{"id":11153,"date":"2026-05-04T09:56:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/?p=11153"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:41:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:41:38","slug":"uedcl-names-eng-joselynne-rwakakooko-acting-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/2026\/05\/04\/uedcl-names-eng-joselynne-rwakakooko-acting-md\/","title":{"rendered":"UEDCL Names Eng. Joselynne Rwakakooko Acting MD."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Flava Ajok<\/p>\n<h1>Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has appointed Eng. Joselynne R Rwakakooko as its Acting Managing Director, in a leadership change that comes as the state utility takes on an expanded role in the country\u2019s electricity distribution network.<\/h1>\n<h1>In a statement issued Saturday, the Board said Rwakakoko\u2019s appointment takes immediate effect and is part of \u201crecent governance and management changes\u201d at the company.<\/h1>\n<h1>She replaces Paul Mwesigwa, who the Board credited for his service over the years.<\/h1>\n<h1>Rwakakoko brings more than two decades of experience in electricity distribution, commenrcial operations and utility management, having served with UEDCL\u2019s senior management ranks.<\/h1>\n<h1>The transition comes at a pivotal moment for Uganda\u2019s power sector.<\/h1>\n<h1>The management of the company has reassured the public and investors that leadership change would not disrupt service delivery.<\/h1>\n<h1>Uganda\u2019s electricity demand has been rising steadily, driven by industrialization, urbanization and government programmes aimed at expanding connections.<\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Flava Ajok Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has appointed Eng. Joselynne R Rwakakooko as its Acting Managing Director, in a leadership change that comes as the state utility takes on an expanded role in the country\u2019s electricity distribution network. In a statement issued Saturday, the Board said Rwakakoko\u2019s appointment takes immediate effect and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"category-national","9":"category-news"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11161,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11153\/revisions\/11161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}