World Bank Approves Rusumo Falls Hydropower Plant-KAGERA

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press release
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved US$340 million for the Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project which aims to benefit 62 million people in Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania.
This project is the first operation under the World Bank Group Great Lakes Regional Initiative inaugurated by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim during his historic joint visit with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in May 2013.
The overall project cost is US$468.60 million and its eventual 80 megawatt generation capacity will boost reliable power supply to the electricity grids of Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania, reduce electricity costs, promote renewable power, spur job-led economic development and pave the way for more dynamic regional cooperation, peace and stability among the countries of the Nile Equatorial Lakes (NEL) sub-region in east Africa.
The World Bank financing of a total US$340 million - US$113.30 million to each of the governments of Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania comes from the International Development Association, the World Bank's fund for the poorest.*
"This landmark project will have transformational impact, bringing lower-cost energy to homes, businesses, and clinics in Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania," says Colin Bruce, Director, Strategy, Operations and Regional Integration.
"By connecting grids, people and environmentally sensitive solutions, the project will help to catalyze growth and to encourage peace and stability in the sub-region."
Lack of access to electricity is a defining constraint in the region. Only four percent of the population in Burundi has access to electricity, corresponding numbers for Rwanda and Tanzania are 13 and 15 percent respectively. All three countries will benefit from job created by construction and installation activity associated with the power plant.
By choosing a run-of-the-river option to reduce social and environmental impacts, the participating governments have demonstrated careful and responsible decision-making.
"The Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project takes a regional approach to tackling Sub-Saharan Africa's power crisis, providing low-cost, clean, renewable energy to people in Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania," says Jamal Saghir, World Bank Director for Sustainable Development in the Africa Region.
"The new power plant signals the Bank's commitment to keeping the lights on across the African continent, necessary for achieving growth, ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity in the region."
Contribution to Regional Integration and Excellence
While other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing high growth rates, countries of the Great Lakes sub-region have had extremely high levels of poverty and very low levels of key services such as access to electricity.
Yields from agriculture also are typically quite low. Today's approval of the Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project is anchored in the World Bank Group's development approach to the region pegged to increase power generation and interconnectivity to take advantage of low-cost and renewable sources of hydropower and shared infrastructure development.
The project will strengthen the capacity of the Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NELSAP) and its emergence as a regional center of excellence.
The project's regional approach to infrastructure development will help to lower costs, enable joint management of the hydropower generation and transmission system, and demonstrate mutual benefits attainable by sharing of river waters as a catalyst for greater economic integration.
"The Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project provides a fresh opportunity to unlock energy potential in the Great Lakes region, while safeguarding the environment," says Paul Baringanire, World Bank Team Leader for the project and Senior Energy Specialist. "We look forward to speedy implementation so that the idea of sharing natural resources for mutual benefits becomes a reality and helps to build peace, stability and economic opportunity for all communities in the Great Lakes region."
In 2011, World Bank helped to provide electricity to an additional 1.4 million people in African countries; construct and repair some 6,640 kilometers of roads; and improved water supplies for more than 8 million people.
* The World Bank's International Development Association (IDA), established in 1960, helps the world's poorest countries by providing zero-interest financing and grants for projects and programs that boost economic growth, reduce poverty, and improve poor people's lives. IDA is one of the largest sources of assistance for the world's 82 poorest countries, 40 of which are in Africa.
Resources from IDA bring positive change for 1.8 billion people living on less than $2 a day. Between 2003 and 2013, IDA provided $256 billion in financing for 3,787 projects in Sub-Saharan Africa.

 

[Egwugu]

tunaweza tukazalisha huo umeme na bado mgao ukawa palepale labda ngoja tuone

 

[Jerrymsigwa]

10% hapo ipoo?

