Deputy Minister for Energy, Judith Kapinga, has reaffirmed the government's commitment to ensuring that all institutions providing social, economic, and religious services are connected to electricity as part of the ongoing rural electrification efforts.
Speaking in Parliament on April 11, 2025, in Dodoma, Kapinga was responding to a question from Special Seats MP Maimuna Pathan, who inquired about the timeline for completing electricity connections to schools and religious institutions in Lindi Region.
She revealed that by the end of March 2025, a total of 1,272 institutions in Lindi had already been connected to electricity.
These include 259 dispensaries, 42 health centers, 9 hospitals, 554 primary schools, 151 secondary schools, and 257 religious institutions comprising 142 mosques and 115 churches.
Kapinga also stated that an additional 27 institutions in the region are expected to be connected through ongoing projects under the supervision of the Rural Energy Agency (REA).
Responding to a question from Mbogwe MP Nicodemas Maganga regarding the lack of electricity in churches and mosques in Mbogwe, she assured that these institutions would be connected through ongoing sub-village electrification projects in the constituency.
In another response to a supplementary question from Shinyanga Special Seats MP Dr. Christina Mzava who spoke on behalf of Kishapu MP Boniphace Butondo Kapinga said the government is actively implementing projects to bring electricity to the outskirts of urban areas to ensure that more citizens can access power at an affordable cost.
Earlier, in response to the primary question from Butondo regarding when the remaining 42 villages in Kishapu District would be electrified, Kapinga announced that all 117 villages in the district had already been connected to electricity as of March 30, 2025 achieving 100 percent coverage through government-implemented projects.
Additionally, while addressing a question from Tarime Rural MP Mwita Waitara about when residents of Nywamwaga, Sirari, and Nyamongo would start accessing electricity at the subsidized rate of TSh 27,000, Kapinga confirmed that rural areas are already benefiting from this rate. She further explained that separate projects are in place to serve areas located on the outskirts of towns.
