Butare downplays SINELAC threats on power cut off

KIGALI - Rwanda has denied reports that it could be disconnected from the regional power utility company Société International d’Electricite des Pays des Grands Lacs (SINELAC) for failure to clear its outstanding arrears. Reacting to recent reports that SINELAC could soon cut off power supply to Rwanda, DRC and Burundi over a debt amounting US $ 90m which accumulated over years, the State Minister for Energy, Dr. Albert Butare said that the reports are ‘untrue’ as the issue of outstanding arrears has been dealt with.