Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Energy has come up with new measures to regulate the exportation and sale of gold. The measure announced by the Ministry permanent Secretary, Irene Batebe follow growing concerns about discrepancies between gold mined in Uganda and that exported mainly to the United …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is pushing ahead with plans to construct a nine billion US Dollar nuclear power plant despite fears about the likely costs. Uganda has planned to include nuclear or atomic energy as part of the energy mix since the early 2000s. In 2008, Parliament passed the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Energy under the electricity scale-up project financed by the World Bank will provide 72 billion Shillings to finance clean cooking solutions targeting 353,000 households of about 1.66 million people across the country. Pauline Irene Batebe, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry says that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators on the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources have asked the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development for a comprehensive study justifying the government’s move to merge and streamline electricity agencies. This demand was made when the committee was meeting officials from the ministry on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have asked the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development to conduct a study on the status and performance of energy distributor, Umeme as its concession ends. Umeme’s concession granted in 2015 will end in 2025 subject to renewal. The total investments that Umeme …
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