An acute electricity crisis impacted the livelihoods of millions of Ugandans and threatened the country's development. Hospitals, schools, businesses, and residences suffered daily power shortages, which have stunted Uganda's economic growth by an estimated one percent of the country's gross domestic product. The Bujagali project is a 200MW hydropower[1] facility on the Victoria Nile in Uganda that will help address the country's energy crisis. The project supports Uganda's broader development strategy, which focuses in large part on improving the investment climate to promote growth and reduce poverty.
Others say the costly dam's power will not meet the needs of the vast majority of the country's population, will drown a sacred waterfall, and could do further harm to Lake Victoria, the world's largest tropical lake. Approximately 6,800 people will be directly affected by the creation of the dam.[1]
The Bujagali 'Spirit'edit
The Spirit of Bujagali
The falls are said by local residents to be the site of a spirit, called the "Spirit of Bujabald," who protects the community by performing rituals at the falls. The spirit is embodied in a man, Jjaajja Budhagali, who lives next to the falls; he is the thirty-ninth person to be the spirit.[2]
bujagali, falls, also, spelled, budhagali, waterfall, near, jinja, uganda, where, nile, river, comes, lake, victoria, sometimes, considered, source, nile, starting, november, 2011, falls, were, submerged, bujagali, power, station, view, contents, bujagali, spi. Bujagali Falls also spelled Budhagali was a waterfall near Jinja in Uganda where the Nile River comes out of Lake Victoria sometimes considered the source of the Nile Starting November 2011 the falls were submerged by the new Bujagali Power Station View of Bujagali Falls Contents 1 Dam 2 The Bujagali Spirit 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksDam editMain article Bujagali Power Station nbsp Rafters flipping in Bujagali Falls An acute electricity crisis impacted the livelihoods of millions of Ugandans and threatened the country s development Hospitals schools businesses and residences suffered daily power shortages which have stunted Uganda s economic growth by an estimated one percent of the country s gross domestic product The Bujagali project is a 200MW hydropower 1 facility on the Victoria Nile in Uganda that will help address the country s energy crisis The project supports Uganda s broader development strategy which focuses in large part on improving the investment climate to promote growth and reduce poverty Others say the costly dam s power will not meet the needs of the vast majority of the country s population will drown a sacred waterfall and could do further harm to Lake Victoria the world s largest tropical lake Approximately 6 800 people will be directly affected by the creation of the dam 1 The Bujagali Spirit edit nbsp The Spirit of Bujagali The falls are said by local residents to be the site of a spirit called the Spirit of Bujabald who protects the community by performing rituals at the falls The spirit is embodied in a man Jjaajja Budhagali who lives next to the falls he is the thirty ninth person to be the spirit 2 See also editBujagali Power StationReferences edit a b Bujagali Dam Uganda International Rivers internationalrivers org Archived from the original on 21 March 2008 Retrieved 6 June 2022 Linaweaver Stephen Uganda Debates Damming the Nile Falling for AES s Plan International Rivers org Retrieved 11 August 2016 External links editEastern Uganda Grapples with Power Plant Project World Bank Group and Bujagali Internationals Rivers Informative page on Bujugali The story of the Bujagali Hydropower Project Latest Flickr Photo 0 29 56 N 33 08 24 E 0 49889 N 33 14000 E 0 49889 33 14000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bujagali Falls amp oldid 1193996139, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
