POWERING INDUSTRIES AND JOBS: Inside Umeme’s USD15.2 million investments in Mbale Umeme’s investments to increase power supply to Mbale, by threefold from 20MW to over 61MW. The USD15.2 million investment, is part of the USD83.3 million investment by the utility company this year.

Umeme Limited, Uganda’s largest power distribution company, has invested USD15.2 million (UGX55.7 billion) into two major power supply quality and reliability projects in the Mbale Umeme district. The two projects are: the USD9.23 million (UGX34 billion) Siti 2 Project and the USD5.99 (UGX22 billion) Tangshan Mbale Industrial Park Project. When complete, the two projects will ramp up Mbale’s electricity supply by more than three-fold, from the current 20 MW to 61 MW.    According to Umeme, these two ahead-of-the-demand-curve investments are in line with power company’s 2019-2025 investment plan in which up to USD450m (Shs1.7 trillion) has been lined up…