load shedding

Ugandans attack Museveni for stating that Uganda will be free of load shedding for only three years

  The President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni shocked the world when he told Parliament today that the country would be free of load shedding for only three years once the construction of Bujagali hydro power plant ends in July 2012. On receiving Museveni’s message to MPs and all Ugandans at large hundreds of people started […]

Energy minister to appear before parliament over load shedding

Members of Parliament on the parliamentary Committee of Natural Resources have summoned the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Irene Muloni to appear on Monday and explain the current load shedding going on across the country. The ministry of finance energy last week requested parliament to approve a supplementary budget of 62 billion shillings to enable the […]

Minister of Energy Muloni unsure when energy crisis in Uganda will end

The ministry for energy and mineral development has declined to give a definite date as to when the ongoing power crisis will be settled. According to energy minister Irene Muloni, the darkness in the country is as a result of failure by UETCL to pay a staggering over 200 billion shillings owed to the independent […]