Tanzania, Feb. 13 -- Arusha. Finally, the World Bank-funded Rusumo hydro power plant is set for completion in June this year.

Each of the three countries involved in the project; Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda will connect their respective national grids to the plant. Todate, the $476.5 million joint project along the Rusumo river is 98.3 percent complete.

The project is being implemented under the Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Programme (Nelsap).

The 80MW of electricity that will be generated will be shared equally by the three countries, with each connecting 26.6MW. The completion date was revealed last week during a tour of the project by permanent secretaries from the 10 states in the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI).

The Initi...