CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | Egypt seeks to establish power interconnection with Europe to export electricity to European countries, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker said Tuesday. Shaker made the remarks during a meeting with Gordon Dickie, chairman of IM Power, to discuss ways to boost cooperation …
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Mad Okollo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lack of electricity and low supply of Cotton by farmers has rendered Rhino Camp Cotton Ginnery in Mad Okollo district idle. The facility which is located in Rhino Camp Town Council has in the past been used to turn cotton into lint after …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has announced it will discontinue payments for deemed power as the Achwa and Karuma Hydroelectric power stations are expected to commence operations this year. Deemed energy, often unused electricity available from independent power producers (IPPs) due to non-existent or weak grid infrastructure, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Energy, Ruth Nankakbirwa has set a deadline for the phase-out of outdated Yaka payment meters. Uganda like other countries in the region decided to switch its prepaid electric metering system to the latest technology known as Standard Transfer Specification. That standard of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legal, policy, and regulatory reforms instituted between 2022 and 2023 in the electricity sector were not felt by power consumers as the year 2023 ended. It had been hoped that the Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2022 passed by parliament in May 2022 would make electricity cheaper …
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Winning the war of tariff affordability and losing the war of sustainability of electricity sub-sector COMMMENT | HARRISON MUTIKANGA | A decade after Andrew Mwenda’s article, “Electricity cost going up 40%: but who benefits most from subsidies to UMEME?” in the Independent (Issue No.196 January 13-19, 2012), the details of electricity …
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Despite many achievements, Uganda still faces daunting challenges, particularly with an installed generation capacity per capita of 40 MW per million people—one of the lowest in Sub-Saharan Africa. COMMENT | By DR HARRISON MUTIKANGA | The strides made in Uganda’s electricity subsector over the last two decades are commendable; witnessing a …
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COMMENT | By DR HARRISON MUTIKANGA | A decade after Andrew Mwenda’s article, “Electricity cost going up 40%: but who benefits most from subsidies to UMEME?” in The Independent (Issue No.196 January 13-19, 2012), the details of electricity pricing, subsidy policies, and their ramifications remain a concern. Mwenda’s call to …
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Recent surges in home solar energy installations across Africa indicate that more people on the continent may have access to electricity than previously thought. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Emerging data is shedding new light on the electricity landscape in Africa, indicating the oft-cited statistics of those without power …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Sidronius Okaasai Opolot has inaugurated a new electricity substation in Mbale city. Last year, the government, under the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development through the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA), allocated sh3.2 billion to UMEME for the …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
