By Austine Luseni
Bo/Kenema,Saturday September 2, 2023 – Sierra Leone’s Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay, has toured Bo and Kenema to have a firsthand assessment of progress on the Bo-Kenema Network Rehabilitation Project.
The Bo-Kenema Network Rehabilitation and Expansion Project seeks to make improvements on transmission and distribution lines in the two cities, expand or increase access to quality and reliable electricity to 12 communities between the two cities,and cater for emerging or unserved communities within the two cities.
Mr. Sesay said that he was satisfied with the status of the project and the progress that contractors had made,noting that 60% of the work had been completed.
He informed pressmen that the requisite materials needed for the implementation and or completion of the project had been amassed in the country, adding that a couple of substations had already been completed.
The Minister of Energy said that with what he had seen on the ground,he was confident that the project would be completed by the stipulated timeline of December this year.
He concluded by saying that the project,which is funded by the FCDO and the African Development Bank,AfDB,would positively impact the quality and reliability of electricity supply in the two districts and would enable citizens massively enjoy the CLSG electricity.
The energy sector reforms continue.
