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Uganda braces for 2 weeks of load shedding as second island blocks Nalubaale and Kiira dams, knocking off 100MW

by Muhereza Kyamutetera
Teams from Eskom, UNRA, Directorate of Water Resources, UEGCL and UPDF work to remove the second island that made landfall last night
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Just days after a floating island interrupted power generation at Jinja’s Nalubaale Hydro Power Dam (180MW) and Kiira Hydro Power Dam (200MW), last night, a second floating island made a landfall. This is as engineers were finalising clean-up efforts from the first island impact. The second island broke off from another bigger chunk of landmass that was headed for the dams, but engineers h

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Muhereza Kyamutetera is the Executive Editor of CEO East Africa Magazine. I am a travel enthusiast and the Experiences & Destinations Marketing Manager at EDXTravel. Extremely Ugandaholic. Ask me about #1000Reasons2ExploreUganda and how to Take Your Place In The African Sun.