 

[Entareyehirungu]

....The overall project cost is US$468.60 million and its eventual 80 megawatt generation capacity will boost reliable power supply to the electricity grids of Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania, reduce electricity costs, promote renewable power, spur job-led economic development and pave the way for more dynamic regional cooperation, peace and stability among the countries of the Nile Equatorial Lakes (NEL) sub-region in east Africa. The World Bank financing of a total US$340 million - US$113.30 million to each of the governments of Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania comes from the International Development Association, the World Bank's fund for the poorest.* .... ....The project's regional approach to infrastructure development will help to lower costs, enable joint management of the hydropower generation and transmission system, and demonstrate mutual benefits attainable by sharing of river waters as a catalyst for greater economic integration.
region."....

Aliye na ufahamu anifunilie; kulingana na maelezo na utamaduni wa IDA, kuna hata senti moja ya huu unaoitwa msaada itatumika katika kununua au kuweka huo mtambo wa umeme? Uwekezaji huu unahitaji jumla ya US$468.60 million, WB-IDA inatoa US$340 million, US$128.60 million zilizobaki kwa vyovyote zitachangwa na Burundi, Rwanda na Tanzania. Je, huu mradi ulikuwa kipaumbele chetu? Soma na hizi habari hapa chini na kisha uendelee na uchambuzi binafsi uamue kana umeshawishika na mtazamo binafsi juu ya kinachoendelea.

African Development Bank funds road infrastructure in Tanzania

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has decided to increase funding for the East African Road Network in Tanzania by $100 million (160 billion shillings) in the 2012-2013 fiscal year in an effort to boost the regional economy.

[Tanzania] Infrastructure budget gets USD 600m boost

Despite Tanzania not having any form of credit rating, it has secured USD 600m (approximately 973.6bn/-) from the International Capital Market to improve various infrastructures. The coupon payment to Stanbic Bank is the first ever benchmark-sized private placement transaction by a sub-Saharan sovereign. Taking the form of an unlisted and unrated seven-year floating rate instrument, the proceeds are to support Tanzania's infrastructure development programme for the 2012/2013 budget. The capital will be used to roll out projects across several sectors, including energy, roads and rail equipment.

Mpango-Mkakati wa Umoja wa Afrika, kipindi cha mwaka 2009-2012 ulijikita katika kuhamasisha utengamano, mabadiliko ya kijamii na kiuchumi na ushirikiano ndani ya bara la Afrika. Matokeo ya Mkakati huu ni kuzaliwa kwa Mpango wa Maendeleo ya Miundombinu ya Afrika yaani Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA). Januari, mwaka jana wakuu wa nchi za Afrika walipokutana Ethiopia waliridhia, wakaupitisha na kuamua kuurithi mpango huu wa PIDA. Lakini ukweli ni kwamba, PIDA iliandaliwa na United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), wakishirikiana na African Development Bank na NEPAD kama Wakala wa Mipango na Uratibu. Kamisheni ya AU imekuwa ikitumika toka mwanzo kama mwenyeji tu au launching pad.

Mpango wa PIDA umeainisha maeneo 51 ya vipaumbele vya Mpango wa Utendaji-51 Priority Action Plan (PAP) katika sekta ya Miundombinu. Ninapozungumzia sekta ya miundombinu kwa mujibu wa PAP ninamaanisha nishati, barabara, reli, viwanja vikubwa vya ndege, mikondo ya TEHAMA, na njia za kusafirishia mafuta.

Nitajaribu kuainisha Miradi ya PAP ile tu iliyoko katika ukanda wetu wa Afrika Mashariki ili wasomaji waweze kupata picha pana ya ninachojaribu kuwashirikisha.

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[TD]Bomba la Mafuta toka Uganda mpaka Kenya[/TD]
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Hii miradi ambayo ni viapumbele vya UNEC na NEPAD, iligeuka kuwa kipaumbele cha Afrika kupitia Kamisheni ya AU. Kwa mtazamo wangu, miradi hii imewaweka viongozi wa Afrika busy kiasi cha kusahau vipaumbele vya nchi zao. Watu wamekuwa na tafsiri tofauti katika mikutano ya hivi karibuni kati ya Rais Museveni, Rais Kenyatta na Rais Kagame. Lakini ukiangalia kinachosemekana kuwa wanajadili wala siyo kipya na wala hakina la kustaajabisha kwa muktadha wa miradi inayowahusu kupitia PAP.

