Let there be light

An extension wire connected to a generator

Power outage here is a daily occurrence.  Sometimes it runs for days but it is normal to have a daily black-out of 12 hours.  I have

It's overloaded

grown accustomed to the thunderous sound of generators and when everything is quite, I get worried.  The gas stations must  have ran out of petrol and Gulu could be powerless for days.  At the district office, there is a generator that is most often not running - either because the person approving the purchase of the fuel is not yet around, or the operator has not arrived, or as they say, there is just no money in the bank.  More on this in future blog posts. 

Going to town daily to buy petrol

In Uganda, the power distributor is a company called Umeme.  It is a Swahili word for lightening, but as someone said, it might as well mean "lack of it."  People just bear patiently Umeme's cruelty,

Umeme lineman

although in some places in Uganda intermittent protests occur.  Would you enjoy butter or ice cream that looks like a doughnut because it had been deformed by the intervals of melting and freezing?  I would not.

Oh, no.  Umeme disconnecting our office.