Umeme Limited, Uganda’s largest power distribution company, has invested USD15.2 million (UGX55.7 billion) into two major power supply quality and reliability projects in the Mbale Umeme district. The two projects are: the USD9.23 million (UGX34 billion) Siti 2 Project and the USD5.99 (UGX22 billion) Tangshan Mbale Industrial Park Project. When complete, the two projects will ramp up Mbale’s electricity supply by more than three-fold, from the current 20 MW to 61 MW. According to Umeme, these two ahead-of-the-demand-curve investments are in line with power company’s 2019-2025 investment plan in which up to USD450m (Shs1.7 trillion) has been lined up…
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Power is one of the most important things to consider when building a data centre; the availability of reliable, steady and connected power is a critical element that brings a data centre to life and keeps the critical IT infrastructure up and running. In order to ensure continuous uptime and minimize outages, the main power supply comes from the national grid. Yesterday, Raxio Data Centre achieved a key milestone in the construction of the Tier III carrier neutral data centre after receiving key technical power equipment from the national distributor, UMEME Limited at the Namanve Industrial and Business Park. The equipment, consisting of the Ring Main Unit,…
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Umeme Limited will hold its upcoming annual general meeting on Thursday 6th August, 2020 at 10:00 am, a statement released by the company says. Having been granted permission by court, the company will hold the meeting online as per government measures to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. “Given the restrictions in our Articles of Association, the Company filed an application in the High Court Civil Division on 16th June 2020 seeking for orders to proceed with the Annual General Meeting using electronic means as per the guidance issued by the Uganda Securities Exchange. The High Court Civil Division delivered its…
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Following approval from the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) Umeme Limited, Uganda’s largest power distributor, has revealed that it is this year investing USD83.3 million (Shs 310 billion) investment plan to increase grid connections, as well as better the reliability of power and service to its customers. The plan is also to align with the government’s Electricity Connections Policy (ECP) 2018-2027, which targets to increase access to electricity from the current 28 per cent to 60 per cent by 2027 and then 80 per cent by 2040. In December last year, Umeme, secured some USD70m (UGX258 billion) funding from the International…
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Seasoned communications expert, Peter Kaujju has been appointed as the new Umeme Head of Marketing & Communications, CEO East Africa can confirm. Kaujju has been the Head, Public and Corporate Affairs at Kampala Capital Authority (KCCA) for the last 9 years and his last day at the city authority is on June 30th. According to our sources within KCCA and the Ministry of Public Service, Kaujju reportedly resigned his KCCA role on 30th May and is set to join Umeme, Uganda’s leading power distributor on July 1st 2020. The Umeme position has been vacant since June 2019 when Sandor Lyle…
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By Selestino Babungi Covid-19, the deadly disease caused by the Coronavirus is now a local and a global reality. I would like to applaud all our frontline healthcare workers and other individuals and institutions who are working day and night under the strategic guidance of our president, to keep this pandemic at bay in Uganda. As guided by the President, H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, while the healthcare workers fight the disease, care must be taken to keep the economy running, without compromising public health. Umeme, accounts for over 97% of all electricity supply in the country and we therefore understand…
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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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By David Birungi You flip the switch and power is on. You pull out your work tool and sit down to work from home and within minutes power goes off and your frustration builds. If you have access to social media you post cursing your electricity supply company. If your electricity company maintains a helpful social media presence, they will respond, soothing you and assuring you that help is coming. Help will indeed come. You will see them sometimes in the dead of the night, on a sunny Sunday afternoon, hanging by the belt on an electric pole, with beads…
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) the largest global development institution and a member of the World Bank Group, has reported, they are considering lending up to USD 70 million (UGX263.2 billion)…
By Patrick Bitature Umeme, would like to congratulate the government for having successfully gone through the 2019 Manifesto Week, that run from 13th -24th May 2019. We particularly would like…
