[3] This is about 145 kilometres (90 mi), by road, northeast of Mbale, the largest city in Uganda's Eastern Region.

[5] The construction of this project started in August 2016, and commercial operations began in the second half of 2018.

In the meantime, the Uganda Rural Electrification Agency is developing alternative temporary medium voltage evacuation solutions.

[6] In August 2020, Afik21.africa reported that Umeme, a privately-owned electricity distribution company planned to spend US$9.29 million (USh:34 billion then) to build the 33kV double circuit transmission line to Mbale, where the energy will enter the national grid.

[8] This project received a US$24 million loan, from FMO, of which 50 percent was sourced from Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF).