Tanesco: A new, better electricity parastatal? (Part 2)

The Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) headquarters, Dar es Salaam. PHOTO | FILE

In the first Part of this tale, I told readers that Tanesco (Tanzania Electric Power Supply Company) is a parastatal institution tasked with the production of – or otherwise securing – electric power, transmitting same and delivering/supplying it to end-consumers.

The company was formally established in 1964, replacing its predecessors, the Tanganyika Electric Power Supply Company formed in 1931 by ‘British colonialists,’ and the Dar es Salaam Electric Supply Company (Daresco).