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Central to these discussions are Uganda’s plans to wean herself off from being over-dependent on private foreign companies in managing the electricity sub-sector. In this case, a post-Umeme/Eskom- concession management strategy has been developed that seeks to guide the Ministry of Energy on the way forward. The CEO East Africa Magazine’s Paul Murungi sat down with Ms Irene Pauline Batebe, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, in a wide-ranging interview that sought to explore Uganda’s electricity ambitions for the next 20 years. 20 years ago, the government leased out power concessions to Eskom and Umeme….
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The Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) is staring at UGX 5 trillion outstanding loan obligations from Karuma and Isimba Hydro Power Projects. The loan obligations arise from UGX 1.3 trillion construction costs for the 183.2 Megawatts and UGX 3.8 trillion to the 600 Megawatts Karuma Hydro Power Project, according to the Auditor General’s report attached to the 2023 UEGCL annual performance report. The Auditor General, John Muwanga while assessing UEGCL’s financial statements noted that the company has so far accumulated interest amounting to UGX 447 billion on the Karuma Power Project loan, arising from the power plant’s inability to…
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Communicator, media strategist and digital media content creator Muhammad Lubogo is joining Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited as Manager of Public & Corporate Communications effective 1st August 2023. Prior to his appointment, Muhammad was the Public & Media Relations Officer at Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) where he served for the last 5 years and 9 months. Muhammad holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (Marketing), a professional Diploma in Public Relations from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, UK and a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology. He has over 9 years of experience in public relations, digital media…
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Lawmakers have said that corruption and connivance are to blame for the shutdown of Isimba hydropower plant. The Members of Parliament were responding to the statement by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa on the emergency shutdown of the plant. The 183 megawatts Isimba Hydropower power plant in Kayunga district experienced a shut down on Monday, 08 August 2022. Nankabirwa told the MPs that the plant flooded because of maintenance works. “One of the generating units was out of use to allow the contractor to undertake routine maintenance. At the time of the incident, the scheduled works…
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Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited was incorporated in 2001 initially with the main objective to take over assets transferred to from the then Uganda Electricity Board (UEB); the 180 MW Nalubaale and 200 MW Kira Hydropower Stations located in Jinja. However, with the expansion of the government owned company’s mandate, to include project development of hydropower stations and other renewable energy projects as well as a supporting regulatory framework by the Electricity Regulatory Authority, UEGCL is emerging into Uganda’s leader in least-cost generation. Harrison Mutikanga, UEGL’s Chief Executive Officer in this interview with CEO East Africa Magazine, shares the company’s…
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Failure by the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) to construct a power transmission line to evacuate electricity from the Achwa 2 hydro dam in Pader District, will see government pay UGX300b in deemed energy costs. CEO East Africa Magazine has learnt that officials from the Ministry Energy and Mineral Development led by Minister Mary Goret Kitutu submitted without publicly substantiating a document indicating the contractual obligations where UGX100b is needed in the 2021/2022 financial year to pay the contractor. A whooping UGX100b was already allocated for the redeemed costs in the current financial year and MPs who saw the…
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The Namanve Thermal Power Plant, a heavy fuel oil plant operated by Jacobsen Uganda Thermal Power Plant Limited will return to Uganda government after the concession of Jacobsen expires next month.Julius Wandera, the Director of Corporate and Consumer Affairs at the Electricity Regulatory Authority says that the Concession (License, Power Purchase Agreement and Implementation Agreement) of Jacobsen Uganda Power Plant Company Limited is to expire in August 2020 and will be reverting to the government.The 50 MW plant will be handed over to Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL), a government agency that oversees the generation of electricity in the…
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Eskom Uganda Limited, the company running Jinja’s Nalubaale Hydro Power Dam (180MW) and Kiira Hydro Power Dam (200MW), has confirmed that it has totally shut down the Nalubaale Dam to pave way for a risk assessment and cleaning operation following impact by the two floating islands that clogged the power dam late last week and yesterday, April 20th, 2020. This is as Eskom ramps up cleaning operations and full restoration of Kiira Dam which too was affected by the floating islands. “The floating Island has had an impact on our production capacity as Nalubaale units are not available having been…
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Just days after a floating island interrupted power generation at Jinja’s Nalubaale Hydro Power Dam (180MW) and Kiira Hydro Power Dam (200MW), last night, a second floating island made a landfall. This is as engineers were finalising clean-up efforts from the first island impact. The second island broke off from another bigger chunk of landmass that was headed for the dams, but engineers had successfully shoved it off to a nearby pier, pending and dredging and excavation operation the next day (today). “During the President’s visit yesterday, the second floating island was pushed towards Jinja Pier to be removed. However,…
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