Customer-funded connections

The number of households opting for customer-funded connections to the national power grid is now at 5,283. Power distributor Umeme reveals it received these applications between December 2020 and January 2021. The government had earlier in December implored eligible applicants that can afford to pay for connections to do so. Peter Kaujju, Head of communications at Umeme said, “We have received about 5,283 applications to date of which 2,337 have so far been connected to the grid. We have been able to connect people within a space of four working days even when the regulatory days range between 10 and…