Energy Ministry ends UEDCL board chair's role and sends managing director on forced leave

Energy Minister Ruth Nankabirwa said in a statement on Saturday that the government had ended the services of Uganda Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd board chairperson Lydia Ochieng Obbo and placed managing director Paul Mwesigwa on forced leave pending a review of the company's management. According to an unnamed ministry source cited by the Daily Monitor, the letter accused Mwesigwa of failing to manage the transition from Umeme as energy losses rose from 15 to 19 per cent.