{"id":12582,"date":"2024-08-06T17:37:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T17:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=12582"},"modified":"2024-08-06T17:37:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T17:37:25","slug":"west-nile-finally-connected-to-the-national-grid-as-the-long-standing-nrm-pledge-is-fulfilled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/west-nile-finally-connected-to-the-national-grid-as-the-long-standing-nrm-pledge-is-fulfilled\/","title":{"rendered":"West Nile Finally Connected To The National Grid As The Long Standing NRM Pledge Is Fulfilled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The historical NRA\/NRM government to connect the West Nile region to the national electricity grid has finally come to pass after President Museveni switched -on the 132kV Kole-Gulu-Nebbi-Arua transmission project which will evacuate electricity from Karuma, Agago and Nyagak dams to West Nile and parts of northern Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was an exciting moment for Museveni to reflect on the historical relevance of the event when he underscored the progress of Uganda\u2019s electricity sector and the story behind the journey of connecting West Nile to the national grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe argument by some people who say that we had forgotten West Nile were wrong, they were not serious, they were disruptive actually,\u201d President Museveni said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhen the NRM came into government, the only installed power in Uganda was Owen Falls Dam with a generation capacity of 150 Megawatts, with only four turbines (15 Megawatts each) working out of 10. Therefore, the total Megawatts in Uganda was 60 Megawatts. And by contract we had to send 30 Megawatts to Kenya. This was a contract between the colonies of Kenya and Uganda long ago. Therefore, the actual power in Uganda was 30 Megawatts,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe first thing we did was to repair Owen Falls Dam back to 150 Megawatts and fine tune the generators to add another 30 Megawatts, so we ended up with 180 Megawatts. We were selling 30 megawatts to Kenya and keeping 150 Megawatts for Uganda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President however expressed disappointment over Members of Parliament in the past Parliament who frustrated his move to generate cheap electricity for Ugandans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI worked so hard and got an American group to develop Bujagali on a private basis and then we agreed that they should sell electricity at 4.9 cents per unit. When we took it to Parliament, they blocked it. Actually, you should find out who were these people (MPs) who blocked the proposal because we cannot go on like this. Actually, sometimes I feel I should go back to the bush and do some damage to something or what?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Museveni further revealed that after the 2006 General elections, he tasked the cabinet to prioritise infrastructural development with a main focus on electricity and roads. And according to him, this directive played a big role in steering development in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat is when we created the energy fund and we put money there. That energy fund liberated us because we had freedom of action. Because of the energy fund, I started discussing with the Chinese to build Karuma and Isimba. Initially, we wanted to pay all of it ourselves from our budget but the Chinese Ambassador who was here said the Exim bank of China can extend a loan. That is how we ended up building Isimba of 183 Megawatts and Karuma of 650 Megawatts and so on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow in the meantime, my wonderful people went behind my back, that group is also there. They signed a new Bujagali agreement without my knowledge where they removed the agreement I had reached with the American company of 4.9 cents, then I heard that they had started building Bujagali. I didn\u2019t know the details, I thought they had the same terms so when Bujagali is finished, what is the price? 16 cents.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of power waiting to be used. What I would recommend is to develop an industrial park somewhere in the West Nile near the power,\u201d the President asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruth Nankabirwa the Energy Minister expressed happiness that the West Nile sub-region has finally been connected to the national grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI and my team took a decision to prioritise the connection of the West Nile region to the National grid amidst the many challenges and pressures that we have,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister also commended President Museveni for his steady leadership characterised by peace, security and development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou invested in the stability of the country, you worked on the infrastructure; roads, transport and electricity beginning from generation. You cannot supply what you don\u2019t have. You have mobilised money and new power stations and transmission lines have been established,\u201d Hon. Nankabirwa noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Energy, through UETCL, its implementing agency, says it is committed to implementing the Vision 2040 and National Development Plan III through the completion of various power transmission projects which will ensure nationwide access to the national grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The historical NRA\/NRM government to connect the West Nile region to the national electricity grid has finally come to pass<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[367,168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-sector","category-national-development"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1722757610987.webp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1531,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/excitement-as-government-okays-west-nile-to-be-connected-to-the-national-grid\/","url_meta":{"origin":12582,"position":0},"title":"EXCITEMENT AS GOVERNMENT OKAYS WEST NILE TO BE CONNECTED TO THE NATIONAL GRID","author":"MOSES SSERWANGA","date":"July 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"As the elections season gathers momentum government has finalized plans to connect \u00a0West Nile region to the national grid.\u00a0 Western nile is the only region which was yet to get electricity supply from the national grid even when the power generation capacity has been increased substantially . \u00a0Government \u00a0through Uganda\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "National News"","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/energy-1.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/energy-1.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/energy-1.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/energy-1.jpg 2x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/energy-1.jpg 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2622,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/nrm-cadre-nabwire-rallies-west-nile-womenm-to-vote-for-gen-museveni-and-nrm-party-candidates\/","url_meta":{"origin":12582,"position":1},"title":"NRM CADRE NABWIRE RALLIES WEST NILE WOMENM TO VOTE FOR GEN MUSEVENI AND NRM PARTY CANDIDATES","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"January 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"NRM PARTY cadre Ms. Irene Nabwire has called upon the women of West Nile to turn up in large numbers on January 14th and vote for Presdient Yoweri Museveni and all the NRM party flag bearers in the region noting that the region has registred tremendous transformation in the last\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/politics-national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/nbwire.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/nbwire.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/nbwire.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/nbwire.jpg 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8753,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/electricity-is-coming-to-west-nile-president-museveni-assures-wanaichi\/","url_meta":{"origin":12582,"position":2},"title":"Electricity is coming to West Nile -President Museveni assures wanaichi","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"April 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"President Yoweri Museveni has assured the people of western Nile that with Karuma dam getting connected to the national grid government is now constructing a powerline to transmit reliable electricity to the greater West Nile region. 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