• Home
  • About
  • Join Us
  • Contact
93.3 KFM
  • Home
  • HotSeat
  • News
    • Business
    • Health
    • Sports
    • Lifestyle
  • Events
  • Contact Us
  • Promotions
  • Presenters
  • PHOTO GALLERY
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • HotSeat
  • News
    • Business
    • Health
    • Sports
    • Lifestyle
  • Events
  • Contact Us
  • Promotions
  • Presenters
  • PHOTO GALLERY
Subscribe
No Result
View All Result
93.3 KFM
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Cabinet clears plan to buy power from Kenya

Reporter by Reporter
August 17, 2022
in News
0
Cabinet clears plan to buy power from Kenya

Dams. The amount of power generated from hydro dams is 1,004.3MW. This is broken down as; Isimba Dam 183MW, Bujjagali Dam (above) 250MW, Nalubaale and Kiira dams 380MW, other mini hydro dams on various rivers 119.45MW. PHOTO/FILE

134
VIEWS
Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on Twitter

Cabinet on Monday received a report of last week’s flooding of the 183MW Isimba Dam that was temporarily shut down leading to a power shortfall, and greenlit a proposal to import 60megawatts from Kenya to plug the gap.

The $568m (Shs2.1 trillion) dam, 80 percent a loan from China’s EXIM Bank, was flooded on Monday last week nearly submerging the powerhouse that houses generators, turbines and other electrical installations requisite for electricity generation.

Related articles

Joe Walker gears up for Kampala-Mbale road safety awareness walk 

Boys beat girls in 2022 PLE

The deluge, which was caused by a defective radial outflow gate according to multiple sources, also short-circuited switchboards, electric motors, and other equipment. Costing of the extent of damage is ongoing but sources hinted it will cost billions.

In an interview with this newspaper yesterday, Energy minister Ruth Nankabirwa revealed that arrangements have been finalised to import 60MW from neighbouring Kenya to address the shortage occasioned by the current emergency.

Read more: https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/cabinet-clears-plan-to-buy-power-from-kenya-3917014

Reporter

Reporter

Related Posts

Joe Walker gears up for Kampala-Mbale road safety awareness walk 

Joe Walker gears up for Kampala-Mbale road safety awareness walk 

by David Mujuni
January 27, 2023
0

Road safety advocate, Mr. Joseph Beyanga commonly known as Joe Walker is set to walk from Kampala to Mbale on February 6, 2023, to raise awareness...

UNEB to increase registration fees

Boys beat girls in 2022 PLE

by Damali Mukhaye
January 27, 2023
0

Male pupils who sat for the 2022 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) have beat their female counterparts in most subjects. According to the executive director of the...

UNEB releases 2022 PLE results, registers better performance

UNEB releases 2022 PLE results, registers better performance

by Damali Mukhaye
January 27, 2023
0

Candidates who sat for the 2022 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) have posted better performance compared to their colleagues who sat for the 2020 examinations. Releasing the...

Aviation officials brutally arrest three journalists over ‘computer misuse’

Aviation officials brutally arrest three journalists over ‘computer misuse’

by admin
January 27, 2023
0

By Paul Adude At least three journalists were on Thursday evening brutally arrested by officials travelling aboard a Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) bus in Entebbe. The three...

US raid in Somalia kills senior Islamic State figure

US raid in Somalia kills senior Islamic State figure

by admin
January 27, 2023
0

By AFP A US military raid in Somalia ordered by President Joe Biden killed a key regional leader of the Islamic State group, Bilal al-Sudani, US...

Next Post
Deputy Speaker Tayebwa questions importation of Electricity from Kenya

Deputy Speaker Tayebwa questions importation of Electricity from Kenya

Cipla-Quality chemicals, to produce more new products return to profitability

Cipla-Quality chemicals, to produce more new products return to profitability

Hunger kills 900 in Karamoja – leaders

US pledges additional funding to WFP

CATEGORIES

  • Business
  • Entertainment News
  • Health
  • HotSeat
  • Lifestyle
  • National News
  • News
  • PHOTO GALLERY
  • Sports
  • World News
Joshua Baraka talks musical journey, secrets to breakthrough

Joshua Baraka talks musical journey, secrets to breakthrough

January 27, 2023
Joe Walker gears up for Kampala-Mbale road safety awareness walk 

Joe Walker gears up for Kampala-Mbale road safety awareness walk 

January 27, 2023
UNEB to increase registration fees

Boys beat girls in 2022 PLE

January 27, 2023
93.3 KFM

Kampala's #NumberOne radio station for better information and the best music ! KFM is a subsidiary of Nation Media Group;
@NationMediaGrp

© 2022

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • HotSeat
  • News
    • Business
    • Health
    • Sports
    • Lifestyle
  • Events
  • Contact Us
  • Promotions
  • Presenters

© 2022