Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania

Plan and in accordance with its legal mandate as
specified in the Port Act, 2004.
• TANESCO Management should ensure that it
implements its generation capacity addition
program within the timeline indicated and also to
build the required transmission network to shift
this power to the required load centers.
• The Government should consider splitting TPDC
into two entities, one that is responsible for
commercial activities and a second one that is
responsible for awarding licenses, undertaking
inspections and doing more regulatory work. In
short term, TPDC needs financial support (which
could be a share of the subventions earned from
existing gas contracts) to enable it to discharge its
responsibilities.
• Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Corporation
(DAWASCO) investments should be fast tracked,
and groundwater resources be used to meet the
water needs of the larger unserved parts of Dar es
Salaam. Also, the water tariffs should be reviewed
to enable DAWASCO to meet its operating costs,
and that those tariffs should be adjusted in line
with inflation.
• Tanzania National Roads Agency (TANROADS)
should ensure that it takes urgent steps to better
understand why road contract costs in Tanzania are
significantly higher than other parts of the region
and what needs to be done to reduce these costs
and the super normal profits that some contractors
may be earning.
• Air Tanzania Corporation Limited (ATCL) should
ensure that any decision taken regarding the
current Joint venture negotiations taking place to
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