{"id":5271,"date":"2022-03-15T06:58:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T06:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=5271"},"modified":"2022-03-15T06:58:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T06:58:18","slug":"energy-minister-nankabirwa-applauds-uegcl-for-taking-up-the-internal-performance-contract-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/energy-minister-nankabirwa-applauds-uegcl-for-taking-up-the-internal-performance-contract-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Minister Nankabirwa applauds UEGCL for taking up the Internal Performance Contract Model"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Sierra Ruth Arinaitwe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa has applauded UEGCL, a government owned company for adopting the Internal Performance Contract Model as a means of improving their operational efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hon.Nankabirwa officiating the ceremony during which she witnessed the signing of the Isimba HPP Internal Performance Contract (IPC) between UEGCL and Isimba Management Team. These contracts give the staff the delegated authority to maintain and operate Isimba Hydropower station with limited intervention from the UEGCL Head office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Nankabirwa, the Internal Performance Contract model comes at a time when UEGCL is beginning to take over the operation and maintenance of various power plants in the country which is significant in pivoting priorities from construction management to efficient business centered management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis gives UEGCL the opportunity to have a direct impact on the common goal of lowering the electricity tariff which comes along with a demanding challenge to maintain and even improve operational efficiency and to foster technical and strategic skilling of the employees,\u201d Nankabirwa said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UEGCL CEO Dr. Harrison Mutikanga and Isimba HPP General Manager Micheal Esiimu with the newly signed contract.<\/em>
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Dr. Harrison Mutikanga, the UEGCL CEO noted that signing of the internal performance contracts will enhance operational independence which in turn promotes efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery. It will also impact on lowering of tariffs through efficiency gains and ultimately cost-effective service delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe shall dedicate 300M for the staff to spend on the maintenance and operations of the plant independently without consultation from the UEGCL head office which we believe will build our employee\u2019s capacity to manage the plants,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contracts will empower and build the employees\u2019 capacity to be able to manage the plants coming on board. Currently, UEGCL took over management of Isimba and Namave power stations and according to the Energy Minister; Karuma, Muzizi and Nyagak will be soon joining the company\u2019s operation portfolio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eng. Proscovia Njuki, the chairperson of Board of Directors UEGCL also noted that launching the internal performance contract means that they are committing themselves to the highest efficiency. \u201cWith this model, we shall see improved cost management and enhanced employee efficiency as we prepare to take up operations of other plants,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Sierra Ruth Arinaitwe The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa has applauded UEGCL, a government owned<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5272,"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":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ener.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4050,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/energy-ministers-technical-team-inspects-isimba-hydro-power-plant\/","url_meta":{"origin":5271,"position":0},"title":"Energy ministers ,technical team inspects Isimba Hydro Power Plant","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"September 20, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"By Sierra Ruth Arinaitwe A team from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development paid an inspection visit to Isimba Hydro Power Plant, the third largest power plant in the country. 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