Electricity theft in Kampala and potential ICT solutions

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dc.contributor.author Mbabazi-Mutebi, Ruth
dc.contributor.author Sansa-Otim, Julianne
dc.contributor.author Sebitosi, Ben
dc.contributor.author Okou, Richard
dc.date.accessioned 2022-04-12T06:46:42Z
dc.date.available 2022-04-12T06:46:42Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.description Published conference paper emerging from PhD research project. en_US
dc.description.abstract Electricity theft is the main source of non-technical losses in electricity distribution utilities. This paper presents data from an ongoing research to study the causes of electricity theft in Kampala, Uganda and people’s response to the efforts being made to reduce it. Our study reveals that electricity theft in Kampala is largely due to economic reasons and corruption within the utility company. It confirms that people perceive electricity theft as the utility’s problem and are not willing to report electric theft suspects. We propose ICT technologies to encourage consumer participation in reducing electricity theft. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Makerere University-SIDA Bi-Lateral partnership 2010-2014, through the Gender Main Streaming Directorate en_US
dc.identifier.citation Mutebi, R. M., Otim, J. S., Okou, R., & Sebitosi, B. (2014, November). Electricity theft in Kampala and potential ICT solutions. In International Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries (pp. 198-206). Springer, Cham. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10570/10074
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher SPRINGER LNICST 147 en_US
dc.subject Electricity theft en_US
dc.subject Energy en_US
dc.subject Electricity distribution en_US
dc.subject Non-technical losses en_US
dc.subject ICT en_US
dc.subject Mobile applications en_US
dc.subject Consumer participation en_US
dc.subject smart grids en_US
dc.title Electricity theft in Kampala and potential ICT solutions en_US
dc.type Article en_US
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