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The approval covers an overall envelope of US$1,669.60 million, including a US$250 million credit (with US$98 million for the Uganda–Tanzania Interconnector Project) and a SDR 7.3 million grant for regional power trade and market support. Directors highlight catalytic alignment with development goals, the role of power trade in energy security, affordability, and integration, and the need to strengthen regional institutions and manage environmental and social risks while sustaining reform and partnerships.","Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \nUganda, The Eastern Africa Power Pool-Regional Energy Transmission, Trade & Decarbonization for Eastern Africa (RETRADE-EA)  \nas Phase 1 of the Multi-Phase Programmatic Approach (MPA)  \nChair Summary*  \nJune 4, 2026  \nThe Executive Directors approved the proposed overall financing envelope in the amount of US$1,669.60 million for the Regional Energy Transmission, Trade & Decarbonization for Eastern Africa (RETRADEEA) program and the Phase 1 of the MPA, comprising: (i) a proposed credit in the amount of US$250 million, of which US$98 million from the Global and Regional Opportunities Window to the Republic of Uganda for the Uganda–Tanzania Interconnector Project (UTIP); and (ii) a proposed grant in the amount of SDR 7.3 million (US$10 million equivalent from the Global and Regional Opportunities Window to the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) for the Regional Power Trade and Market Project (RTMP), on the terms and conditions set out in the President’s Memorandum.  \nDirectors welcomed the operation as a catalytic regional initiative aligned with the CPF’s objectives central to Uganda’s economic transformation, regional integration, and private sector productivity to improve connectivity between production areas, urban centers, and markets. They emphasized the importance of regional power trade for improving energy security, affordability and integration. They also commended strong collaboration across the World Bank Group.  \nDirectors stressed the need to strengthen regional institutional capacity and ensure careful sequencing and management of risks, particularly environmental and social risks to ensure the protection of vulnerable population. 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