The Ministry of Energy has secured a $6m (Shs22.2b) facility to conduct an inventory on all old transformers that contain Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), a dangerous chemical that was banned in 1979 by the Stockholm convention.
PCB is mainly used in transformers as a coolant. But since 1979 when it was discovered to be cancerous, the world has been working around the clock to eliminate it.
Uganda has more than 30,000 transformers operated by both private and public energy distributors.
However, it is not clear how many of these contain PCB.
Mr Abdon Atwine, the Ministry of Energy rural electrification commissioner, said the study will thus establish the actual number of old transformers manufactured before 1979 and are still in use with the ultimate aim of replacing them.
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