Uganda, Rwanda power connectivity project back on track

Uganda-Rwanda power project

Uganda and Rwanda have since 1995 been exchanging power at the Cyanika border, which serves Kisoro in Uganda and Gatuna. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU | NMG

Projects for power connectivity between Uganda and Rwanda are back on – profiting from warming relations between the two sides – as are some of the projects meant to enhance the East African power pool.

“Commissioning of the Uganda-Rwanda line awaits installation of communication boosters on the Rwandan side,” Uganda’s Energy Ministry Permanent Secretary Irene Pauline Batebe told The EastAfrican recently.