Dar es Salaam. Good morning! The Chanzo is here with a rundown of major news stories reported in Tanzania over the weekend.
JNHPP goes live with the supply of 235 Megawatts to the national grid, power cuts to be reduced by 85 percent
The Julius Nyerere Hydro Power Project (JNHPP) has supplied about 235 Megawatts to the national grid, with an additional 235 Megawatts to be added to the grid by mid-March 2024.
This new development marked a milestone since the commencement of the construction on June 15, 2019, through a consortium of Egyptian firms Arab Contractors, and El-sewedy Electric with the total cost of the project being Tshs. 6.5 trillion equivalents to USD 2.9 Billion.
According to the Minister of Energy, Doto Biteko, it’s expected that the new milestone will be officiated by the Tanzania President, Samia Suluhu, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in mid-March 2024.
“With the supply of 235 Megawatts in the national grid, power rationing will be reduced by about 85 percent and when we add another 235 Megawatts by mid-March 2024 the problem will be solved completely,” said Biteko during his visit to the JNHPP yesterday.
The JHNPP plant has a total capacity of 2115 Megawatts emanating from 9 vertical Francis turbines with each turbine capacity standing at 235 Megawatts. At the moment turbine number 8 has been switched on, and turbine number 9 will be switched on in March 2024. According to the Minister preparations for turbine number 7 are also in the pipeline.
25 killed, and 21 injured in a multi-vehicle accident in Arusha. Seven foreign nationals identified
Arusha police have confirmed that 25 people were killed and 21 others injured in a multi-vehicle accident at the Ngaramtoni Kibaoni Bypass in Arusha.
Among those killed in the accident were seven foreign nationals from South Africa, the United States, Nigeria, Togo, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, and Kenya, the majority of whom were volunteers at the New Vision School.
Among those killed, 14 were men, 10 were women and 1 girl. The injured are bedridden at the Mount Meru hospital in Arusha with the government committing to cover the full cost of the treatment.
The cause of the accident was a brake failure of a Kenyan truck with registration number KAC 943 H owned by Nairobi-based firm KAY Construction. The truck was transporting an excavator from Nairobi to Arusha city.
The truck crushed over the passenger vehicle Nissan Caravan T 623 CQF, Mercedez Benz T879 DBY, and Toyota Coaster T673 DEW owned by the New Vision School. The Police are still searching for the driver of the truck who fled after the accident, the conductor of the truck said the name of the driver is Joseph Kiru.
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“government committing to cover the full cost of the treatment.
The cause of the accident was a brake failure of a Kenyan truck with registration number KAC 943 H owned by Nairobi-based firm KAY Construction. ”
Carelessness, recklessness and callousness of the Kenya company, and now we tax payers have to bear the burden!! CRAZY
The question is how did the Kenyan registered truck with all these faults manage to cross the border into Tanzania? Where were the traffic police in Tanzania. Who will now replace the precious loss of life just because of this recklessness? Why do we treat these painful episodes in our African countries as just a statistic? Do we really care?