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EACOP: The 78 Day Trade-Off
At the height of the Cold War, Nyerere, desperate for financing of the TAZARA, dispatches a British politician, Humphry Berkeley, to tell Prime Minister Harold Wilson that the “Chinese were […] More
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Will Uganda achieve 100% Renewable Energy Future Target by 2050
The energy sector plays a key role as one of the major sectors in Uganda’s economy with various energy resources including; biomass, geothermal, biomass-based cogeneration, small hydro wind, and biogas. […] More
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Uganda’s $500 billion future: Why a wartime-scale push on electricity transmission and grid modernization is urgent.
Uganda wants a ten-times bigger economy — 500 billion dollars by 2040. Today we produce about 2,050 megawatts of electricity, mostly from water power. But to support factories, farms, homes, […] More
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Magumba Waiswa Abraham Advocates for Technological Solutions Against Non-Revenue Water Ahead of AFWASA-ICE 2025 Exhibition
Kampala, Uganda — Renowned water resource management expert and advocate, Magumba Waiswa Abraham, has called for urgent adoption of technological solutions to combat the growing challenge of Non-Revenue Water (NRW) […] More
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in Energy and Electricity, Finance, Markets and Economics, Transportation & Transport Vessels, War and ConflictAn oil tanker moves at the speed of a bicycle.
I’m serious. A fully loaded supertanker, four football pitches long, carrying 2-3 million barrels of crude, cruises at 10 to 15 knots. That’s 18 to 28 km/h. The same speed […] More
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in Agriculture, Farming and Gardening, Energy and Electricity, Finance, Markets and Economics, Politics and GovernmentFuel Volatility: The Silent Tax Crushing Uganda’s Farmers – And How the 2026/27 Budget Must Fight Back.
Uganda’s 2026/27 national budget architects face a brutal external reality: the Middle East conflict driving fuel volatility. At UGX 5,250–6,000 per litre for diesel and petrol, this is no abstract […] More
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Uganda’s $500 Billion Economy Will Be Built on Wires, Not Just Watts
I have spent more than twenty years building infrastructure in this country, and there is one conversation I have had more times than I can count. An investor sometimes a […] More
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in Energy and Electricity, Environment & Climate, Manufacturing and Industry, Politics and GovernmentIS UGANDA’S NUCLEAR PLANT IN BUYENDE, BUSOGA, A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN?
History of Nuclear Energy The first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1, was built in late 1942. The reactor was part of the Manhattan Project, which was the Allied effort to create […] More
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DANGOTE OIL REFINERY
Finally, the Dangote $20B oil refinery has been commissioned after 4 set deadlines. This is going to be the biggest single train refinery in the world and its going to […] More
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Why Ugandans will continue to pay exorbitant power tariffs amidst the President’s call not to renew UMEME contract.
In a 12th March 2018 letter to Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Hon. Irene Muloni, President Museveni raised concerns on the UMEME concession and high power tariffs by directing […] More
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BlackOuts #2
Sleeping without electricity… Waking up to no electricity..!! I woke up today knowing that we will have no electricity. It has been almost a month we have been facing blackouts […] More
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UHURU DAM AND THE REALITY WE MUST FACE ABOUT LUNCH TIME
A few months ago, I read a post by Mr. Amos Wekesa about the need for us to engage government beyond Facebook rants in order to get them to back […] More
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Deal or No Deal, Will Uganda Start Commercial Oil Production by 2020?
It is exactly five hundred and sixty-six days (566 days) to the start of 2020. With oil revenues as a catalyst, Ugandan government had planned to turn the country’s economy […] More
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TAX POLICY PROPOSALS REGARDING LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG).
Dear PSST Ramathan Ggoobi As you push to balance the revenue and expenditure sides of the upcoming national budget, kindly consider the hereunder: The foregoing refers, 1. Uganda’s national energy […] More
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BlackOuts #1
Corona Virus spread.. Economical Crisis.. Fuel Crisis.. Inequality.. Domestic Abuse.. Racism.. etc..!! Since the spread of the virus in Khartoum the capital of Sudan, many crises have surfaced in the […] More
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Uganda government should promote and invest in solar power consumption.
The grid electrification rate in Uganda was 20% in 2014 with 10% in rural areas. The UG 2017/18 financial budget read that Uganda’s electricity access currently stands at 20.4% with […] More
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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Energy and Electricity, Environment & Climate, Innovation, Science and Technology, Transportation & Transport VesselsUganda’s Green Industrial Powerhouse: Morrison Rwakakamba Applauds GOGO Electric’s Innovation and Job Creation.
WEDNESDAY MAY 13TH 2026. LUNCHTIME NEWS GOGO Electric factory which fabricate world-class electric motorcycles and batteries with 600 Ugandans has become exceptional inspiration to Uganda’s innovation and industrialisation. This was […] More
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Guardians of the Atom: Pakistan’s Nuclear Program and Its Pursuit of Peace with Strength
On May 28, 1998, the remote mountains of Chagai in Balochistan echoed with a sound that changed the course of history. It was not merely an explosion; it was a […] More
