MUBENDE: The Umeme Mubende has finally installed new transformers in the Kangulumira area to restore electricity after protests over Power Outages.
Power supply was fair in other parts of the Mubende district but the Kangulumira and the whole of South Division lived in the dark for about weeks.
This had recently triggered Dozens of Kangulumira Ward, South Division Mubende Municipality residents to the streets of Kirungi-road in a peaceful protest against power supply outages affecting businesses and daily life across the Division.
With play cards, wearing sackcloth, and spilling milk in the street as one of the signs of damage demonstrators staged a protest through Kangulumira, calling on the leaders and UMEME to stabilise the power supply.
“Twagala Masanyalaze Kangulumira” translates as “We need electricity in Kangulumira,” residents protest.
“These unannounced power outages are killing our people’s business. We need stable electricity to thrive,” South Division mayor hopeful Daniel Lubega also known as Dj Sadam told Mubende Post.
Protesters blamed the power cuts on the UMEME Mubende due to their failure to stabilize electricity.
In an Interview with Mubende Post, Umeme revealed that the outages were due to a thunderstorm that struck transformers in the area during the recent heavy rains.
However, although Kangulumira residents are all smiles after the installation of the new transformer, those in Kikona-Kyabatagi still have to live in the dark.
