Uganda: MPs Fault Delays in World Bank-Funded Electricity Project, Demand Accountability

Uganda: MPs Fault Delays in World Bank-Funded Electricity Project, Demand Accountability

KAMPALA -- Members of Parliament have criticised the slow implementation of Uganda's $608 million World Bank-funded Electricity Access Scale-up Project, citing delayed household connections, stalled infrastructure and unpaid compensation that they say are undermining the country's electrification drive.

Uganda’s $608m electricity push lags as millions stay in the dark

Reports of high-level government infighting and lobbying for a lucrative power distribution deal prompted PM Nabbanja to step in and suspend all privatization plans. KAMPALA — Three years into a five-year, $608m drive to bring power to millions of Ugandans, the government has spent less than a third of the World Bank money behind it and wired only a fraction of the households it pledged to reach, according to a progress brief the Ministry of Ene…