The Lackage Which is Uganda's Electricity

Power, the fine electricity which comes to each one of our houses through those nice black wires. So what happens when the the company turns the power off? Right, panic strikes and maybe even riots. Or at least some of us just write about it on our blogs. So Uganda doesn't create enough power to give electricity to the entire country at once. So we have what is commonly called "load shedding." This is just a big term meaning the guys at the Uganda Electricity Board flick the switch from on to off for 3 hours every third day. At least it's supposed to be every third day. The past few weeks have been horrendous. I think it's been off twice today already and almost every day since Christmas. I guess the silver lining to this black cloud is that we have a generator here. So we're producing our own electricity here, which is costly, but at least we have lights. So if any of you wonder what it's like living in a third world country, basically you're left in the black. Unless you own a generator.