Uganda: Kiira dam may be shut

Uganda’s power sector is pretty well on a cliff, with the sudden announcement of a possible closure of the Kiira hydro-power dam. The government appears lost out on what exactly can be done to arrest a looming disaster. On January 5, the Minister of Water, Lands and Environment, Major General Kahinda Otafiire disclosed, shockingly, that a plan is underway to shut down Kiira, apparently to stem the unusual water loss to Lake Victoria, which is causing dangerous lowering of the lake level and subsequently weakening the River Nile's flow force.