Tanesco refutes power rationing claim.

Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) Managing Director Felchesmi Mramba.

Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) Managing Director Felchesmi Mramba has refuted claims that have rocked the city residents about the ongoing black-outs as power rationing saying the claim was not on their table.

 

Mramba said the country has enough resources to generate power and the ongoing electricity power-cuts in some parts of the country results from dilapidated infrastructures.

 

He said heavy rains experienced last month in some parts of the country including Dar es Salaam has contributed to black-outs.

“We have made huge electricity investments aimed at stabilising energy in the country, he said adding that such an investment has not been made for the past 30 years”.

 

Tanzania started replacing the old electricity infrastructure with an aim of ending unnecessary power black-outs in 2012 and is expected to be completed by December this year.

 

He said such initiatives have led to the installation of power plants at various localities in the country including the city, where a MVA100 has been installed to accommodate all city residents by August this year.

 

“The current plant in the city generates MVA30 only which is not enough compared to the increasing Dar es Salaam population,” he said adding, “a lot of funds we generate is channeled to infrastructure