Dar es Salaam, May 4 -- DODOMA: AT least 257 villages out of 307 villages in Kigoma region have been electrified as more efforts are being applied to connecting the remaining 50 villages, the Parliament was told on Friday.

Deputy Minister for energy Judith Kapinga told the national Assembly yesterday that the government has already signed a contract with State Grid Electrical and Technical Works Limited company, which is implementing the Rural Electricity Distribution Project Phase Three Round Two.

The deputy minister was responding to a question from Special Seats Member of Parliament Josephine Genzabuke who wanted to know when the government will finish the exercise of delivering electricity to schools and religious institutions in Ki...