Mr. Wazo Michael Mwang'onda laid the foundation stone for the Tabora Water Supply and Sanitation Authority (TUWASA) Prepaid Water Meters Project for customers on 21/09/2026.

He expressed his excitement about this Prepaid Water Meter Project, which allows customers to buy the amount they want and when they want. He thanked Hon. President Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan for continuously improving the water sector and praised TUWASA for implementing the President’s directives in practice.  

Acting TUWASA Managing Director Benard Biswalo, while reading the project report, said this project is the implementation of directives from Hon. President to the Ministry of Water to start using prepaid water meters. He explained that the goal is to install these meters for all their customers and urged customers to honestly pay their water bills on time to enable TUWASA to achieve this goal.  

Prepaid meters are expected to improve revenue collection efficiency, allow customers to control their usage based on what they pay, reduce and manage water debts, and decrease complaints about water meter readings. In the first phase, TUWASA installed a total of 400 meters in the Sikonge area and Tabora Municipality, worth 192,576,472 shillings, out of 299,141,477.86 shillings provided by the government to implement the Water Meter Purchase Project for the Sikonge water network.

The District Commissioner of Tabora, Ms. Upendo Wella, stated that this project supports the President in ensuring that customers use the amount they pay, but also facilitates revenue collection for the Institution.