Suala la msingi ni hili. Ni kweli tunahitaji umeme, tuna shida ya barabara nzuri, tunapenda kuboresha viwanja vya ndege na kupanua bandari lakini suala la msingi ni je, hii miradi tunaitekeleza kulingana na kalenda ya mipango na yetu ya muda mrefu? Jibu langu ni hapana. Ukiangalia vema utabaini hii miundombinu yote imelenga kuendeleza mijini na kutuunganisha na majirani. Kwa nchi ambayo uchumi wake unategemea kilimo na ambayo zaidi ya asilimia 60 ya mazao huozea vijijini kutokana na kukosekana kwa viwanda vijijini au barabara nzuri za kuunganisha mijini na mashambani hivi vikifanywa kuwa vipaumbele ni kujenga mazingira mazuri ya kutengeneza nchi ya wapagazi. Bidhaa zitatengenezwa nje na zitaweza kufika kwa urahisi nchini. Lakini mazao yanayozalishwa vijijini hapa hapa nchini, yataendelea kushindwa kuingia mjini. Yakiingia basi yatakuwa aghali na yatashindwa kwa bei na yale yanayoingizwa kutoka nje.

Pili uendeshaji wa miradi ya kutekeleza hii miundombinu unahitaji fedha. Kwa mujibu wa PAP ili kufikia malengo yake kunahitajika US$ 68 billion katika kipindi cha kuanzia mwaka jana mpaka 2020. Tanzania pekee tunahitaji zaidi ya $13.3bil na tumekuwa tukizisaka toka mwaka jana. Hela hizi zinazohitajika kutekeleza miradi ambayo iko kwenye PAP mnaona zisivyopatikana kwa taabu. Hata ule mkopo wa Stanbic Bank Tanzania tumesoma jinsi ulivyopatikana hata bila serikali kutathminiwa.

Ni vema kudadisi na majibu mutayapata. Mara nyingi napenda kuwaelekeza watu kusoma hiki kitabu majibu yote yako humo.

 

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New development in relation to PIDA as explained in the above post......!

Source: Kagame in Kenya for Infrastructure Summit

President Kagame will today join Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda for what is dubbed ‘the Second Infrastructure Summit' in Mombasa, Kenya.


The meeting is a follow up to the inaugural trilateral meeting held in Entebbe, Uganda in June this year aimed at accelerating regional infrastructure development to hasten socio-economic development in the region.

To ensure faster implementation, responsibilities have been shared with Uganda committing to lead the railway development and political federation agenda, Rwanda to lead on the Single Customs Territory, Single Tourist Visa and use of East African Community National identity card projects while Kenya is to spearhead the implementation of the oil pipeline and electricity generation.

Kagame and Museveni are also scheduled to join their Kenyan counterpart on the official launch of a Ksh5.6 billion (US$66.7 million) Berth number 19 at Mombasa port, the space where ships dock or anchor as they are offloaded or loaded. The new berth is expected to raise the port's capacity by 33 per cent.

Kagame is accompanied to the Mombasa meeting by Ministers Louise Mushikiwabo, (Foreign Affairs) Prof. Silas Lwakabamba (Infrastructure), Amb Claver Gatete (Finance), National Coordinator of the Tripartite Initiative, Monique Mukaruliza, and Rwanda's High Commissioner to Kenya, Yamina Karitanyi.

The summit will evaluate progress made by each country and will be followed with a third meeting scheduled for Kigali in October.

 

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IN A report in May on Africa, the World Economic Forum (WEF) indicated that the African Union (AU) had identified infrastructure as a priority in its 2009-12 strategic plan, which seeks to promote integration, socioeconomic development and African co-operation.

South Africa's proposed 18 strategic infrastructure projects, to be built over the next 15 years, are also a clear indication of intent in this regard. These include as yet unidentified cross-border projects, at an estimated cost of R4-trillion

However, South Africa's big construction and engineering groups complain that infrastructure development in the country continues to significantly lag the spending plans outlined by the Presidential Infrastructure Co-ordinating Commission.

