Stepehen Otage

Rolls of electrical wires lie stacked in Kawempe, a commercial and residential area to the North of Kampala city centre. Policemen keep watch, day and night. Until Friday last week, a number of businesspersons and homeowners in Kawempe, Bwaise and Wandegeya were using the cables to illegally tap the national electricity distribution network. The ingenious ones were getting power using buried stretches of cable; the bold ones had hooked them to the overhead lines in plain sight.

In Summary Electricity law. Section 86 of the Electricity Act, 1999 – prohibits diversion of energy and damage to supply lines. Alternatively, if one is convicted, he or she faces a maximum of three years in prison or to paying both the fine and serving time in prison. Advertisement By Stepehen Otage Rolls of electrical wires lie stacked in Kawempe, a commercial and residential area to the North of Kampala city centre. Policemen keep watch, day and night.