Kampala to close diesel plant and switch to heavy fuel

In a bid to curb escalating power tariffs, the Uganda government is expected to close down one of its automotive diesel oil plants in nine months and replace it with a 50 Megawatt heavy fuel oil plant, to be built at Namanve, outside Kampala, The EastAfrican has learnt.

The government is currently procuring the 50MW thermal plant on a build, operate and transfer basis, which is expected to be commissioned in January 2008 and to run for 15 years.


The new plant, operating on heavy fuel oil