Tanzania to complete electricity connection of all country’s village
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Tanzania to complete electricity connection of all country’s village
NEARLY 2,000 villages that have no electricity will be connected to the national grid by the end of next year, parliament heard yesterday.
Stephen Byabato, deputy minister for Energy, told the House that a total of 1,974 villages have no power but was quick to add that contractors were either already on site or heading there.
He said the current electrification projects implemented through the Rural Energy Agency (REA) is set to connect the remaining villages by December 2022.
“I assure you honourable members that the remaining villages will be connected within 18 months,” he said.
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Tanzania’s opposition leader Lissu lists 6 conditions for his return from exile
Saturday April 24 2021
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The former Singida East lawmaker also wants government’s assurance on payment of his treatment expenses, payment of his gratuity benefits as ex-MP, and reviewing cases against him.
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Chadema Vice Chairman (Mainland) Tundu Lissu has demanded assurance of the government on his security, pardoning political prisoners and being handed over a car he boarded the day he survived after being shot with 16 bullets in Dadoma.
The former Singida East lawmaker also wants government’s assurance on payment of his treatment expenses, payment of his gratuity benefits as ex-MP, and reviewing cases against him.
Tundu Lissu lists 6 conditions for his return from exile The Citizen Tanzania’s exiled opposition leader Tundu Lissu has issued a set of demands to be met before he sets foot back in the country, indicating an existing mistrust with the government. Mr Lissu, who ran against late President Joseph Magufuli and came a distant second in last year’s polls, says the case surrounding his assassination attempt should be dealt with. The Chadema vice chairman (Mainland) demanded the government’s assurance on his security, the release of political prisoners jailed during Magufuli’s time and the return of the car he was riding in when gunmen sprayed it with 16 bullets in Dodoma in 2017. The former Singida East lawmaker survived an attempt on his life, recovering in hospitals in Kenya and Belgium for months. The police have never arrested or prosecuted anyone relating to the incident. He returned to Tanzania last year to run for President but was met with frequent bans