Jinja, Uganda, 21st August 2007
Uganda’s President His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni today laid the foundation stone
for the US$ 770 million Bujagali Hydroelectric Power Project, in the presence of His Highness the Aga Khan.
The country’s first private hydroelectric power project, is expected to significantly lower the price
of electricity in Uganda. It is one of the largest independent power plants in sub-Saharan Africa
and is will be commissioned by the end of 2010.