{"id":44467,"date":"2022-01-05T15:49:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T15:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?p=44467"},"modified":"2022-01-05T14:27:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T14:27:35","slug":"president-samia-reverses-reas-electricity-connection-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/president-samia-reverses-reas-electricity-connection-fee","title":{"rendered":"President Samia Reverses REA&#8217;s Electricity Connection Fee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. <\/strong><\/span>PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has issued an executive order dismissing the 27,000\/- initial amount charged by the state-owned utility &#8211; Tanesco to new electricity customers in rural and peri-urban communities.<\/p>\n<p>The cost for a one-way electricity connection was lowered to 27,000\/- from 177,000\/- in either rural or urban communities during President John Magufuli\u2019s administration. The amount has been widely known to all connections under the Rural Energy Agency (REA). The three-way power connection also was reduced to only 139,000\/- from 912,000\/- previously charged.<\/p>\n<p>But Speaking on Tuesday, the president admitted that Tanzania\u2019s electric supply corporation and the energy minister had been \u2018tight-lipped\u2019 on the legitimacy of the amount charged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the Minister (January Makamba) has been silent, but let me help. When Tanesco is directed to charge only 27,000\/- per any new connection the main question becomes, where does it get the extra money,\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<p>She directed that henceforth all new connections will be subjected to pay the actual fee and only the extremely poor in the village will enjoy the government waiver.<\/p>\n<p>With the new directive, Tanesco will now evaluate every application and offer costs to be paid by every new customer according to the materials used.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has issued an executive order dismissing the 27,000\/- initial amount charged by the state-owned utility &#8211; Tanesco to new electricity customers in rural and peri-urban communities. 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