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MPs Ask Gov’t to Adopt Cheaper, Clean Energy Sources

by Muhamadi Byemboijana
August 10, 2022
MPs Ask Gov’t to Adopt Cheaper, Clean Energy Sources

Fredrick Angura Tororo South County MP

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Members of Parliament have urged government to adopt sustainable renewable sources of energy which are environmentally friendly, efficient and less costly as compared to thermal energy which they say is expensive and more pollutive.

The plea was made on Tuesday during the debate on the report of the Committee on Public Accounts (Central Government) on the Auditor General’s special audit report on the Namanve Thermal Power Plant.

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“In terms of fuel and maintenance, these thermal plants are very expensive. I would implore government to shift and invest in wind energy. We have lots of wasted wind in Elgon, Kapchorwa etc,” Opposition Whip, Hon. John Baptist Nambeshe, said.

Nambeshe said government should explore other cheaper sources of energy such as solar and natural gas.

“We need to go for cleaner energy which is environmentally friendly and efficient. We have a global challenge of climate change and as we grapple with it, we should minimize greenhouse gas emissions through such clean energies,” he said.

On October 2021, Parliament directed PAC to investigate the anomalies and inadequacies surrounding the 2007 implementation agreement between government and a local firm, Jacobsen Uganda Power Plan Company Limited (JUPPCL) where the latter was supposed to build, operate and maintain a 50 Megawatt heavy fuel oil thermal plant in Namanve for 13 years and later transfer the same to government.

Whereas the Namanve thermal plant estimated at Euro 27.36 million was eventually handed over to government through the Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) in February 2022 after a long dispute, MPs believe that the project is likely to become a white elephant.

“This House passed a budget for a solar project in Kololo which they have said is working effectively and supplies a lot of energy that will complement hydro energy…Why don’t we use solar power that is free in terms of using the sunlight so that we don’t spend money on thermal power that is extremely expensive?” Hon. Rosemary Nyakikongoro (Sheema District), said.

The State minister for Energy, Hon. Sidronius Opolot Okasai, was quick to say that whereas thermal power is very expensive and devastating to the environment in terms of gas emissions, it is still a necessary source of energy for the country.

“This thermal plant was put in place at a time when the country was literally running dark and government had to make a decision to have a thermal plant to meet our energy needs, he said adding that, ’over time, we have built capacity to generate power through sustainable energy like hydro power. It is a backup energy which is operating at a minimum just to keep the engines running’.”

The committee report that was presented by Hon. Fredrick Angura (Tororo South County) also emphasized that government adopts new investments on more environmentally efficient energy solutions such as wind, solar and natural gas which are comparatively cheaper in the long run.

“As a country, we should work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We should have a significant investment in the development of renewable energy infrastructure and technologies,” Angura said.

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