Dar es Salaam, April 29 -- DODOMA: THE Ministry of Energy has assured Members of Parliament of increased financial allocations to modernise the national electricity infrastructure including replacing aging wooden poles with more durable concrete ones to bolster the reliability of the power distribution network across the country.

The assurance was given in the National Assembly yesterday by Energy Deputy Minister Judith Kapinga, following a supplementary question from Temeke MP Dorothy Kilave (CCM), who inquired about the governments plans to replace wooden electricity poles in her constituency with more durable concrete ones.

Deputy Minister Kapinga affirmed that the government recognises the need to modernise infrastructure and more b...