DODOMA, Nov. 13 -- The strategic Tanzania-Zambia (TAZA) 400-kilovolt (kV) high-voltage power transmission project, worth approximately 2tri/-, has reached 95 percent completion, with the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) planning to energize the 620-kilometre power line from Dodoma to Iringa, and then to Kisada, starting in November of this year.

TANESCOs Deputy Managing Director responsible for distribution, Engineer Timothy Mgaya, revealed this in Dodoma yesterday when he toured the Zuzu substation and updated journalists on the development.

Since the Zuzu substation will be upgraded to 400 kilovolts as part of the preparations, he explained, several regions in the Western, Northern, and Lake zones will experience power inter...