Links: Bujagali
Discharge below the Owens Falls Dam
These rapids on the Nile will be submerged by the Bujagali project.
As hydro projects move downstream, even Murchison Falls may disappear.
Uganda is desperately short of electricity. The main
hydroelectric plant is at Owens Falls, the discharge of Lake
Victoria at Jinja, source of the Nile. Power is distributed from
here to the district capitals, but there are no transformers along
the way. Brownouts and power cuts are common.
 Sometime in 2008 the Bujagali hydro project should come on stream, just downriver from
Owens Falls. Several other projects are possible between this
location and Murchison Falls.Lack of electricity holds back industrial and agricultural development in the country. Lack of household electricity shortens the working day. |