Eng. Ziria is the CEO of the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA). Until her appointment, she was the Director of the Technical Regulation Department at ERA. She is a Registered Engineer with the Uganda Institute of Professional Engineers and the National Engineers Registration Board, as well as a Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) of New York. She possesses over 30 years of work experience in Uganda’s electricity sector, 12 years of which were in senior management positions. Ziria boasts vast knowledge and insights of the Electricity Supply Industry and its challenges and prides herself in the development of various national and development partner-funded projects, both at national and regional level (from sourcing of financing, appraisal, and feasibility study to construction). Ziria holds an MSc and BSc in Electrical Engineering, both from Makerere University, and a Master of Business Administration in Leadership from Walden University, USA.”.