Jabana Power plant gets WB thumbs up

KIGALI - The visiting World Bank (WB) Senior Vice President for External Affairs, Dr. Marwan Muasher, yesterday visited the new thermal power plant at Jabana, and expressed satisfaction over the project. Under a joint financial support of the WB and the government of Rwanda, the national utilities cooperation, ELECTROGAZ has completed construction of a 20 MW power plant, described by technicians as the biggest power plant in the country. The project that began early 2008 and completed last month saw the WB sink in $ 15 million, while the government contributed $12m and ELECTROGAZ itself sunk in Euro 1,290,798.