion of both Isimba Hydroelectric Power Station and Karuma Hydroelectric Power Station. He was appointed to that position by Yoweri Museveni, the president of Uganda in August 2016.
Prior to that, he served as the chairman of the Electoral Commission of Uganda, for 14 years, from 2002 until 2016.
For a period of six years, from 1971 until 1977, Badru Kiggundu served as an engineer and executive with the National Housing and Construction Company, a government parastatal company, where he was responsible for road construction.
Kiggundu is a holder of Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from University of New Mexico and Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He also obtained a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of New Mexico
