Power distributor Umeme connected 125,000 new customers to the grid in the 11 months to November 2021. This represents a 54% growth in new connections from 57,000 recorded in the same period in 2020. “Of the 125,000 connected customers, 53,000 were self-funded and the remaining 72,000 through the Government subsidised programme Electricity Connections Policy (ECP). However, we still have challenges financing the Electricity Connections Policy. We have about 217,000 pending connection applications, requiring a funding of UGX224 billion,” Selestino Babungi, Umeme’s Managing Director, told Reporters at the Utility’s end-of-year press briefing. He disclosed that the Company was completing capital investment…
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