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[Geza Ulole]

Songas to boost industrialization drive with 70MW additional power
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September 6, 2019



06Sep 2019
Beatrice Philemon
Dar es Salaam
Business
The Guardian

Songas to boost industrialization drive with 70MW additional power
GAS to power generating company, Songas Limited plans to increase generation of electricity from the current 180 megawatts to 250MW in the near future to help power the government’s industrialization agenda.

Songas Managing Director, Nigel Whittaker said in Dar es Salaam this week after presenting checks worth 8.8bn/- to state utility giant, Tanesco and Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation as dividend that his company will invest in increasing power generation.

“We are waiting for regulatory approvals to start generating the power,” said Whitaker whose company sells electricity to Tanesco which has the infrastructure to supply to consumers. In order to increase the generation, Songas needs Tanesco’s contractual endorsement to do so.

Whitaker whose company paid 2.2bn/- to Tanesco and 6.6bn/- to TPDC as dividend further noted that since 2012, Songas has paid 121.6bn/-as dividend to the government while another 139.3bn/- has been paid as corporate tax.

Currently TPDC has 28.69 percent shares at Songas while Tanesco has 9.56 percent and TDFL has 7.6 with UK based Globeleq having a controlling stake of 54.1 percent.

Currently Songas generates the country’s approximately 20 percent of electricity which is supplied to the national grid while also supplying natural gas to various manufacturing industries in Dar es Salaam since 2004, a move which has saved the more than 11trn/-. Additional the government also benefits from its 32 percent shareholding in TDFL which receives about 1.8bn/- in dividends.

On his part, Songas Chief Financial Officer, Anael Samuel said the company supports initiatives being taken by the government to lower power tariffs and spur industrialization. Samuel said decision to invest in Rufiji Hydro-electric Power Project at Stiegler’s Gorge on Rufiji River is an important milestone in realizing the industrialization agenda.

“Use of natural gas has helped government reduce the fossil fuel import bill for power generation by Tanesco which is why we have saved over 11trn/- since 2004,” the Songas CFO said noting that Songas is currently the cheapest thermal generator of electricity in East Africa.

 

[tuusan]

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BRT only[emoji38][emoji38]

 

[tuusan]

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[Ngokongosha]

Ulimbukeni ni kufurahia majengo ya ghorofa wakati mnategea chakula cha msaada. Kweli mnajitekenya mwenyewe halafu unacheza

Waafrika kusini wana magorofa wanaishi na kufanya kazi wazungu na weusi wachache, ndivyo ilivyo kenya

 

[Bwana254]

Waafrika kusini wana magorofa wanaishi na kufanya kazi wazungu na weusi wachache, ndivyo ilivyo kenya

Umeona Oyster Bay,Msasani and Masaki areas of Dar es Salaam? Huko ndio wazungu ,Waarabu and Wahindi wanaishi Dar Es Salaam na nyie mnaishi Tandale ,Manzese na slum areas zingine nyingi.

 

[LUSCIOUS2]

Lol......You sound defeated. We aren't owned by omani arabs like you guys.Mo dewji an arab owns 30% of your small economy

Waafrika kusini wana magorofa wanaishi na kufanya kazi wazungu na weusi wachache, ndivyo ilivyo kenya

 

[LUSCIOUS2]

The silent mall

 

[LUSCIOUS2]

Mpesa academy

 

[Nicxie]

Have you seen AVIC estate Kigamboni!!?

Jamani, Avic Town is a very small housing project consisting of just 150 housing units in one of the furthest ends of Dar and is the first gated community in Dar. That's not even a quarter of Nyayo estate for example. Ni mradi mdogo sana, unless it was expanded in subsequent phases

 

[Nicxie]

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You wish you had 'dem roads in Dar. Vitu mnaanza kufanya saa hii sisi tulianza kitambo

 

[Nicxie]

Umeona Oyster Bay,Msasani and Masaki areas of Dar es Salaam? Huko ndio wazungu ,Waarabu and Wahindi wanaishi Dar Es Salaam na nyie mnaishi Tandale ,Manzese na slum areas zingine nyingi.

😂 😂 😂
Wao wanaishi kwenye dream houses

 

[Nicxie]

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Kwa upande wa malls, Nairobi haina mpinzani hapa EA. It's an indication of a growing middle class

 

[iam_paco]

We unaishi upperhill sio??

Umeona Oyster Bay,Msasani and Masaki areas of Dar es Salaam? Huko ndio wazungu ,Waarabu and Wahindi wanaishi Dar Es Salaam na nyie mnaishi Tandale ,Manzese na slum areas zingine nyingi.

 

[stevewritter]

Kubishana kote huku MNALIPWA NA NCHI ZENU😂

 

[Bwana254]

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Mbona hatuoni vast slum areas ambapo BRT ya Dar inapitia sana ? Those areas constitute 70% of Dar Es Salaam.

 

[Nicxie]

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😂 😂 😂

 

[babayao255]

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[Godwin Gen]

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Hiyo fulana ya huyo jamaa huko shingoni vepee

 

[kifusi boy]

Kwa upande wa malls, Nairobi haina mpinzani hapa EA. It's an indication of a growing middle class

Me nakubali kwa Malls mko mbali na kusema kwamba ni kigezo au kiashiria cha kua na watu wa kipato cha kati wengi naweza kubali pia

Ila watu wenu wenye kipato cha kati ni wachache sana kiasi kwamba kuna gap kubwa baina ya walio nacho na wasionacho, yaan kama mtu tajiri au ni wa kipato cha kati ni tajiri kweli na kama mtu maskini basi ni maskini kwelii

Tofauti na kwetu TZ we've no such a huge gap btn those middle income and lower ones
Thus ukienda sehem kama Manzese na Tandale ambako wanaishi wa kipato cha chini utakutana na njemba za middle income wamejenga mijengo ya maana katikati ya hizo nyumba mnazoziita slum nyie nyang'au

Ila ukienda Kibera au Mathare hukuti nyumba tofauti zaidi ya mabati, ni umaskini kwenda mbele

 

[LUSCIOUS2]

Tanzania hakuna middle class.....you are all poor.Do you know mathare north just has as decent apartments as kariakoo

Me nakubali kwa Malls mko mbali na kusema kwamba ni kigezo au kiashiria cha kua na watu wa kipato cha kati wengi naweza kubali pia

Ila watu wenu wenye kipato cha kati ni wachache sana kiasi kwamba kuna gap kubwa baina ya walio nacho na wasionacho, yaan kama mtu tajiri au ni wa kipato cha kati ni tajiri kweli na kama mtu maskini basi ni maskini kwelii

Tofauti na kwetu TZ we've no such a huge gap btn those middle income and lower ones
Thus ukienda sehem kama Manzese na Tandale ambako wanaishi wa kipato cha chini utakutana na njemba za middle income wamejenga mijengo ya maana katikati ya hizo nyumba mnazoziita slum nyie nyang'au

Ila ukienda Kibera au Mathare hukuti nyumba tofauti zaidi ya mabati, ni umaskini kwenda mbele