(eTN) Ngasekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, inkampani kagesi yaseTanzania yaphumela obala ngezinhlelo zokukhuphula amanani kagesi ngamaphesenti amangalisayo angama-34, nokwenze ukuthi abathengi, izimboni, kanye nabaqhubi bamahhotela baphendule ngokushesha ukuthi banciphise ukunyuka kube sezingeni elilawulekayo.
Amahhotela, ikakhulukazi lawo asogwini lolwandle lwaseTanzania naseDar es Salaam, ancike ezintweni zikagesi ezinokwethenjelwa ukuze aqhube imishini yawo yokupholisa umoya namagumbi abandayo, futhi umthombo othile eDar ngokushesha watshela lo mlobi: “Izikweletu zikagesi sezikhona kakade. [oku]phezulu kanye nomthombo omkhulu wezindleko zethu. Ukunikezwa bekunephutha futhi uma sisebenzisa ijeneretha yethu yokugcina kubiza kakhulu. Manje uma izikweletu zizokhuphuka ngenye ingxenye yesithathu, kufanele sizinyuse ngokwethu izintela, ngoba lokhu akukwazi ukumuncwa. Yizivakashi zethu ezizokhokha kakhulu, futhi sikhathazeka ngokuncintisana esifundeni. IKenya iletha inqwaba yemithombo yamandla aluhlaza, futhi i-Uganda isiwutholile uwoyela, kodwa thina baseTanzania kufanele sikwazi ukuncintisana, hhayi nje kuphela ngekhwalithi kodwa namanani entengo.”
Kuphinde kwaphawulwa ukuthi umkhakha wezokuvakasha kufanele unxenxe ukuthi kunyuswe amanani kagesi ngokusesilinganisweni futhi ube khona ezigcawini uhulumeni ahlose ukuzibamba ukuze uthole imibono kuyo yonke imikhakha yempilo ngaphambi kokuthi avume noma anqabe. I-TANESCOisicelo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- It was also mentioned that the tourism sector ought to lobby for a more moderate increase in electricity prices and be present at the public hearings government intends to hold in order to get opinions from all walks of life before either approving or rejecting TANESCO's application.
- Kenya is bringing in a lot of green energy sources, and Uganda has found oil, but we in Tanzania have to be able to compete, not only in quality but also by pricing.
- Hotels, in particular those located along the Tanzanian beaches and in Dar es Salaam, depend on reliable electricity supplies to run their air-conditioning plants and cold rooms, and one source in Dar swiftly pointed out to this correspondent.
