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Transformer stolen from Kayunga recovered in Namutumba: Ms Rosette Sikahwa, the Kayunga District police commander told the Monitor Thursday that one of the newly ...
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Transformer stolen from Kayunga recovered in Namutumba
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Umeme’s share price jumps 9 percent on increase in dividend payout: The Umeme counter remains one of the most active despite the expected expiry of the power ...
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Umeme’s share price jumps 9 percent on increase in dividend payout
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Why investors are buying Umeme shares in droves: Decrease. Umeme said a one-time impairment charge on its assets prior to the expiration of its contract would ...
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Why investors are buying Umeme shares in droves
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Shares worth sh3.7b exchange hands on Umeme: The Umeme counter moved about 9,341,856 shares worth about sh3.7b according to a market report from SBG Securities.
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Shares worth sh3.7b exchange hands on Umeme
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After Umeme’s 20-year concession: What next?: If Umeme’s operations are merged with Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited’s after the buyout ...
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After Umeme’s 20-year concession: What next?
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Here’s the space Mayanja saw Parliament occupying: Abu Mayanja thought that prolonging Parliament for five years without going back to the electorate was not ...
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Here’s the space Mayanja saw Parliament occupying
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Umeme refutes claims of Yaka tokens running out faster: All prepaid meters based on Standard Transfer Specification technology will stop accepting new credit ...
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Umeme refutes claims of Yaka tokens running out faster
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Govt to spend Shs420b on sprucing up grid: Industry watchers will be wary of the similarities between UNECL and the disbanded Uganda Electricity Board
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Govt to spend Shs420b on sprucing up grid
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What's next for Umeme? The government seeks a new partner to take over Umeme's concession. Do you think a local company should step in this time? Let us know ... Show more   #VisionUpdates
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Weekly Market Wrap: Umeme exchanges sh160m worth of shares: According to the market report by Crested Capital, trading activity was vibrant across the week with ...
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Weekly Market Wrap: Umeme exchanges sh160m worth of shares
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Govt fears large part of power distribution network is inefficient : An audit noted that half of transformers on sampled distribution lines in northern and ...
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Govt fears large part of power distribution network is inefficient 
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Umeme announces projected 25% decline in profits: Umeme’s pre-tax profit for the first six months of 2023 plunged by about 82%, partly linked to rising ...
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Umeme announces projected 25% decline in profits
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Open letter to Umeme MD: What is the correlation between the just concluded NAM conference and Umeme stable (or unstable) power supply?
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Open letter to Umeme MD
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Umeme’s buyout value drops to Shs849 billion: This figure which has reduced by Shs72 billion since last year, is subject to an audit by the Auditor General ...
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Umeme’s buyout value drops to Shs849 billion
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How stocks fared Tuesday after Holiday break: Stanbic led in turnover with sh9.6m, followed by Umeme with sh2.6m. Airtel Uganda moved sh481,000 ...
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How stocks fared Tuesday after Holiday break
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Weekly Stock Market Wrap: Umeme, MTN top trading: Data from Crested Capital shows that Umeme topped the trading activity, exchanging sh552m in turnover followed ...
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Weekly Stock Market Wrap: Umeme, MTN top trading
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NSE best and worst performing stocks of 2023: Uganda’s Umeme Limited topped the bourse as most stocks recorded dismal gains due to poor economy and foreign ...
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NSE best and worst performing stocks of 2023
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Umeme declares December a ‘dark month’: The power outage is due to the announced repairs aiming at bettering services.
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Umeme declares December a ‘dark month’
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Hoima City gets sh9b electricity boost: The six Megawatts Substation facility in the city center is receiving an upgrade stepping up the capacity to 20 ...
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Hoima City gets sh9b electricity boost
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URA sends Yaka customers to Umeme over unpaid claims: The current system only recognises those who present invoices showing that someone has been invoiced and ...
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URA sends Yaka customers to Umeme over unpaid claims
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Teacher electrocuted a month to his introduction ceremony: The deceased was due to marry his partner Annet Namuddu, with the traditional ceremonies scheduled for ...
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Teacher electrocuted a month to his introduction ceremony
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Weekly Market Wrap: Turnover increases to sh1.4b: According to data from Crested capital, the active counters during the week exchanged a total volume of 34 ...
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Weekly Market Wrap: Turnover increases to sh1.4b
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Umeme to pay Shs500m over electrocuted boy in Wakiso: Further in his ruling, the judge ordered Umeme to pay costs of the suit and also an interest of 15 per cent ...
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Umeme to pay Shs500m over electrocuted boy in Wakiso
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Stock market trades sh1.1b in turnover on Monday: Umeme emerged as the frontrunner of the trading session, accounting for the highest value turnover of sh1.12b ...
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Stock market trades sh1.1b in turnover on Monday
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URA fiscal receipting system locks out Umeme customers : Utility consumers say the new system has locked them out from claiming tax refunds.
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URA fiscal receipting system locks out Umeme customers
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Weekly wrap: Umeme stock price gains as total market turnover drops: Seven counters recorded trading activities during the week, with the total volume of shares ...
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Weekly wrap: Umeme stock price gains as total market turnover drops
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Nakawa market in power blackout over sh23m Umeme debt: Last week, Umeme Limited, the electricity distribution company, disconnected the market. Over 25 ...
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Nakawa market in power blackout over sh23m Umeme debt
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Umeme exit, what next for the energy sector?: This column, short on language, named then Minister of Energy Syda Namirembe Bbumba, the minister for darkness ...
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Umeme exit, what next for the energy sector?
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Umeme reports 19.9% increase in revenues for the first half of 2023: When compared to the same period in 2022, the company's revenues increased by 19.9% ...
