Africa-Press – Uganda. National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential flag bearer President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will today tour the $1.3b (sh4.7 trillion) Karuma Dam in Kiryandongo district to check on the progress of the construction works.
“I will tour Karuma Dam in Kiryandongo District to check on the progress of the construction works. By July, the dam construction works were 98% complete while work on the sub-stations and transmission lines were 80% complete,” Museveni noted in a tweet.
“Once Karuma is complete, our country’s electricity generation capacity will be 1,868MW, up from the 60MW we generated in 1986. This will enhance the industrialization drive we have embarked on. The many factories coming up need affordable electricity to operate and break-even,” the President further noted.
Karuma Hydroelectric Power Station is a 600 MW hydroelectric power project that when completed will be the largest power-generating installation in the country.
The construction of Karuma was launched in 2013 and was scheduled to be completed within six years in December 2019.
This date was extended to January 2020 and now to December 2020.
