By Gerald Businge on January 17, 2012
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Members of Parliament have asked the electricity Regulatory Authority to withdraw the statement issued yesterday, defying an order to halt the charging of new tariffs. The board of the Electricity Regulatory is appearing before the probe committee into the energy sector that has been overshadowed by reports of corruption. Members of the committee yesterday questioned […]
By Gerald Businge on November 22, 2011
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Members of parliament on the parliamentary committee investigating irregularities in the energy sector have discovered that Nalubale power plant is producing more power than kiira power plant yet there have been claims that the new dam was constructed to relieve pressure from the old dam. A member of this committee engineer Gabriel Ajedra says that […]
By Gerald Businge on November 21, 2011
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Parliament has today learnt that Uganda Broadcasting Corporation, Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF), Uganda Prisons and Uganda Police do not pay for electricity they consume. Talking before the parliamentary ad hoc committee investigating the alleged saga in the energy sector, the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Managing Director Joseph Katera said that these four government organs […]