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Umeme reports 19.9% increase in revenues for the first half of 2023
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Market turnover surges as Umeme leads active trading day: The day’s total turnover closed at sh28.8m, a notable increase from the sh9 ...
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Market turnover surges as Umeme leads active trading day
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Stock prices rise as investors seek share of high dividends : High dividend yields of 17.7 percent, 17.5 percent and 15.2 percent respectively, on the Stanbic ...
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Stock prices rise as investors seek share of high dividends 
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Umeme, Stanbic dominate trading at USE : At least 89.47 percent of the total turnover in May was contributed by Umeme and Stanbic Bank
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Umeme, Stanbic dominate trading at USE 
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Will reforms make electricity inclusive?: When electricity is unaffordable, businesses cannot run, women face health impacts of indoor air pollution
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Will reforms make electricity inclusive?
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Police arrest 13 over illegal power connection in Luuka: The operation was prompted by increasing complaints of illegal power connections registered in the ...
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Police arrest 13 over illegal power connection in Luuka
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Police arrest notorious electricity vandals in Kayunga: They were also found in possession of Umeme uniform and electricity climbing shoes
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Police arrest notorious electricity vandals in Kayunga
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Umeme to pay out Shs87b dividends: The company's earnings per share increased from Shs85.7 to Shs 91.3 in the year ending December 2022 ...
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Umeme to pay out Shs87b dividends
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ERA verifying Umeme assets to determine buyout amount  : Uganda Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) says the final buyout amount will be known in March 2025 ...
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ERA verifying Umeme assets to determine buyout amount  
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Umeme registers Shs148b profit in 2022: Umeme’s revenue marginally increased to Shs1.887 trillion in 2022 from Shs1.885 trillion in 2021
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Umeme registers Shs148b profit in 2022
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Market Wrap: Turnover increases to sh3.2b on Umeme activity: Umeme traded sh3.1b from 10.5 million shares at sh300.00, Stanbic Holdings dealt sh52m from 2 ...
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Market Wrap: Turnover increases to sh3.2b on Umeme activity
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60 years of self-rule but we still can’t pay workers on time: ‘‘For KCCA, it is much easier to pay cleaners than to develop a modern city”
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60 years of self-rule but we still can’t pay workers on time
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Market wrap: MTN stock down slightly, turnover closes at sh19m: According to a market report from Crested Capital, Umeme traded sh14.2m from 47 ...
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Market wrap: MTN stock down slightly, turnover closes at sh19m
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Adopt environmental, social and governance factors in power sector: ESG-focused companies are more likely to be seen as responsible and trustworthy by customers ...
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Adopt environmental, social and governance factors in power sector
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Weekly Market Wrap: Umeme, Stanbic record highest turnover: Data from Crested Capital shows that turnover increased to sh134m, up from sh266m the previous week ...
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Weekly Market Wrap: Umeme, Stanbic record highest turnover
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Umeme shareholders eye Shs1trillion payout: The money is a result of investments made by Umeme in the country
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Umeme shareholders eye Shs1trillion payout
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Inside Umeme's Shs700b exit plan
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Tough road ahead as Umeme edges closer to its exit: For the last 19 years, the electricity company enjoyed monopoly over power distribution on the national grid ...
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Tough road ahead as Umeme edges closer to its exit
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Umeme opens year charged, investors 9 per cent wealthier: With two years to go, the Umeme share price has risen to Shs300
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Umeme opens year charged, investors 9 per cent wealthier
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Umeme continues to dominate activity as market trades sh2.5b: According to data from Crested Capital, volumes traded surged to 46.87 million shares during the ...
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Umeme continues to dominate activity as market trades sh2.5b
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Power outages crippling cement factories work: The managers of the cement factories say the power problem has been on for years but has now worsened
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Power outages crippling cement factories work
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NSSF’s biggest risk is falling off the cliff, and the ravine is getting close: Umeme is attempting to deliver power from power lines being vandalized for steel ...
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NSSF’s biggest risk is falling off the cliff, and the ravine is getting ...
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Five suspected vandals charged with terrorism, remanded: The accused have been remanded to Mbarara Central Prison until February 2
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Five suspected vandals charged with terrorism, remanded
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Power outage paralyses businesses in Lira City: A major power outage since early January has affected over 300 businesses along five streets in Lira City
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Power outage paralyses businesses in Lira City
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Umeme’s share price rises 7% on Friday: Data from the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) show that the power distributor’s price appreciated by 7 ...
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Umeme’s share price rises 7% on Friday
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Umeme investors recover sh50b in wealth: The current interest in the Umeme stock was sparked by recent announcements by the Government that it would let the ...
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Umeme investors recover sh50b in wealth
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What is UNECL’s service promise?: Will UNECL attract patient capital to develop a good clean energy mix that guarantees our energy security?
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What is UNECL’s service promise?
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12 high voltage power lines   vandalised in just a month  : A number of high voltage power lines have been vandalised in Mukono, Kasana, Lugazi and Luwero ...
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12 high voltage power lines   vandalised in just a month  
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We should all be partying and saying good riddance to Umeme!: ‘‘How will UNECL, which is due to take over, do better than Umeme and UEB?” 
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We should all be partying and saying good riddance to Umeme!
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Water supply interruptions in Kampala on Saturday: In a statement released on Friday, National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NSWC) urged their customers to ...
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Water supply interruptions in Kampala on Saturday
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Umeme share price up 14.7% as demand peaks: Early in the week, the government noted that it will cut Umeme loose after March 2025, ending years of back and forth ...
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Umeme share price up 14.7% as demand peaks
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