STAY in CONTROL with YAKA! Prepaid Electricity Yaka! What Is Yaka? Yaka! Is Prepaid Electricity, Allowing You to Conveniently Manage and Control Your Usage
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STAY IN CONTROL WITH YAKA! Prepaid Electricity Yaka! What is Yaka? Yaka! is prepaid electricity, allowing you to conveniently manage and control your usage. It works much like buying airtime for Your Questions your mobile phone, when the units are used up, you buy more to Answered continue using the service. What are the benefits? · It will allow you to monitor your electricity usage. · You will now take complete control of your electricity budget. · Paying for electricity will be easier as you will be able to purchase electricity from more outlets, at your convenience. How do I get Yaka? · Request for Yaka! Electricity through our Contact Centre and Prepayment email address. · Visit an Umeme Service Centre/ District · When your area has been targeted for conversion by Umeme. How do I load a Yaka! token? Buy a Yaka! Token and enter the numbers into the meter in your premises. 1 Where do I buy a Yaka! token? What do I do if I do not receive my token? Mobile Money (MTN, Airtel, Africell & UTL) Please contact our Call Centre teams on 0800285285/ 0800385385 or write to us at [email protected]. UGX E-Pay, PayWay & Ezee Money Use our Umeme App to access your last 5 tokens. Stanbic Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, UBA, Bank of Africa, Bank of Baroda, Barclays Bank, Centenary Bank, What are Pre-loaded Units? Citi Bank, DFCU Bank, Diamond Trust Bank, Equity Bank, Finance Trust Bank, KCB, Orient Bank, Post Bank Pre-loaded units are the 10 units that come with your and Housing Finance Bank. prepayment meter. Why am I given varying units for two purchases Are pre-loaded units free? of the same amount in the same month? No, they are paid for by the customer at your first purchase Every first purchase in any given month is given a discount rate of Ug. Shs. 250 How much is deducted off my purchase to for the first 15 units, which does not apply on the second purchase. recover pre-loaded units? Also for the same purchase, Standard Service Fee of Ug. Shs. 3,360 is deducted off your purchase as set by ERA. Umeme deducts 100% off your first purchase to recover pre-loaded units Please note that all these are subject to a VAT charge of 18%. Is Postpaid Electricity cheaper than Yaka! For other purchases within the same month, the discount rate and Standard Service Fee do not apply. electricity? 2nd or other Item 1st Purchase (UGX) Prepaid and Postpaid electricity rates are on the same tariff set Purchase (UGX) and reviewed quarterly by the Electricity Regulatory Authority 1- 15 units @ 250/= Not applicable (ERA). 16 units plus Applicable rate Applicable rate If I lose my swipe card, how do I find my meter number? Service fee 3,360/= Not applicable · For a Conlog meter, enter the code #100#. VAT 18% 18% · For an Itron meter, enter the code 100 then press enter and your 11-digit meter number will display. 2 3 Stay powered up! 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