Government has embarked on a campaign to reduce the use of charcoal and firewood starting with large consumers like education institutions, hospitals and prisons among others.
The Electricity Regulatory Authority signed a memorandum of understanding with the Uganda Prisons Services aiming at transiting from the use of biomass to clean energy in a project code-named charcoal to power.
The target is that all the eight million households in the country should all enjoy using electricity, said Ziria Tibalwa Waako, the chief executive officer Electricity Regulatory Authority.
Waako said although many people complain of high power tariffs this arrangement is so price friendly and a unit will cost not more than Shs 500.
More than 200 prisons across the country will benefit from the pilot project. ND