Many have wallowed in red ink after global markets collapsed and since the 2010 Soccer World Cup came to an end. Now South Africa has many multibillion-rand stadiums that weigh heavily on city council balance sheets. Meanwhile, Gautrain buses run empty, and the South African National Roads Agency has just been downgraded by Moody's and is on review for a further downgrade.
Early last year, African heads of state meeting in Addis Ababa approved the "Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (Pida)". The WEF says that this signifies "high-level political buy-in and ownership of the programme". Developed in conjunction with the AU Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank and the New Partnership for Africa's Development Planning and Co-ordinating Agency, the plan supports partnerships between business, government and donors.

The Priority Action Plan within Pida calls for rapid development of power generation, transportation, water and telecommunications in Africa. This is set to cost $68bn from 2012-20.

Ostensibly, this will cost only 0.2% of Africa's gross domestic product and 1% of national budgets, making it a "realistic, convincing proposal", according to the WEF.

But the World Bank says Africa needs $93bn a year for infrastructure development over the next 10 years. This means the continent already had an existing annual gap of $48bn between actual investments and infrastructure needs.
Last week, International Finance Corporation (IFC) senior manager in Southern Africa Saleem Karimjee said the World Bank's private-sector lender had increased its investments in sub-Saharan Africa by more than 30% in the past year to $5.3bn, but this still lagged demand. However, the lender also acknowledges it has exposure of about $500m to pan-African Ecobank, which is fighting allegations of poor governance.

Last week, Moody's also said that South Africa's banking system outlook remained negative because of a "sluggish operating environment". This would weaken asset quality and increase provisioning needs, and included their "sizeable holdings of sovereign securities".

The Department of Trade and Industry says that regional integration is an imperative for Africa and should include existing regional bodies. The Mauritian minister of foreign affairs, regional integration and international trade, Arvin Boolell, said recently this initiative provided an opportunity to "rethink regional integration". He said this requires policy reforms to lift economic growth, as well as "accelerating economic transformation".

In South African parlance, this means codifying black economic empowerment along with inflexible labour legislation.
It also means prioritising African integration with inter-Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) trade. Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says South Africa has "significantly eased" doing business in the country through implementation of the new Companies Act. "These efforts are continuing in the form of the new broad-based black economic empowerment codes of good practice and the development of the licensing of businesses bill, which is currently out for public comment," he says.

But this jars with the latest global competitiveness report published by the WEF. It says South Africa has been overtaken by Mauritius for top rank in sub-Saharan Africa. It also highlights substantial politicking over the National Development Plan, along with "wastefulness" in government spending, poor general education levels, and militant labour relations.

Next year, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe will become chairman of the Southern African Development Community. He is pursuing a policy of "indigenisation" that will make global companies hand over majority control to black Zimbabweans.

All of this negates the high ranking accorded to some aspects of the private sector in South Africa, including fiduciary accountability and the strong oversight of financial markets.

Source: SA losing ground on infrastructure goals

 

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Mkataba Wa Kufua Umeme Katika Maporomoko ya Maji ya Rusumo Mkoa Wa Kagera Wasainiwa Leo Mjini Bukoba.

Habari hii ni kwa hisani ya

MMILIKI WA jamcobukoba.blogspot.com

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Mawaziri wa nchi Tatu Zinazoshiriki katika Mradi wa Kuzalisha Umeme Katika Maporomoko ya Mto Rusumo wakiwa na Mikataba yao baada ya Kusaini. Wakwanza kulia ni Waziri wa Nishati wa Burundi Mh. Manirakiza C'ome, anayefuatia ni Waziri wa Nishati na Madini wa Tanzania Mh. Sospeter Muhongo, na mwisho ni Waziri wa Miundo Mbinu wa Rwanda Mh. Silas Rwakabamba.
Picha hii imechukuliwa Katika Viwanja vya Bukoba Hotel, E.L.C.T - Bukoba
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[Entareyehirungu]

......Watu wamekuwa na tafsiri tofauti katika mikutano ya hivi karibuni kati ya Rais Museveni, Rais Kenyatta na Rais Kagame. Lakini ukiangalia kinachosemekana kuwa wanajadili wala siyo kipya na wala hakina la kustaajabisha kwa muktadha wa miradi inayowahusu kupitia PAP......

