The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (PPDA) Appeals Tribunal has overturned a multi-billion-shilling contract award issued by Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL). It did so after finding…
Joshua Karamagi was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) in March 2023, at the most unusual of times. He joined the government-owned electricity transmission company following the Board’s firing of the top leadership in August 2022. The Board that appointed him itself, was new since the Ministry of Finance, Planning & Economic Development (MoPED) fired the entire old board in April of the same year. The new board was led by Kwame Ejalu Ejuku, a respected and no-nonsense Ugandan entrepreneur and businessman in the non-banking financial sector. Over and above having to build a new…
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Corporate reputation is an aggregate of public perceptions about an organisation’s social, political, ethical and business behaviour and how people engage with that organisation based on these perceptions. Ultimately, this…
When it comes to electricity, there is a common question among Ugandans, ‘why does Uganda export power to other countries when we need it here?’ Well, we are part of the process of trying to actualise this vision of a fully integrated power market. The government of Uganda has heavily invested in electricity power generation & transmission and with the much-awaited Karuma Hydropower Plant and its interconnection power lines coming on board, an extra 600MW will be added to the national grid. The question is, where do we put all this power if the local market cannot consume it all…
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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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Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) has announced today that Joshua Karamagi, CFA, has been appointed as its new CEO. UETCL is a Government of Uganda 100% owned company that purchases electricity in bulk from generating companies and sells it to distribution companies throughout Uganda. He replaces George Rwabajungu who resigned in August 2022. Taremwa Micheal Kananura has been holding the CEO position in an acting capacity for the last five months. Karamagi will assume office on the 1st of March 2023. An accomplished finance professional and business leader, he brings to UETCL over 25 years of CFO experience, 8…
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Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) has appointed Taremwa Michael Kananura as Acting Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Taremwa has been the Chief Finance Officer of UETCL since August 2021 until his appointment as the Managing Director of the entity on 10 August 2022. He’s a Certified Public Accountant and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA). He holds an MPhil. Development Finance – University of Stellenbosch (S.A), Bachelors of Commerce (Accounting and Auditing – (MUK,), Bachelors of Laws (Cavendish University Uganda) plus a Diploma in Tax Planning and Tax Administration. Most recently, he served as the Chief…
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The Ministries of Finance, Planning and Economic Development MOFPED) and Energy and Minerals Development (MEMD), have appointed Mr. Kwame Ejalu Ejuku, a renowned insurance and pensions expert as the new Board Chairman of the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) UETCL is a government parastatal that owns and runs Uganda’s high voltage transmission network (above 33kV). Ejalu is a Ugandan entrepreneur and businessman in the non-banking financial sector, with extensive knowledge, and experience, especially in the insurance and pensions sectors in Uganda and the East African region. He is the Chairman and Founder of Kent Group, a diversified investment firm….
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Northern Uganda has experienced unprecedented growth over the past years which has come along with increasing demand for electricity. Given the escalating thirst for electricity, Umeme and other sector players including Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL), Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) and Rural Electrification Agency (REA) are undertaking critical projects to improve supply reliability in the region. John Baptist Magulu, Umeme’s Customer Service Engineer, said they have doubled Gulu substation’s capacity from 5 MW 10MW to cope with growing demand. “We are focusing our investments on upgrading the network to improve electricity reliability. The line from Lira to…
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In a bid to improve the reliability and the capacity of electricity supply in Northern Uganda, Umeme in collaboration with the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) and Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) together with several partners are executing several projects aimed at boosting quality and reliability of supply in the region. Umeme Head of Communications, Peter Kaujju, speaking during the inspection of projects in Northern Uganda said, “Umeme and partners have stepped up investments to boost the quality and reliability of power in Northern Region which includes Lira, Gulu, Kitgum, Masindi and Hoima with a combined total of…
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