DODOMA, Aug. 26 -- THE Tanzanian government has successfully fulfilled its promise to extend national grid electricity to all districts in the Kagera Region after signing contracts for the construction of a 220-kilovolt electricity transmission line from Benako, Ngara, to Kyaka in Misenyi District, along with a 220/33-kilovolt Benako substation. This development guarantees that Kagera Region will now receive national grid electricity instead of relying heavily on power imports from Uganda.

Speaking in Dodoma after witnessing the signing of the contracts, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy, Dr. Doto Biteko, stated that the commencement of this project is part of the directives from President Samia Suluhu Hassan. He emphasized th...