Prepaid Submetering by Kooza Electric Limited

Yes. We provide prepaid electricity and water submetering across property types—from condominiums and apartment blocks to hostels, plazas and arcades, shops, offices, and market stalls. If multiple tenants share one parent meter, we can usually submeter it.

Installation time depends on unit count and site readiness. Contact us for a tailored schedule.

NWSC meters are postpaid: you are exposed to tenant non-payment and meter confiscation. NWSC will bring the bill at month end; if the tenant does not have money at hand, the meter may be confiscated. The tenant can move elsewhere, and you can be left with a bill to clear and fines to pay to get back the meter or restore service. Prepaid submetering shifts usage to pay-as-you-go and helps reduce that risk for landlords.

Just because you can afford a separate YAKA/UEDCL meter for every unit does not mean it is the best use of your money. Here is what Kooza prepaid submetering gives you instead:

• Resell from any source. One bulk supply lets you credit tenants whether power comes from UEDCL, your generator, or solar—you are not locked into one connection model per door.
• You stay in control. Meters sit in your lockable distribution board, not on a public pole where UEDCL units are easier to bypass, tamper with, or steal.
• Credit you control. YAKA is prepaid too—but on UEDCL's account in the tenant's name, not yours. You do not set building tariffs, see real-time balances, or disconnect supply from your phone when rules are broken. Kooza prepaid keeps vending, enforcement, and visibility on your building.
• Lower setup overhead. One building connection and internal submeters typically cost far less than multiple YAKA applications, line extensions, and rewiring every time a unit turns over.
• Cleaner site. One feed from the pole and short internal cables—not a tangle of load wires strung across your compound for every tenant meter. Fewer cables keep the property neat and more attractive to tenants and visitors.
• Remote visibility. Monitor balances, usage, and supply status from your phone instead of visiting each meter or waiting on UEDCL field visits.
• Electricity and water together. Add prepaid water submetering on the same platform so both utilities are fair, transparent, and collected the same way.

The cash you save on redundant YAKA connections and lost revenue from theft or bypassing can go toward your next rental block—or yes, a vacation—rather than capital sitting on poles you do not fully control.

Our prepaid submeters let you buy water to match your finances—from as little as 1,000 UGX, at any time that suits you. Unlike NWSC, which typically bills at month end, you are not asked for a lump sum when you may not have cash on hand. If there is a leak, an NWSC postpaid bill can keep growing until the next bill is issued; with prepaid submetering you spend down the credit you have loaded, and when credit runs out, usage stops—so you do not face the same kind of open-ended balance building up between readings. If several households share one meter, arguments over fair use and how to split the bill are common; your own submeter means you pay only for what you use and avoid those disputes with neighbours.

• Real-time monitoring on your phone, anywhere. See your balance and usage whenever you want—no guessing how many units are left.
• Instant activation. Top up via mobile money or USSD and power comes back straight away—no YAKA tokens and no waiting for a code to load.
• Your meter, your business. You are not knocking on a neighbour's door—or fielding nosy questions from the compound—when it is time to recharge a shared or hard-to-reach UEDCL meter. Buy what you need, when you need it, in private.