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Archive for August, 2009

As I posted last time, we were expecting the Bumbuna by the end of July. Well, the President did switch on the turbine and it appears the dam itself is finished?? Or so I hear because from the time I posted till now (about 4 weeks ago) we’ve had electricity here in Lumley ONLY 3 Nights!!!

Yes it’s that bad!! According to high profile sources I know at the NPA (National Power Authority), what’s delaying things are archaic substations, poles and connecting wires. Apparently most of the old wires were stolen for scrap exporters especially during the war. Well now we’re all paying for it.

So far we’ve used nearly 60 gallons to power our generator Now thats BAD!! (A gallon costs Le 14, 500) Can you imagine what businesses are going through?? That’s why business are non-existant here but that’s for another post!

Although, I’m still optimistic and I’ll advice anyone reading who intends to come to wait until there’s electricity. Of course unless you can’t help it.

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As you can see, I’ve not posted for a while mainly because I was having severe internet problems! Last week I just got fed up with the desparate situation it caused me to find what other options I had.

I had a meeting with Zain customer service on Monday 17th Aug and as I expected, they were of little or no help. I checked the speed on some of the personnel’s laptop and it was a paltry 1.0 KB/ps or less!! Can you believe that? They also explained to me that, there’s no way I’ll be able to watch videos online -  I had to accept it!!
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