Tanesco: No quick fix for fast-depleting prepaid electricity

Dar es Salaam. Some customers have raised concerns that prepaid electricity units are running out faster than expected, but the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) says there is no immediate solution without a professional technical assessment.

Customers told The Citizen’s sister newspaper, Mwananchi, on Friday, January 23, 2026, that they buy the same amount of electricity but find it depleted in a shorter period, despite no increase in usage.