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Parliament has passed a motion urging Government to waive the payment of water and electricity bills, as one way of assisting persons affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. Masaka Municipality MP, Hon. Mathias Mpuuga, who moved the motion during the Tuesday 16 June 2020 plenary sitting, said that the Covid-19 pandemic has
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Legislators on the Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises(Cosase) have tasked officials of Umeme Uganda Limited, over circumstances under which the power distributor received Sshs100 billion from the Ministry of Finance. In a meeting between the Committee and electricity power entities on Thursday, 20 February 2020, Jinja Municipality East
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Umeme has added its voice to the burning debate on whether a power dam should be constructed at Murchison falls or not. Speaking to the press on Thursday, Umeme’s Board Chairman, Patrick Bitature said government should tread carefully on the matter. I encourage government to think carefully about what they are doing
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Dr. Mark Mutebi (not real name), runs a clinic in Mukono Municipality. He offers diversified laboratory services to the communities in and around the municipality. All the laboratory services and other clinical records done using computers, are dependent on reliable electricity supply. However, lately, Dr. Mutebi, like many other residents in the
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With ongoing investment in the generation capacity through the constructions of Karuma, Isimba and other mini hydro stations, Umeme is aggressively aligning its investments to increase access, readiness for increasing generation and the contentious pricing of the end-user tariffs. This focus is in line with government ambition of increasing electricity penetration
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Have you been in a situation before where you need to buy airtime for your other phone lines yet you only have mobile money on one? Or you are stuck at home at midnight and Yaka is done? A lot can happen in places away from that Kiosk that you always
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In a bid to provide efficient, safe, reliable electricity and friendly customer experience, Umeme has today opened a new service centre in Pallisa town located on NYM Building on Outa Road. “Our service strategy has always been focused on process simplification, automation and investments to improve network performance,” Mr. Selestino Babungi,
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Umeme Limited has today announced Ushs7.6 dividend pay-out per ordinary share to all its shareholders for the year ended 31 December 2017. The dividend was recommended by the Board of Directors during their first meeting of 2018 in Kampala early this month. If approved at the Annual General Meeting to be held
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Gender, Labour and Social Development permanent secretary Pius Bigirimana has Thursday morning been kicked off the Board of Directors for power distribution company, Umeme. The decision was made by the company’s stakeholders during an annual General Meeting held at the Kampala Sheraton Hotel. Bigirimana was appointed on the board in April this
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Tororo District has of recent seen an influx of industries setting up in the area. These include National Cement and Simba and Hima Cement that are expected to start production this year. Both the Hima and Simba Cement factories have a projected power demand of 20 megawatts with respective demand of
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