Company managers say recent concession talk not threat to its future Kampala,Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s power distributor, Umeme Limited, has recorded a surprise performance in the year ended December 2017, with the net profit dropping threefold to Shs 35bn compared with the previous year. The less than expected …
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THE LAST WORD: Why the country and its president are fighting the wrong enemy on electricity tariffs THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | A large cross section of Ugandan elites is angry, very angry. It thinks the price (tariff) it buys electricity at is too high. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Power distributor Umeme has confirmed that no one was injured after two cars were damaged by a concrete electric pole on Wilson Road in Kampala on Wednesday. No one was in the cars when the pole, that an eyewitnesses said was dragged down when a …
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UMEME: Why the president is misinformed about electricity distribution market and tariffs THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | President Yoweri Museveni’s letter to the minister of Energy has provided considerable grist to the anti-Umeme mill. There is no company providing a public service in Uganda that has been …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thousands of Gulu residents on Saturday attended an Umeme all-day free health camp, at which several were treated and others benefited from check-ups and advise on how to overcome ailments they had. Umeme Limited on reached out to thousands of residents residing in …
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Karuma, Isimba power raises new questions Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | On the face of it, Uganda’s sole national electricity distributor, Umeme Ltd, has a stronghold on the sector. It has seven more years on its concession, has recently posted stellar financial and operational performance, and – with workers’ …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT COVER STORY Should government takeover UMEME job?: Karuma, Isimba power raises new questions. THE LAST WORD Reconsidering governance in Africa: Why our obsession with copying and pasting western institutions causes more harm than good. BANKING Will …
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Umeme commissions Ishaka substation Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s main electricity distribution company Umeme has commissioned a newly reconstructed sub-station in Ishaka substation as a way of improving power reliability and quality of supply in the Western region. According to a statement from Umeme, the $1,470,000 Ishaka substation boosts Umeme’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) has confirmed that the cause of the power outage that has left several areas in East Africa in a blackout, was in Kenya. Corporate Affairs Manager UEGCL Simon Kasyate told Uganda’s Daily Monitor that they had established the cause …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s electricity distributor, Umeme, is to invest $155 million during 2018 to among other things, refurbish old networks, build new power sub-stations and improve the network across the country. The firm’s Deputy Managing Director, Sam Zimbe, said they have submitted an investment plan for the …
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