225,000 power connections completed countrywide

The Project Coordinator of the Electricity Access Rollout Program (EARP), Edward Kasumba, has said that over 225,000 power connections were carried out across the country. EARP is a three-year project working under the Electricity, Water and Sanitary Authority (EWSA) that is expected to wind up in 2012. “In 2009 when EARP began its activities, only 110,000 power connections were in place countrywide. But by end of July this year, the number had increased to 225,000 and I am optimistic that we shall even surpass our target of having at least 350,000 connections before the end of 2012,” said Kasumba.