Tanzania, Feb. 16 -- Dar es Salaam. The government on Friday February 16, 2024 assured the public that the current power rationing will end next month as two power plants are expected to start producing electricity from Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project (JNHP).

Drought and maintenance issues caused shortages in the national grid, forcing Tanzania to ration electricity since last September.

Responding to a question in Parliament, deputy Minister for Energy, Ms Judith Kapinga told the Parliament that the rationing will end by March this year.

"I can assure you that by March of this year, power rationing will be over," she said after the Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Tulia Ackson asked when exactly the power rationing will end in t...