MPs sitting on the parliamentary committee on natural resources have today observed that UMEME’s unwillingness to declare information regarding the actual losses the company makes is a deliberate trick it uses to continue getting compensation from government. The MPs on the committee chaired by Bungokho south MP Michael Werikhe are concerned that the company is robbing the country of huge […]
Members of Parliament are demanding government to cancel the concession agreement made with UMEME and take on the supply of electricity to solve the problems of high tariffs and load-shedding. Lawmakers on the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources including Hanifa kawoya and Getrude Nankabirwa say UMEME connived with government officials in the ministry of privatization and […]
Power distributors Umeme and Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the testing of meters before they are installed in customers’ homes. Charlotte Kemigyisha, the Umeme Corporate Communications Officer says the move will make Umeme meters more trusted by power consumers. “We believe that our customers will have more […]
The effects of the economic hardships currently being experienced in Uganda are expected to bite harder when day long and night long load shedding starts soon. Umeme, the concessionaire of Uganda Electricity Distribution Company said today that the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company has announced a shortfall of 50MW (mega watts) during day and 120MW during […]
UMEME wants to use new proposed billing system to improve its customer service delivery. The billion shillings system is aimed to cater for pre-payment of power bills as opposed to the current one. The new system is part of UMEME’s new Customer Management System intended to enable the company to efficiently improve customer service and […]