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    UEDCL seals UGX 190 billion loan facility from Absa Bank Uganda amid performance probe

    Paul MurungiPolitics & GovermentThe Big StoryDecember 16, 2025December 16, 2025

    Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has secured a five-year financing facility worth USD 50 million (about UGX 190 billion) from Absa Bank Uganda to fund urgent upgrades to the…

    Operational Efficiency: Why UEDCL Needs A Robust E-Procurement System

    Macdonald Rukundo KyamuteteraThought LeadershipApril 11, 2025April 11, 2025

    From Enterprise Agility to Public Accountability On March 31, 2025, Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) stepped into history, reclaiming its full mandate as the distributor of electricity nationwide. This…

    Increased investments and connections, drive Umeme’s H1 2023 revenue to UGX1.1 trillion

    Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryAugust 21, 2023August 21, 2023

    Increased economic activity thus increased power demand, translating into increased customer connections combined to spur a 19.9% growth in Umeme Limited’s gross revenues for H1 2023, the energy distribution company…

    Umeme exit buyout to cost USD215 mn as MPs urge gov’t to act in haste to ensure there are no gaps after Umeme exit

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsThe Big StoryApril 12, 2023April 12, 2023

    The government of Uganda will have to part with USD215 million to acquire majority shares of power distributor, Umeme, when the power distributor’s 20-year contract comes to a close in…

    16 years of investment and service, big electricity users, applaud Umeme for improved reliability- but like Oliver Twist, they want more, for less

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryNovember 22, 2021November 22, 2021

    Roofings Group―the Strength of a Nation, as they love to call themselves, is Uganda’s largest steel and construction products maker and certainly one of the largest in East and Central…

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