Uganda's largest hydropower plant (HPP), the 600-megawatt Karuma facility, was officially inaugurated by President Yoweri Museveni today.
“Karuma HPP is set to reduce the overall weighted average generation tariff. The efforts to reduce the end-user tariff remain a key aspiration of the country as an enabler for social and economic transformation,” stated the Electricity Regulatory Authority, a government agency regulating Uganda's electricity sector.
With the addition of the Karuma HPP, Uganda's total electricity generation capacity is expected to increase to nearly 2,000 megawatts.
The Karuma Hydropower Station, strategically situated on the Kyoga Nile upstream of the Nile River, was built by Uganda Electricity Generation Company at an estimated cost of $1.39 billion.