Uganda broke ground on 22 October on a 400-kilovolt transmission line that will run about 347 kilometres from the Karuma hydropower plant to Tororo in eastern Uganda. The Daily Monitor put the cost at €342.6 million (about $385 million), funded by a Standard Chartered loan backed by Swedish export credit agencies, with Kalpataru Power Transmission Sweden as contractor and a 36-month build. The line will carry power from the 600-megawatt Karuma dam to eastern Uganda and Greater Kampala, where the government wants industry to grow. New generation only helps factories once the grid can deliver it, and officials also tie the line to plans for regional electricity trade.