Kenya trails Uganda in power loss management

System losses occur during transmission and theft by consumers. [Isaiah Gwengi, Standard]

Uganda's electricity sector is outperforming Kenya in managing its power grid and cutting electricity theft which saw it post lower system losses over the half year to June 2022.

Umeme, Uganda's power distributor, on August 22 said system losses for the half year stood at 17.1 per cent, an improvement from 17.9 per cent over a similar half last year.