Ultimate Media

The minister of state for energy Simon D’jang has explained the high cost of electricity in the country saying government is reviewing UMEMEcontract .

This follows mps and public demand  for UMEME to be denied being monopoly in power supply

Responding to the mps concern over high cost of power on the floor of parliament D’jang said that the decision to have expensive power was taken from parliament saying that government had no alternative but to accept to pay high tariffs.

He says that the country was in the crisis of power supply and therefore they had to accept to use fuel to generate more electricity. He told parliament that high tariff is due to fuel prices which have increased drastically in the few years.

He however says that with the commissioning of hydro electricity and decommissioning of some stations which use fuel, Uganda will see electricity prices reduced.