This week, President Yoweri Museveni declared the initiation of the construction of two nuclear power plants through collaborative efforts with Russia and South Korea. Although scant information has been disclosed, the Head of State pledges the establishment of power plants yielding 7,000 and 8,400 megawatts, approximately totaling 15,000 MWe.
Yoweri Museveni was determined to ensure his neighboring nations received this information. Seizing the opportunity presented by a coffee summit held in Kampala, the long-standing Head of State, who has been in power since 1986, made a strategic announcement to approximately twenty African country delegations. He conveyed that Russia and South Korea are poised to collaboratively construct two nuclear power plants, marking Uganda’s inaugural venture into this domain, and collectively generating a formidable 15,000 megawatts (MWe) of power.
Yoweri Museveni was deliberate in ensuring his neighboring nations received this pivotal information. Exploiting the platform of a Kampala coffee summit, the longstanding Head of State, who has held power since 1986, strategically disclosed to approximately twenty African country delegations that a collaborative effort between Russia and South Korea is set to construct two nuclear power plants. Notably, these power plants, the first in Uganda, will collectively yield a substantial 15,000 megawatts (MWe).