BUYENDE NUCLEAR PLANT CONSTRUCTION TO COST UGANDA US$9BILLION

BUYENDE NUCLEAR PLANT CONSTRUCTION TO COST UGANDA US$9BILLION

The high construction costs will not deter Uganda from pursuing its $9 billion (about Shs 34 trillion) power plant project, the Energy and Mineral Development has said. While some have described Uganda’s nuclear/atomic energy ambitions as a huge gamble, Eng Irene Batebe, the permanent secretary of the ministry of Energy says the project is on course and it is hoped that Uganda will have its first 2000Mw nuclear power plant running by the end of…

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