LOCAL Government Minister Gift Sialubalo says government has secured 480 hectares of land across 116 districts to support solar projects under the Presidential Constituency Energy Initiative (PCEI). Speaking during a courtesy call by the United Arab Emirates delegation, Monday, Sialubalo said in response to the 2024/2025 drought, his ministry had set aside $200 million through the CDF to establish two-megawatt solar projects in each of the 156 constituencies under PCEI. “Your Royal Highness, in my ministry, it is the responsibility that we have to promote democratic local governance systems and ensure there is accountability in all local authority activities. In this country, we have about 116 local authorities that we superintend. The area that we are looking at at the...

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