Nilipata kuandika niliyonukuu hapo juu kama mtazamo wangu juu ya mikutano kati ya Rwanda, Uganda na Kenya. Labda sasa watu wanaofuatilia huu muendelezo,, wakisoma bango hilo hapo chini wataelewa kwa nini hapa Kenya na Uganda hawakushirikishwa na kama huo ni utengano basi nani aliuanzisha.

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[Ngongo]

Ha ha ha ha aha safari hii Kenya na Uganda wametengwa.

 

[JokaKuu]

Nilipata kuandika niliyonukuu hapo juu kama mtazamo wangu juu ya mikutano kati ya Rwanda, Uganda na Kenya. Labda sasa watu wanaofuatilia huu muendelezo,, wakisoma bango hilo hapo chini wataelewa kwa nini hapa Kenya na Uganda hawakushirikishwa na kama huo ni utengano basi nani aliuanzisha.

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..nadhani tunarudi kulekule kwamba waandishi wetu wa habari ni makajanja.

..Tanzania, Rwanda, na Burundi, tulishakuwa na mikutano yetu[bila kuwashirikisha Kenya na Uganda] inayohusu infrastructure.

..pia Tanzania na Uganda zimekuwa ktk majadiliano ya muda mrefu kuhusu mradi wa bandari ya Tanga na pamoja na reli, bila kuwashirikisha wanachama wengine wa EAC.

cc Ngongo

 

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US$113 million committed to Rusumo Falls

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US$113 million committed to Rusumo Falls; Posted by: Kim Jansen, December 3, 2013
The Rusumo Falls hydroelectric project is a cross border initiative which will increase the power generating capacity and access to electricity in Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. The project has gained further momentum with the African Development Bank (AfDB) having allocated US$97.3 million from the African Development Fund (ADF) and the Nigeria Trust Fund for the project. An additional US$16 million grant from the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) window of the EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund was recently mobilised by the AfDB to help finance part of the Burundi transmission line from the Rusumo Falls power plant.

The Rusumo Falls project has two components; an 80 MW hydropower generation plant and transmission lines and substations. Beneficiaries of the project include the households, industries, SMEs and businesses in Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania, who will gain access to cheaper, more reliable and clean electricity. Construction of the transmission facilities is expected to be completed by August 2018; the three countries will share the power generated equally. The project will enhance the process of regional integration by the countries developing and managing the joint assets.

"Rusumo Falls is one of many projects financed by the AfDB in response to a crisis in low-energy access rates, limited infrastructure development in the region and regional projects that enhance regional stability through increased cooperation and integration among countries. Africa has incredible untapped hydropower potential: only four per cent of which has been exploited," Alex Rugamba, director of the AfDB's energy, environment and climate change department, says.

The project will increase hydroelectricity supply capacity to relieve the power deficit in all three countries. It will also allow them to address their low energy access rates. Rwanda and Tanzania will be able to displace some of the energy generated from high cost imported fuel with cheaper hydropower thereby reducing the current electricity tariff. In the case of Burundi, the project will provide 50% of the current peak power demand, which will allow the country to expand access and other economic activities.

The Rusumo Falls project is a Programme for Infrastructure Development for Africa (PIDA) priority project. In 2012, African heads of state endorsed a set of priority energy projects to be implemented by 2020 as part of the PIDA. Rusumo Falls is one of nine hydropower projects identified for the PIDA energy infrastructure program, which focuses on major hydroelectric projects and interconnects the power pools between countries.

The AfDB's support to the Rusumo Falls project has spanned several years. In 2006, the bank provided an ADF grant of US$4 million to the Nile Basin Initiative to finance the technical, financial, economic and social feasibility studies for the transmission lines of the Rusumo Falls hydroelectric plant.