Power utility company Umeme has released a statement refuting media reports that it imported poles from South Africa. “Our attention has been drawn to a story aired on NTVU on Sunday suggesting Umeme, Uganda’s leading power distributor, imports utility poles from South Africa. We would like to clarify and affirm that Umeme sources all its poles from local Ugandan certified pole treatment plants,” Umeme says in the statement by management. On who supplies them the poles, Umeme said: “We utilise on average 90,000 treated poles per annum from wood or concrete. The certified pole treatment plants, our primary suppliers, source…
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Residents of Entebbe Municipality should look to better electricity services following Umeme’s announcement for construction of a 20MVA Substation in Nakasamba, Entebbe. This was moments after National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) handed over land to Umeme in a move that will improve power reliability. Johnson Okochi, Umeme’s Projects Investment Manager while speaking at the site handover and groundbreaking ceremony said. “This project will take 5 months to complete and will cost a total investment of US$ 1.5 million, about UGX5 billion.” Adding, “All the critical equipment needed for the construction of the 20MVA is already in the country. Once…
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A coalition of global energy sector leaders has launched a first-of-its-kind integrated energy pilot in Uganda. Led by Uganda’s largest power utility, Umeme, coordinated by Power for All and funded by The Rockefeller Foundation, the Utilities 2.0 Twaake pilot project unites Umeme Ltd, the centralized power utility company and several leading Uganda-based distributed renewable energy companies (DREs) to provide affordable, reliable, and clean power for all in what has been described as the utilities of the future. In a country with only 28 percent of the population accessing electricity by the central grid, it would take over 10 million customers…
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Eng. Judith Nayiga is Manager Planning and Investments at the Electricity Regulatory Authority, heading the Planning and Investment Unit under the Technical Regulation Department, a position she has held since 2019. She has over 15 years of experience in the Electricity Supply Industry having worked with various entities across the electricity supply chain including; Eskom Uganda Limited, Umeme Limited and presently, the Electricity Regulatory Authority where she has served for the past 8 years. In her 15-year service to the Electricity Supply Industry, Eng. Nayiga has steered the Industry’s planning through providing expertise in the designing of electrical networks, and…
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When the Yoweri Museveni led National Resistance Army (NRA) marched onto Kampala in January 1986, they took over a city that was poorly lit, its darkness not quite different from the bushes of Luwero they had emerged from. Less than 5% of the country’s households had access to electricity. The Owen Falls Dam in Jinja, virtually the country’s only source of electricity, in operation since 1953, had fallen into disrepair, producing only 60 MW of its installed capacity of 150 MW. The Uganda Electricity Board (UEB) the state enterprise that ran the dam and the associated transmission and distribution network…
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By Peter Kaujju For the past two months, I have been using Old Port Bell Road to exit the city after work. Just like many streets in Kampala, the road chokes on vehicular traffic during morning and evening rush hours. This road is one of many transport arteries with clear traffic signs, and is enhanced with human guides, yet many motorists do not pay attention to either. Strange, isn’t it? Yes, it sounds strange but not surprising and shocking. Old Port Bell Road crosses an active railway line. Whenever I drive along this stretch, I observe two young men, who…
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The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has extended its Education Intervention Project to improve the learning conditions in government aided primary schools Upcountry. The Fund will cumulatively have spent UGX 600m on the project, contributed by NSSF and other funding partners, Managing Director Richard Byarugaba revealed. While addressing journalists at Pioneer Primary School, Byarugaba said that the Fund’s intervention is informed by reports that learning conditions in most public primary schools are below standard and could be a health hazard to the learners and their teachers due to the increase in enrollment in public schools. “Government has done well extending…
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Illegal power connections are not only the cause for most deaths by electrocution but also cost the economy electricity needed to power businesses and light up communities in which we operate. As a result, power distributor Umeme and the Uganda Police force embarked on a drive to clean up the country of illegal connections and curb power theft, a vice that is detrimental to the development of the country. Speaking during the launch of the Komboa operations in the greater Masaka region, Akatuhebwa Eriasto, the Resident District Commissioner for Masaka, said the Komboa operation is timely, and its importance cannot…
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Umeme has reiterated its commitment of driving distribution efficiencies to ensure reliable and affordable electricity supply to support Uganda’s industrialization drive and access to clean energy. Speaking at the 9th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Thursday in Kampala, Patrick Bitature, the Board Chairman, said Umeme’s strategy is aligned with the Government’s electrification agenda outlined in NDP 3, focused on access to clean energy, affordability and reliable supply for industry. “Affordable Electricity tariffs for industry remains a critical input to attract industrial investment in Uganda. We recognized, the current prices reflect the cost structures for electricity generations, transmission and distribution…
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Umeme shareholders have approved a total dividend payout of UGX19.8 billion after endorsing UGX12.2 per ordinary share based on the company’s 2020 performance. The dividend will be paid out on or about July 19th 2021, to shareholders in the Company’s register at the close of business on 25th June 2021. The shareholders also re-elected Patrick Bitature as the Chairman of the Board via the hybrid/ electronic Annual General Meeting held at the Kampala Serena Hotel. Gerald Ssendaula and Florence N Mawejje were also re-elected as directors of the Board. The AGM also approved the annual financial statements for the year-ended…
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