Africa·Uganda
Uganda’s power distributor owes local transformer makers Shs7.52 billion as government bodies owe it Shs269.84 billion, MPs find
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L1What happened
Who owes whom: UEDCL owes Steema and Orion about Shs7.52 billion combined; government ministries and agencies owe UEDCL UGX269.84 billion (Nile Post; Business Focus).
L2Who’s affected
The limits of the numbers: The Shs7.52 billion covers only two of nine local suppliers; the UGX269.84 billion includes UGX23 billion in emergency credit on prepaid accounts and still has to be reconciled entity by entity. Nile Post notes the report does not establish that government arrears caused the unpaid supplier invoices.
L3Why it’s quiet
Ageing grid: 47 per cent of power transformers are more than 30 years old; 74 per cent of distribution transformers have poor or no protection; 12 substations run above 80 per cent of capacity (Nile Post).
L4Deeper impact
Demand: Peak domestic demand rose from 986.38 MW in April 2025 to 1,187.68 MW in February 2026, about 20 per cent; 232,586 customers who had fully paid for connections were still waiting as of July 31, 2026 (Nile Post; Business Focus).
L5Full context
Where the figures come from: All three reports draw on the same report by Parliament’s Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, presented on November 5. UEDCL took over distribution from Umeme in April 2025.
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