Luanda – MPLA leader João Lourenço Saturday in Cuito, central Bié province, said that an electrification project was in the pipeline to benefit the region-based municipalities.
João Lourenço announced a completion soon of the Camacupa Hydroelectric Dam in order to ensure power supply for Camacupa and Catabola municipalities.
The rehabilitation of the infrastructure, with power supply capacity of about 1.3 megawatts, which is located in Kunje River course, at the Geodesic Center of Angola, is estimated at 28.1 billion kwanzas.
The entrance into operation of the dam will boost its power supply capacity from the current 1.3 megawatts to additional 1.8 megawatts.
With this rehabilitation, the municipality of Camacupa will have a total capacity of 4.3 megawatts.
The parties disputing the political and legislative power in this year’s elections are MPLA, UNITA, APN, PRS, FNLA, PHA and P-NJANGO, as well as the coalition CASA-CE.
The election campaign is running from 24 July to 22 August.
It will be the fifth time that Angolans go to the polls since 1992.
