Uganda: Two power stations shut as water levels drop

Uganda is expected to shut down the two hydroelectricity stations on the River Nile in Jinja, as water levels drop and the combined output from the complex falls to a five-year low of 170 MW. The crisis is projected to last for the next four years, until additional hydropower capacity becomes available either at Bujagali or Karuma Falls in 2010. Already, the government, the World Bank and Acres International, which jointly built the Kiira Hydropower Station, are being accused of using faulty technical calculations and ignoring warnings that it would never produce the projected power and would lead to a drop in the level of Lake Victoria.