POWERING INDUSTRIES AND JOBS: Inside Umeme’s USD15.2 million investments in Mbale
A bird's eye view of the 16.5MW Siti 2 Hydro Power Dam developed by Elgon Hydro Siti (PVT) Ltd on River Siti in Bukwo District. Umeme is spending USD8.4 million on a 125-kilometre power line to evacuate power from the dam to Mbale. The project is 97 per cent complete.
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