Dar es Salaam, April 30 -- DODOMA: MEMBERS of Parliament have called on the government to find ways to reduce electricity connection costs in urban areas, so that more citizens can afford the service.

Several lawmakers aired their views yesterday in the National Assembly yesterday, when contributing to a debate on 2.246tri/- budget estimates for the Energy Ministry for next financial year. Out of total budget, 2.16tri/- which is 96.5 per cent goes to development projects while the remaining 79.2bn/-, (3.5 per cent) for recurrent.

Contributing in august House yesterday, Babati Urban MP (CCM), Pauline Gekul, noted a disparity in connection costs and requested subsidies to ensure cost uniformity.

“A regular Tanzanian living in a sub...