Uganda: Ministry Budgets Cut to Pay for Power
The government says it had no choice but to slash ministry and other departmental budgets in order to raise the money needed to subsidise thermal power generation.
50MW unit of Bujagali hydropower project.
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Uganda:
Ministries' Budgets Cut to Pay for Power
Monitor, 3 February 2012
The government was recently forced to slash ministry and other departmental budgets as it scrambled to avert a crisis when private power generators threatened to plunge the country… Read more »
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Uganda:
New Power Tariffs to Be Reflected On January Bills
Monitor, 1 February 2012
When your end of month electricity bill gets to you with inflated figures, just know it is the official account as it is likely to be reflecting the increased power rates, which… Read more »
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Uganda:
Power Crisis to Go On Till June
EA Business, 30 January 2012
The Electricity Shortfall and Crisis in Uganda Has Not Spared Various Players in the Subsector as negative connotations surround the sector. Read more »
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Uganda:
Energy Experts Back Move to Cut Subsidies Amid Tariff Wars
East African, 29 January 2012
Senior economists and ruling party legislators have backed a Uganda government decision to phase out power subsidies. Read more »
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Uganda:
Duplication of Roles Contributes to the High Electricity Tariffs
Monitor, 3 February 2012
Parliament has been asking questions about Eskom which was contracted to generate electricity which is also the same role Uganda Electricity Generation Company Ltd (UEGCL) is… Read more »
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Uganda:
Energy Solution Lies in Biogas
New Vision, 2 February 2012
High electricity tariffs and power shortage are the several problems Uganda is facing today. The demand for electricity is higher than the supply. Read more »
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Uganda:
Nation's Limping Electricity Sector
Monitor, 27 January 2012
The power sector is facing arguably its sharpest criticism since the government liberalised the industry in 1999. Manufacturers and the private sector, though agreeable to the need… Read more »
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Parliament has faulted the timing of the hike in electricity prices saying it was a calculated move to water down the findings of their current investigation into the energy ... Read more »