Uganda Hotels have welcomed the Governments plan to reduce power prices and this has been viewed by the hotel owners as a positive step by Government to keep them competitive in the region, especially in the East African Community, writes Eddy Kirya.

Ismael Sekandi, the Uganda Hotel Owners Association executive director, said the reduction of power prices would reduce their operational costs and enable the industry break even.

He also adds that they want to hotel industry moved away from the commercial tariff category to the industry tariff category where prices are lower.

By Eddy Kirya
Uganda Hotel News