Uganda Electricity Sector

Electricity is the invisible architecture upon which modern societies are built. It powers industry, sustains healthcare systems, enables education, fuels technological advancement, and underwrites national competitiveness. For Uganda, aspiring toward industrialization, accelerated urbanization, and deeper regional integration, reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity is no longer optional, it is strategic, foundational, and existential. Yet, despite its centrality to national development, Uganda’s electricity sector has, for more than two decades, been defined less by cohesion than by contention. Public dissatisfaction has persisted. Institutions have traded accusations. Operators have blamed regulators; regulators have faulted operators; policymakers have distanced themselves from outcomes. Since the…