SPECIAL REPORT : Repaying $1bn loan may be difficult, govt told

Controller and Auditor General Mussa Assad (second right) briefs the chairpeson of the Parlimentary Committee on Government Accounts, Ms Naghenjwa Kaboyoka, and her deputy Aeshi Hillaly of the audit report on April 14, 2017 in Dodoma. Right is the chairman of the Parliamentary Local Authorities Accounts Commitee, Mr Vedasto Ngombale. PHOTO|FILE

What you need to know:

  • CAG Mussa Assad warns that the government might fail to repay the loan because the pipeline is massively underutilised.
  • Report the pipeline, which was constructed by China Petroleum and Technology Development Company (CPTDC) transports 46.61 mmscfd equivalent to 6 per cent of the total pipeline capacity amounted to 737.39 mmscfd.