Energy & Mining
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Local leaders, investors demand for inclusion in Karuma power transmission line.
NWOYA – Local leaders and Investors from Acholi Sub Region have demanded inclusion of the Sub Region to benefit from the Karuma Power Project which is nearing completion. According to the current…
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Over 200 Quarry Workers At Karuma Dam Evicted
KIRYANDONGO – The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has evicted more than 200 quarry workers at the hydro power station in Karuma Town Council. The ongoing 600 megawatts Karuma Dam Hydropower…
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Oil And Gas Sector Tickles Tycoons To Form Association
HOIMA – As Uganda heads towards the oil and gas production phase, businessmen and women in Bunyoro sub-region have started a process of forming an association which will help them tap into…
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Uganda’s Energy Sector: What Informs The Tariff?
Following two decades of concerted investments by both government and the private sector into especially electricity generation, Uganda’s supply now exceeds demand – at least for now. Even in terms of energy…
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Businessman Arrested For Oil Roads Fuel Theft
KIKUUBE – Ronald Amanya, a spare parts dealer in Hoima town, has been arrested with 40 jerry cans of fuel in a sweeping police crackdown on a gang for fuel theft from…
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Gulu City Traders Issue Ultimatum To Umeme
GULU – Gulu Market vendors have issued a two weeks ultimatum to electricity distribution company, Umeme: Stop the power outages or brace for street protests. Complaints have been piling but the latest…
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Prioritise cooperatives for power connection- Min. Ssempijja
The Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Hon. Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja has urged the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development to prioritize the connection of cooperative-owned businesses to the power…
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Amudat gold miners call for training on savings
A group of gold miners in Chepkararat village Karita Sub County in Amudat district have called upon the government and the financial institutes to train them on how to save the money…
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Government promotes oil and gas projects at Africa Oil Week 2018
Hon Irene Muloni, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, in the Republic of Uganda will lead a delegation of private and public-sector players from Uganda’s oil and gas sector to the…
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