Kiira dam may be shut: Is it end of the energy road?

Uganda’s power sector is pretty well on a cliff, with the sudden announcement of a possible closure of the Kiira hydro-power dam.
The government appears lost out on what exactly can be done to arrest a looming disaster.

On January 5, the Minister of Water, Lands and Environment, Major General Kahinda Otafiire disclosed, shockingly, that a plan is underway to shut down Kiira, apparently to stem the unusual water loss to Lake Victoria, which is causing dangerous lowering of the lake level and subsequently weakening the River Nile’s flow force.

That development has ignited a new nervousness across the nation, straining as it does, an already beleaguered situation with the power outages escalating rapidly and sector actors warning of terrible times.

Daily Monitor