Tag: Rural electrification

UWA Chief Urges Suppliers to Uphold Quality and Integrity

The forum comes as UWA continues to strengthen partnerships and procurement systems to support conservation. The authority is mandated to conserve and sustainably manage Uganda’s wildlife and protected areas.

U.S Pushes Private Investment in Luzon Economic Corridor as $60 Million Energy Deal is Signed

Business

Dan Petrie, the Acting Chief of Staff of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, said MCC had signed a $60 million Energy Threshold Program hours earlier. The programme aims to lower high electricity costs and improve reliability by modernising the Energy Regulatory Commission, strengthening electric cooperatives, piloting smart-grid technologies and unlocking domestic capital for power infrastructure.

Science & Technology

UECCC’s Price Discounts on Clean Energy Technologies to Address...

Uganda has many renewable energy resources that can be used for energy production and the provision of energy services. These resources include bioenergy, through biomass and biogas, water or hydro, solar, geothermal, and wind energy potential.

Oil & Gas

MEMD Pledges Increased Power Generation Capacity to 5200MW

The ministry officials, however, stressed that they faced a few challenges as they implemented the NRM manifesto, including lengthy agreements on land acquisition, increased vandalism, activities of artisanal miners, and inadequate funding.

Crime

SOROTI: Umeme Staff in Limelight for Extorting Money from...

The management of Umeme in Soroti city has been accused of reluctantly not taking keen interest in following customers' complaints caused by the corruption exercised in their service delivery, which has left the consumers with a clue that it’s a chain of distortion.

National News