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 the construction of over a 500km distribution line, with 96 transformers, will benefit up to 1,000 households. The funding is part of the $100m (about sh360b) the Government secured from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to switch-on some of the long-pending new electricity connection applicants under the Umeme footprint. Up to 87,500 no-pole of the 250,000 applicants, dating back to 2019, will benefit from the funding. Blessing Nshaho, the Umeme…
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