Uganda - Uganda Rural Electricity Access Project — Uganda

Overview

The proposed project is part of the Government of Uganda (GoU)’s ten year rural electrification programme (RESP-2) to expand access to electricity. The project will expand the grid medium voltage (MV) and low voltage (LV) distribution networks spread over five service territories (ST) in 16 district areas and provide last-mile connections to households, public infrastructure and small and medium enterprises. In addition, it includes construction of a 7 km long submarine cable to the Bugala Island from the national grid and procurement of connection materials, ready-boards and pre-paid energy metres to intensify the last-mile connections for 99,077 new customers near to the existing grid in already electrified rural and urban areas that do not require grid extension. Construction is expected to be implemented over a period of 21 months after EPC contract effectiveness and is to be completed by February 2019. The project’s cost is estimated at USD 121.405 million.