Matema to get electricity

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Daily News; Thursday,October 25, 2007 @00:04
PREMIER Edward Lowassa on Tuesday promised residents of Matema in Kyela District that the government will make sure that electricity was available from Ipanda to Matema.

Mr Lowassa made the promise to the residents when inaugurating Matema Hospital in Matema Village and reiterated his promise during a public rally at Ipinda Village.

“The Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) had initially offered to supply electricity in the area but there were some people who forged a letter posing as lawyers and threatened to go to court if the exercise continued”, he said.

He called the move by the unknown people as devious as it affected the people of the area and promised that electricity would be availed in the area within two years.

“I had been informed by the Regional Commissioner, Mr John Mwakipesile, that there was a person who impersonated an advocate and said that the project cannot go on until the people were compensated and Tanesco decided to stop the exercise”, the premier said.

Tanesco had set aside 600m/- for the project but even after residents of the area claimed that they had not asked for any compensation and that the letter was a hoax, the power utility company has not shown any interest to resume the project.

The electrification of the village would also have supplied electricity to the Matema Hospital which is run by Evangelistic Lutheran Church of Tanzania, Konde Diocese.

“I promise you today that I and your Member of Parliament, Mr Harrison Mwakyembe, will make sure that the villages receive electricity in 18 months’ time”, he said.