Attracting private investors in electricity production and supply will be prioritised by the energy body to cut costs incurred by the government, Ntare Karitanyi, the new director general of Energy, Water and Sanitation Authority (EWSA), has said.
"EWSA is not an island and will need more parties in the electricity rollout programme," Karitanyi said on Monday during the handover ceremony at EWSA headquarters. We will need more involvement of the private sector in energy and water supply in order to reach the targets set out for the country.
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