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The Hoima power substation; the substation is part of the Nkenda- Fortportal-Hoima power transmission project financed by the government of Uganda, a grant from the Government of the Kingdom of Norway and a concessional loan from the French Development Agency (AFD). The project has improved the reliability and quality of supply of electricity in the western region of Uganda. The project is key to evacuating power from both existing and planned mini-hydro power projects in the Western Region districts of Bundibugyo, Bunyangabu, Kasese, Hoima and Masindi as well as power from the proposed Nzizi Thermal Power Station near the Nzizi Natural Gas & Oil Field, in the Kaiso-Tonya Area in Hoima District.
Once Karuma HPP is completed this December, Uganda will have up to 1,767MW of power and to absorb this extra capacity, government, has already set a very noble goal to extend power to 30% of the population by 2020 and 80% by 2040. This goal is being supported by an equally ambitious free connections policy, targeting 300,000 new connections per year to Ugandan households.
According to the Uganda National Household Survey (2016/17), 34% of Ugandans indicated that their lives had been improved by better transport services followed by improved electricity (27%), development projects (25%) and construction of new roads (25%).
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