Sinking Shs500bn in the Sun: How Uganda’s Solar Irrigation Dream Turned to Dust

A government solar irrigation programme financed through a Shs 500 billion loan has delivered a fraction of its planned schemes, while audits reveal failed sites, wasted funds and stalled projects.Millions of euros borrowed in the name of Ugandan taxpayers, ambitious promises to shield rural farmers from crippling droughts and an audit trail exposing a multi-billion-shilling trail of failed projects and financial losses.