Dar es Salaam, Oct. 15 -- THE idea of relocating Tanzanias political and administrative capital from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma was once considered a distant dream.

Likewise, the aspiration to generate over 2,000 mega- watts of electricity from the Rufiji River through a hydropower project seemed farfetched for many years. Today, both ambitions— initially championed by the late Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere—have been turned into reality.

The shift to Dodoma and the completion of the Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project (JNHPP) are tangible mile- stones, jointly realised under the leadership of President Samia Suluhu Hassan and her predecessor, the late Dr John Pombe Magufuli.

In his Current Affairs column published by the Dail...