(July 31, 2011, Kampala, Uganda) — Ethiopia plans to sell electricity to East African states starting with Kenya and Uganda, according to Ethiopia's Second Deputy Prime Minister.
The Deputy Prime minister who is also the Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Ato Hailemariam Desalegn was in Kampala to sign the Ethio-Uganda Joint Ministerial Commission in Kampala Uganda on July 22 with his counterpart, Mr. Sam Kutesa.
Mr. Desalegn told East African Business Week in an exclusive interview, that Ethiopia had already connected the Kenyans on the grid under a power sale agreement.
After completing the Kenya grip, Uganda will connect automatically, the Deputy premier said. Officials say the power lines will connect through Uganda's eastern regions of Mbale, Karamoja and Busia.
The same lines will with Uganda's southern neighbors of Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi which have power shortages. Read the full story at East African Business Week »
Ethiopia is currently over 2,000 megawatts of electricity. By 2015, the Ethiopia Electric Power Corporation will produce 5,250 megawatts and have installed capacity of 20,000 MW in 20 years.
The Deputy Prime minister who is also the Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Ato Hailemariam Desalegn was in Kampala to sign the Ethio-Uganda Joint Ministerial Commission in Kampala Uganda on July 22 with his counterpart, Mr. Sam Kutesa.
Mr. Desalegn told East African Business Week in an exclusive interview, that Ethiopia had already connected the Kenyans on the grid under a power sale agreement.
“We have reached Kenya on the main grid to be completed in three to four years. The project is financed by the African Development bank (ADB),” he said.
After completing the Kenya grip, Uganda will connect automatically, the Deputy premier said. Officials say the power lines will connect through Uganda's eastern regions of Mbale, Karamoja and Busia.
The same lines will with Uganda's southern neighbors of Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi which have power shortages. Read the full story at East African Business Week »
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