{"id":255,"date":"2025-08-20T17:12:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T17:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/?p=255"},"modified":"2025-08-21T12:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T12:15:13","slug":"major-power-grid-failure-plunges-kampala-into-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/20\/major-power-grid-failure-plunges-kampala-into-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Power Grid Failure Plunges Kampala into Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A sudden and widespread failure of the national power grid has left large sections of Kampala and surrounding central regions without electricity since 7:30 PM this evening.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/scenic-view-sea-against-clear-sk.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-277\" style=\"width:800px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2c90304e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1\">Officials from the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) have confirmed the collapse but are yet to release a definitive cause. &#8220;Our technical teams are actively working to identify the fault and restore supply as a matter of utmost priority,&#8221; a brief statement read.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2\">Traffic lights are out across the city, causing significant gridlock, and businesses have been forced to close prematurely. The public is advised to remain calm and stay indoors if possible.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sudden and widespread failure of the national power grid has left large sections of Kampala and surrounding central regions without electricity since 7:30 PM this evening. Officials from the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) have confirmed the collapse but are yet to release a definitive cause. &#8220;Our technical teams are actively working to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-local-news","category-ug"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/beautiful-city-manhattan-night_1-1.png",749,550,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/beautiful-city-manhattan-night_1-1.png",749,550,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/beautiful-city-manhattan-night_1-1.png",749,550,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/beautiful-city-manhattan-night_1-1.png",150,110,false],"medium":["https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/beautiful-city-manhattan-night_1-1.png",300,220,false],"large":["https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/beautiful-city-manhattan-night_1-1.png",749,550,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/beautiful-city-manhattan-night_1-1.png",749,550,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/beautiful-city-manhattan-night_1-1.png",749,550,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"hassan","author_link":"https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/index.php\/author\/hassan\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/index.php\/category\/breaking-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Breaking News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/index.php\/category\/local-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Local News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/index.php\/category\/ug\/\" rel=\"category tag\">ug<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"A sudden and widespread failure of the national power grid has left large sections of Kampala and surrounding central regions without electricity since 7:30 PM this evening. 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