Uganda: Power Company Explains Wednesday Blackout

17 December 2017

Kampala — Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) has attributed the blackout on Wednesday to a system failure in the Bujagali transmission switchyard.

According to a UETCL statement, one of the equipment at the switchyard exploded causing damage to one of the transformers in the switchyard.

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