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PRESIDENT OBAMA TOURS SYMBION; URGES SPEED ON POWER PROJECTS

United States President, Barack Obama has urged the Tanzanian government to ensure effective implementation of the electricity projects under the multi-billion dollar ‘Power Africa project’, financed by the US.

President Obama made the statement during a brief visit to the Symbion Power Plant in Ubungo, Dar es Salaam early July, this year, where he launched the project.

He insisted on avoiding unnecessary delays during the implementation of the project saying would benefit neither the country nor its people.

In the project, US government will contribute 7 billion US dollars, and 9 billion US dollars will be from the private sector. The two parties were urged to participate fully in the implementation of the project so the public can see the benefits in reducing poverty.

Mentioning Symbion as a good example of projects that his country will implement in the African continent to increase electricity production, President Obama stressed that the target is to increase power generation to 10,000 MW that will benefit homes and businesses totaling 20 million.

Countries which already have plans on electricity production have been prioritized. They are Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Mozambique. “These countries already have in place plans on electricity production and we will do everything possible to ensure this is achieved,” he explained.

Minister for Energy and Minerals, Prof. Sospeter Muhongo said the project should be implemented quickly. “We can’t afford to wait seven to eight years,” he stressed. However, he made it clear that though “we want speed, but also need to do it right.” The speed should not jeopardize quality.


Veronika H. Simba
Head of Government Communication Unit
Ministry of Energy and Minerals
754/33, Samora Avenue
P. O. Box 2000
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
info@mem.go.tz
www.mem.go.tz

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Wakala wa Nishati Vijijini (REA) umeendelea kuchukua hatua madhubuti katika kuimarisha upatikanaji wa nishati nchini kwa kuendesha mafunzo maalum ya wiki moja yaliyolenga kujenga uwezo wa waendelezaji wa miradi midogo ya uzalishaji wa umeme unaotokana na maporomoko ya maji (Small Hydropower).

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Akizungumza wakati wa ufunguzi wa mafunzo hayo, tarehe 9 Septemba, 2026, Kaimu Meneja wa Usaidizi wa Kiufundi kwa Waendelezaji Miradi kutoka REA, Mhandisi Emmanuel Yesaya, alisema kuwa REA haishii tu kutoa msaada wa upatikanaji wa nishati vijijini, bali inajikita pia katika kuongeza ujuzi wa wataalamu wa ndani.

"Kuongeza ujuzi kwa waendelezaji hawa kutasaidia kuhakikisha miradi inatekelezwa kwa kuzingatia viwango vya kitaalamu na ubora unaohitajika. Hatua hii itaongeza idadi ya miradi inayofikia vigezo vya kuunganishwa kwenye Gridi ya Taifa, kuongeza uzalishaji wa umeme, na kuchochea maendeleo ya kiuchumi na kijamii vijijini," alisema Mhandisi Yesaya.

Mafunzo hayo yameendeshwa kwa ushirikiano kati ya REA na Wataalamu kutoka Ndaki ya Uhandisi na Teknolojia (CoET) ya Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam (UDSM). Maeneo yaliyofundishwa ni pamoja na usanifu wa miradi, upembuzi yakinifu, sayansi ya maji (hydrology), uhandisi wa umeme na elektroniki, pamoja na uendeshaji na matengenezo ya mitambo.

Mbali na mafunzo, REA imebainisha kuwa imekuwa ikisaidia waendelezaji hao kupitia ruzuku za ujenzi, maandalizi ya maandiko ya miradi na usanifu.

Aidha, Wakala huo upo katika mchakato wa kuandaa mfumo wa mikataba ya muda mrefu (Framework Contract) na taasisi za elimu ili kutoa mafunzo endelevu kwenye nishati jadidifu ikiwemo nishati ya jua na mifumo ya gesi vunde.

Kwa upande wao, baadhi ya washiriki wamepongeza mafunzo hayo; akizungumza na Wanahabari, Mhandisi Denis Makoyi kutoka kampuni ya Africa Power Investment, alisema mafunzo hayo yameongeza uelewa mkubwa wa kiufundi katika hatua za utekelezaji wa miradi. Naye Lutengano Kigola kutoka mradi wa Nyalawa Hydropower, aliongeza kuwa mafunzo hayo yanathibitisha kuwa Tanzania ina wataalamu wa ndani wenye uwezo mkubwa wa kuendeleza miradi ya umeme wa maji.

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