Thursday, January 12, 2012

EWURA ANNOUNCES INCREASE IN POWER TARIFFS

By Ipyana Mwaipaja
Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) has today announced an increase in power tariffs by 40.29 percent for all power users except for those using 0 - 50 units per month.

Speaking at Movenpick Hotel, Dar es Salaam today, the Director General for EWURA, Haruna Masebu has said that the new tariffs will start effective 15th of this month and that TANESCO employees will also be paying the same rates as other Tanzanians.

However, one Baraka Mhanje has criticized the move when interviewed today saying that it will make the lives of most Tanzanians even tougher than they already are because by increasing the tariffs it means prices for everything that depend on electricity will also increase.

"Almost everything in our lives depend on electricity, so by increasing the power tariffs it means that almost prices for everything will rise, thus making the lives of Tanzanians even tougher than they already are." He said.

The increase has come following TANESCO's request of 9th November 2011 to EWURA for 155 percent increase in power rates.

Haruna Masebu, Director General for EWURA speaking
at Movenpick Hotel, Dar es Salaam today
(Picture by Michuzi blog)

Monday, January 9, 2012

DARAJA LA KIGAMBONI KUJENGWA KARIBUNI

Na. Ipyana Mwaipaja
Shirika la Hifadhi ya Jamii (NSSF) limeingia mkataba wa kujenga daraja la Kigamboni na kampuni ya ujenzi ya China Jiangchang Engineering Co. (T) Ltd. ya China.

Mkataba huo umesainiwa jana na  Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa NSSF, Dk. Ramadhani Dau na Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Kampuni hiyo ya ujenzi ya China, Shi Yuan katika hafla fupi iliyofanyika katika hoteli ya Serena ya Dar es Salaam.

Akiongea katika hafla hiyo, Waziri wa Ujenzi, Dk. John Magufuli amesema kuwa ujenzi wa daraja hilo utagharimu shilingi bilioni 214 ambazo NSSF itachangia asilimia 60 na serikali ya Tanzania itatoa asilimia 40 iliyobakia.

"Asilimia 60 ya gharama za ujenzi wa daraja zitatolewa na NSSF na zipo tayari na asilimia 40 zitakazotolewa na serikali zipo tayari, sasa kama hela yote ipo kwanini ujenzi wa barabara ya kilomita nne uchukue miaka mitatu?" alisema Magufuli.


Waziri Magufuli akihutubia leo wakati wa hafla ya kusaini mkataba
wa ujenzi wa daraja la Kigamboni. (Picha kwa hisani ya Michuzi blog)


Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa NSSF, Dk. Ramadhani Dau, akisaini mkataba wa ujenzi wa
daraja la Kigamboni katika hafla iliyofanyika jijini leo.  Kulia ni Mkurugenzi Mtendaji
wa kampuni ya China Railway Jiangchang Engineering Co. (T) Ltd.
ambayo ndiyo imeingia mkataba na NSSF, Shi Yuan. 
(Picha kwa hisani ya Michuzi blog)