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Uganda Negotiates with China for South Sudan Power Line

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Uganda is negotiating with China’s Sinohydro company to construct a power line that would allow exporting power to South Sudan, the media reported.
Within the initiative, a 138-kilometer high-voltage transmission line to South Sudan will be built, it is also planned to expand two existing substations and construct a new one, as per the media.
The project was reportedly backed by President Yoweri Museveni.
The talks took place after a power sales agreement was inked last June between Uganda and South Sudan.
It is planned to export electricity to South Sudan from a $1.5 million-worth 600-megawatt hydropower plant on the River Nile, which is being completed by Sinohydro.

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