Uganda -  A $1 million (Shs 3.7 billion) project to ensure reliable electricity supply to consumers in Butabika, Mutungo, Luzira and Kitintale has gone live

This follows the installation and energising of a new transformer at power distributor Umeme’s substation in Port Bell, Luzira. The development means consumers such as the Uganda Prisons Service (Luzira Maximum Prison), Butabika Mental hospital, and businesses notably Cipla Quality Chemicals and Uganda Breweries as well as households served by the substation will experience fewer, if any, interruptions in supply.

“The customers will experience an improvement in supply,” Job Watti, Umeme’s projects investment manager, said according to an April 10, 2023 press statement. He said before the upgrade, the smaller of the two transformers at the facility would disconnect as more power users turned on their electric appliances.

Umeme plans to connect an extra 240,000 prospects to the national electricity grid by the end of this year. As of December 31, 2022, the company was serving 1,757,563 customers, according to the company’s audited financial statements for 2022.