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…
Gov’t on Saturday extended a three-week lockdown on two districts at the centre of an Ebola outbreak which has claimed over 50 lives, curbing travel and closing public places. Since the outbreak was declared in the central district of Mubende on September 20, the disease has spread across the East African nation, including the capital…
The Chief Executive Officer of the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA), Engineer Ziria Tibalwa Waako, has said that the Authority is currently working on a framework for private investment into power transmission and renewable energy, in a bid to operationalize the Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2022. Engineer Waako made the remarks while delivering her speech during the…
The State Minister for Energy, Sidronius Okaasai Opolot has urged Ugandans and the business community to embrace the usage of renewable energy because it’s one of the keys to Uganda’s socio-economic transformation. While delivering his speech during the Renewable Energy Conference on Thursday at Speke Resort Munyonyo, Minister Okaasai said Uganda is blessed with abundant…
Following the passing of Uganda’s new Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022, Ugandans found guilty of vandalizing electricity infrastructure may face a fine of $283,764.96 (UGX 1-billion) or a 15-year jail sentence, just five years short of the Ugandan life sentence term of 20 years. This passing of the bill came at a time when the country…
The Finance State Minister, Henry Musasizi has asked Members of Parliament to approve up to Shs3.5 trillion to finance the Shs48.1 trillion budget. The first loan request which is up to US$464 million translating to about Shs1.7 trillion, is to be sourced from the Standard Chartered Bank. In documents which now stand referred to Parliament’s…
