During the launch of the plan on Wednesday, Umeme said the development is aimed at ensuring timely power supply within the sub region, so as to improve productivity in both the manufacturing and services sectors.
UMEME Limited has unveiled a
12 Billion Shillings plan to revamp electricity power lines within Busoga sub
region.
During the launch of the plan on Wednesday, Umeme said the development is aimed at ensuring timely power supply
within the sub region, so as to improve productivity in both the manufacturing
and services sectors.
According to the plan, UMEME will also upgrade most of the low voltage
transformers, so as to meet the electricity power demands within the developing
trading centers and town councils in the sub region. The refurbishment works which start next month is expected to be concluded in
November, 2022.
While addressing project beneficiaries in Iganga district on Wednesday, Selestino Babungi, the managing director of UMEME limited
said that, the funds will aid the refurbishment of largely the Iganga-Kibimba
line, Jinja-Kamuli line and the Lugazi power line where most of the equipment
is now old and worn out.
Babungi said that the project will also involve
installation of concrete poles in swampy areas, where power supply is prone to
interruption due to collapsing wooden poles along the electricity power lines.
He said they will also install automatic switches
along different parts of the power line, so as to enable supervising
engineers to only fix anomalies in affected areas and minimize power supply
disruptions in the safe areas.
Babungi notes that the refurbished power lines will provide
a stable working environment, with improved power supply reliability for both
industrialists and domestic users. He further says that this development will control energy
loses accrued from unstable power supply.
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Meanwhile, Abubaker
Walubi, the chairperson of Millers in Iganga district says that, unstable power
supply had contributed to fluctuating prices of produce. He however said the expected
revamping of the power lines will definitely increase production and help to stabilize market
prices.
