Activities in Tanzania

The Project for Rehabilitation of Substation and Transmission Line in Kilimanjaro Region

Type	Project	Area	Period	Tanzania Organization	Cost (Mill. Yen)
G	The Project for Rehabilitation of Substation and Transmission Line in Kilimanjaro Region	Kilimanjaro	Mar. 2011 to Dec. 2013	TANESCO	2,500

Kiyungi Sub Station construction work at May, 2012

Kilimanjaro Region is home to a population of about 1.5 million people and is a very famous tourist destination for the snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa.

The project was designed based on the recommendations from the "Master Plan Study for the Power Sector for Major Towns in Tanzania" which was supported by JICA in 2002. Despite the existence of this Master Plan Tanzania experienced difficult times between the late 90's and early 2000. During this period no investments and rehabilitations were made on the power utilities and instead there were discussions on the possibility of dismantling and privatization of TANESCO, the sole public power utility company in Tanzania. As a result it was deemed necessary that there was an urgent need to replace the malfunctioning equipment as well to increase the number of facilities which could meet the increasing demand of electricity in this fast growing Region.

Under this project, two new substations will be constructed. One will be constructed in Rombo area where a large number of small and medium size industries are operating. Another will be constructed near the KCMC Referral Hospital which is the largest in the Northern Tanzania. In addition, as part of this project a high voltage transmission line (34 km) and a medium voltage distribution line (5 km) will be constructed between the two new substations. The existing YMCA and Lawati substations will also be rehabilitated. The YMCA is in Moshi Town Centre and is therefore a very important substation to supply power to the Town centre. Lawati substation is in Sanya Juu area and is a very important source of power for the Kibong'oto Tuberculosis Hospital.

The project is expected to contribute to the growth of the local economy as well as to improve health services by improving the supply of power.