Communities in Greater Mityana have been cautioned against illegal power connections which not only pose a glaring safety risk but also compromise the quality of electricity and increase energy losses….
Political leaders from Greater Masaka have implored the Government and electricity utilities to increase connections to the grid to transform lives. Led by the Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Mathias…
Umeme has commissioned another multibillion project in Luuka District in its quest to boost the Government’s ambitious access agenda and rural electrification. The US$ 4,205,623 (UGX15.2 billion) project, that involved…
Power Utility Umeme has supported SOS Children’s Village with an assortment of scholastic materials including textbooks, laptop computers, exercise books and homecare utensils worth UGX44.5 million. The Corporate Social Responsibility…
In a bid to support the green agenda, Umeme in partnership with Gulu City have launched a tree planting drive aimed at promoting environmental sustainability and effects of climate change….
Power distributor, Umeme, has injected over UGX17 billion in the past three years to stabilize and create reliable power supply in Gulu City and surrounding areas, Umeme managing director told…
Uganda’s Tourism Fort Portal City is now assured of more reliable electricity supply after power distributor Umeme sinking investments in network improvement, building switching stations and installing new transformers in…
The Government of Uganda has secured $100m (UGX360 billion) funding from the African Development Bank to switch-on some of the long-pending new electricity connection applicants under the Umeme footprint. Up…
Despite a tough 2021, marked by a sluggish economy and sticky pandemic-related logistics obstructions on one hand as well as delayed government funding for the free Electricity Connections Policy (ECP),…
Utility firm Umeme has revealed that it consumes about 90,000 electricity poles from local suppliers every year. “In line with Government of Uganda’s Strategy to support local content under the…
