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Kyela District is among of the 8 Mbeya Districts which has got opportunities in economic infrastructure; the main road going to Malawi is passing in Kyela District. The road helps to stimulate the business within the District. Also the roads within the District are passable throughout the year. 

 

Kyela District is interconnected with a good network. A small part of town road system is covered by tarmac, about 37.5 km and about 125 km from Mbeya City to Kyela is a trunk road connecting the district to the Republic of Malawi. Many rural roads are gravel roads and are passable throughout the year.

In Kyela District there is one commercial bank, National Microfinance Bank (NMB) which offers financial services. Automated teller services are available for all major credit cards like VISA and Master and also for normal banking cards. The ATMs is working 24 hours seven days a week. 

The District is well served with a telecommunication network to the rest of the world. Tanzania Telecommunication Company Limited (TTCL) offer more than 400 lines and 20 Bond Band systems which can be also used for internet connections in all customers. There are cellular phone systems operated by Zain, Tigo, Zantel, Vodacom and TTCL. Internet cafes, fax, cable and postal services are also available. Also the District accesses the information from printed media such as Tanzania Standard Newspaper – Daily News, Habari Leo, Sunday News, The Guardian, Nipashe.  Radios available are; Mbeya Fm, Radio Free Africa (RFA), Radio One, TBC Fm, TBC Taifa, Radio Maria, Radio Imani, and also all Television sevices are available by using satellite dish.

Kyela District has an abundant of water sources acquired from five water schemes: Kanga, Ngamanga, Ngana, Makwale and Sinyanga which supply tape water to the 82 villages out of 101 villages in the District. About 80% of people they get clean and safe water. Also the District has 63 pump wells and 5 electronic wells which serve the whole Kyela Town.

Kyela District is well served by National Electricity Grid and consumes around 1.5 Megawatts (MW), but Kyela District is enjoying another source of power from Kiwira Coal Mine of about 1.5 Megawatts (MW) that cover almost 2,816 customers in Kyela.

Itungi Port at Lake Nyasa connects the district with other parts of the country like Ruvuma and Iringa as well as neighbouring country of Malawi. This leads to establishment of a strong economic net work and thus improves the livelihood in district and the region as a whole. Mean while there are only two vessels (MV Songea and MV Iringa) which service four trips weekly.