Challenges in Public - Private Partnership on Power Generation and Supply Projects in Tanzania: A Case of Songas Limited

The Public Private Partnership as a tool for the governments nowadays that being used in procuring public infrastructure or services by patronizing the resources and expertise of the private sector while the government deals with other matter such as administrative aspects, as well as safety and well beings of its citizens. The study is interested with the challenges of the Public Private Partnership Projects in Tanzania with the case of Songas Power generation and Supply. The study used case study research design to establish its findings through techniques of questionnaires, documentary reviews and interviews. The sample of study was 97 where by the actual sample participated in the study was 67 (69.07 %) and the target population was 2970. The sample was obtained by using Nassium standard Formula and Data analysis were done by using descriptive mode where frequency, Percentage aided by SPSS adopted as well as documentary reviews. The findings shows financial resources, Expertise, Project Management capacities and Public-Private Partnership Policy and laws play critical roles for PPP Projects in Tanzania to move ahead if made available to PPP Projects. The government of Tanzania should build the conducive environment for the PPP projects to work smoothly such as PPP Policy and laws to reflect the current business competitive environments as well as to be predictable to the PPP Projects so as to assure Private Partners safety of their spent resources to given PPP Projects. Also both Private and Public maintaining transparent, communication and work mutual together.