Uganda to connect 1.3 mln customers to national power grid
KAMPALA, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Uganda will start connecting over 1.3 million customers, including households and industrial parks, to the national power grid this month in efforts to scale up electricity access in the East African country, an official said here on Friday.
Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Ruth Nankabirwa told reporters that the connections will be financed by a 638-million-U.S.-dollar Worl