As one of the ways to attain the projected National Development Plan and Vision 2040 and to boost economic development, the government, through the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) is implementing 14 new power projects in various parts of the country, in a bid to expand the national Transmission Grid. The main objective of…
An official from Obongi and three others from Moyo district are in police custody for alleged abuse of office, and causing financial loss of 512 million Shillings to the government contrary to Sections 11(1) and (2), and 20(1) respectively of the Anti-Corruption Act, 2009 as amended. They are Alfred Adaku, the acting Obongi Chief Administrative…
The Parliament of Uganda has approved another request by the Government to borrow up to US$331.5 million approximately Shillings 1.242 trillion from the International Development Association– IDA of the World Bank Group to support the electricity access scale-up project. The legislators passed the unanimous resolution following a motion moved by the Minister of State for…
In a bid to counter the adverse impact of climatic change in Uganda, power regulator Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) in December 2021 introduced a Cooking Tariff known as Declining Block Tariff, which would enable domestic consumers connected on the national power grid to use electricity for cooking, instead of charcoal and firewood. The main objective…
Ministry of Education and Sports has released the 2023 School Year Calendar for Basic & Secondary schools, TVET & Health training Institutions at a Press Briefing held on Wednesday Afternoon by the Minister of Education Janet Museveni. According to Ministry of Education, the 2023 academic calendar for Pre-Primary, Primary, Secondary, Technical/Farm Schools, and Community Polytechnics,…
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) has unveiled stringent measures to fight against the vice of vandalizing power cables and electricity infrastructure, which costs the government over Shs 2Bn in repairs. The new tough measures have been issued by the State Minister for Energy Hon. Okaasai Sidronius Opolot (MP), who says the decision…
By Benjamin Epeduno Katakwi: The Vice President of the Republic of Uganda H.E Rtd. Major Jessica Alupo has commissioned Ongongoja Fruit Growers Co-operative Society in Ongongoja Sub-county, Katakwi District. The UGX 317 million project under ‘Legs Projects’ with support from Islamic Development Bank (IDB) was commissioned on Saturday 12, November 2022. Hon. Alupo who was…
Properties worth billions of shillings and lives have over the years been lost in Uganda as a result of illegal or poorly done electrical installations done by unqualified electricians. As one of the solutions to this problem, the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) launched a campaign to train and grant certification only to qualified electricians, in…
There was drama during a session of the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture (CAT) in Geneva, Switzerland after angry Ugandan women stormed the meeting and protested a speech by the country’s Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka. The UN Committee against Torture’s session, the seventy-fifth session of its kind, began on October 31, 2022 and will…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who is also the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces has appointed Lt Gen Charles Okidi as the overall commander of Uganda People’s Defence Air Forces (UPDAF). The changes were last evening Monday 6th November 2022 announced by the UPDF Spokesman Brig Felix Kulayigye who disclosed that Lt Gen Okidi…
