Electricity Connections Policy Archives

Umeme welcomes gov’t move to allow privately funded power connections; says move will ease pressure on 240,000 queued applications

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany News The Big StoryNovember 8, 2020November 10, 2020

Umeme Limited, Uganda’s largest distributor of electricity has welcomed government’s move to allow customers who can afford to, to pay for their connections as the impasse around the Electricity Connections Policy (ECP) is resolved. Sitting on 26th October 2020, cabinet, according to a statement by the Uganda Media Centre, “agreed to temporary halt the implementation of the provision of connection subsidies to consumers in cognizance of the constraints to the budget.” Cabinet, further, according to the statement, “authorized the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development to issue a policy direction in the interim with effect from 1st March 2021 to…

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EXECUTIVE PROFILE: This is what we know about Joan Mutiibwa, the Acting CEO of the Rural Electrification Agency

CEO East Africa MagazineCompany NewsJuly 14, 2020July 14, 2020

The Minister of Energy and Minerals Development, Dr. Mary Goretti Kitutu on Thursday 10th July appointed Eng. Joan Mutiibwa as the Ag. Executive Director for the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), the government agency responsible for driving universal access to electricity. Joan, full names Kayanga Joan Dhamutudha Mutiibwa, is a professional Electrical Engineer with over 15 years’ experience in energy policy matters, project management, construction of electricity power lines, human resources and financial management. She holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nottingham in England which she attained in 2004 and a Bsc in Electrical Engineering from Makerere University….

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