Ithimba le-Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) Engineering brigade, elandela imiyalo yeNhloko Yezempi Yezokuvikela, uGeneral David Muhoozi, lisebenzela ukususa isiqhingi esintantayo. Lesi siqhingi savala umshini ophehla ugesi esiteshini sokuphehla ugesi ngamanzi eJinja, eduze noMthombo weNayile.
Kusukela ezinkembeni zesaga kuya kumakhuba, amabutho abeke eceleni izibhamu zawo futhi amatasa futhi asetshenziswe ezimpini ezintsha. Bafutha isikhonyane esibhidliza inyakatho-mpumalanga yezwe. Basebenzisa umyalelo we-Lockdown kaMongameli eyala izakhamizi ukuthi zihlale emakhaya kulandela ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19.
Ukuvinjwa kubangele ukujula okukhulu okungamahektha angu-4, amamitha angu-4 isiqhingi esintantayo esaziwa nangokuthi amaSudds eLake Victoria okwabangela ukucinywa kukagesi ezweni lonke e-Uganda. Ukuvaleka kwavala i-turbine esiteshini sikagesi esiphehla ugesi ngamanzi, ugesi wehla. "Ichibi libuyisela elalo ngemuva kokungena ogwini lwalo," kusho u-Engineer Besigye Bekunda, inhloko yebutho lezobunjiniyela.
Lokhu kunqamuka kuphinde kwabangela ukuthi ukusakazwa kukaMongameli wase-Uganda uYoweri Museveni ngenhlekelele ye-COVID-19 kubambezeleke ngehora. Ephawula ngokucinywa kukagesi ezweni lonke ngoLwesibili ntambama, iChief Executive Officer ye-Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA), uZiria Tibalwa, uthe izikhungo eziphehla ugesi zisebenzisa amandla kagesi ebekelwe ukuqinisekisa ukuthi kuba khona ugesi njalo ezweni lonke.
U-Tibalwa uthe okwamanje i-Uganda ithembele kumamegawathi angu-183 asuka edamini i-Isimba, amamegawathi angu-30 avela ezimbonini zelanga ezi-3, amamegawathi angu-52 avela esikhungweni sikagesi esishisayo esise-Namanve, kanye namamegawathi angu-120 asuka ezimbonini ezimbili ezincane zamanzi ezingxenyeni ezahlukene zezwe.
Amasosha agcinwe ematasa evikela abadobi abalangazelela ukuvuna izitshalo ezihlanganisa ama-yam nobhanana obekulinywa kulesi siqhingi. I-PDF izilungiselela ukuthola i-Sudd enkudlwana etholakala phezulu nomfula.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Commenting on the nationwide blackout on Tuesday afternoon, the Chief Executive Officer of the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA), Ziria Tibalwa, said the generation agencies are exhausting the reserved power sources to ensure that there is a constant power supply to the whole country.
- This island clogged a turbine at the hydroelectric power station in Jinja, near the Source of the Nile.
- U-Tibalwa uthe okwamanje i-Uganda ithembele kumamegawathi angu-183 asuka edamini i-Isimba, amamegawathi angu-30 avela ezimbonini zelanga ezi-3, amamegawathi angu-52 avela esikhungweni sikagesi esishisayo esise-Namanve, kanye namamegawathi angu-120 asuka ezimbonini ezimbili ezincane zamanzi ezingxenyeni ezahlukene zezwe.
