In this wake, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its 2011 growth forecast for Tanzania to 6% from 7.2% in March, saying frequent power outages would hurt output while food and fuel prices could push inflation higher. Former chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy and Mineral, Mr January Makamba (now deputy minister for Science, Communication and Higher Education), once suggested the Government to sort out the gas issue. "The situation as it stands today is scandalous. The bottom line is that we have gas in Tanzania but we do not control its production, its transportation, its distribution and its price. We might as well be importing it via tankers from Qatar. If, for instance, today we have just enough gas to produce only 100MW of power, it will not be directed to TANESCO gas plants (where we do not pay capacity charges) but to Songas plant (where we buy power and pay capacity charges)."
Katibu Mkuu wa Wizara Wizara ya Mambo ya Ndani ya Nchi, Meja Jenerali Projest Rwegasira wa kwanza kulia na Naibu Katibu Mkuu wake, Balozi Hassan Simba Yahaya wakifuatilia kwa makini Bajeti ya Jeshi la Polisi ya mwaka ujao wa fedha, katika Kikao cha Kamati ya Bunge ya Kudumu ya Mambo ya Nje, Ulinzi na Usalama wakati wa Mapitio ya Bajeti ya mwaka ujao wa fedha kwa Taasisi ziliko katika Wizara hiyo, ambapo kwa siku ya leo Kamati hiyo imepitisha Bajeti za Jeshi la Polisi na Fungu Hamsini na Moja inayobeba Idara Saidizi ndani ya wizara, hatua ambayo ni muhimu kufikiwa kabla ya kuanza kwa Vikao vya Bunge la Bajeti la Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, linalotarajiwa kuanza mapema tarehe nne mwezi Aprili mwaka huu, Kikao hicho kimefanyika leo katika ukumbi wa Mikutano wa Chuo Kikuu Dodoma [UDOM] mkoani Dodoma.