Browsing by Author "Okou, Richard"

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    Electricity Theft in Kampala and Potential ICT Solutions
    (Springer, Cham, 2014) Mbabazi Mutebi, Ruth; Sansa Otim, Julianne; Okou, Richard; Sebitosi, Ben
    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.
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    Network Densification Strategies for Automatic Weather Stations: Challenges and Opportunities for Uganda
    (IST-Africa, 2016) Nsabagwa, Mary; Byamukama, Maximus; Otim, Julianne Sansa; Okou, Richard
    Access to quality, accurate and timely weather information is important. In order to improve weather information quality and quantity, increasing the number of operational Automatic Weather Stations, also referred to in this document as densification should be prioritized. In this paper, we provide research findings of a survey conducted from November 2014 to January 2015 to ascertain the status of weather stations in Uganda. Weather station density was found to be sparse and yet many of the available weather stations were non-functional. Based on the distribution of available operational weather stations, we are proposing densification strategies including climatological zones, security and land policies. To achieve sustainability of the weather stations, we commend improving human resources aspects among other things