Power failure: We pay and live in darkness

Imagine this: You lived in Uganda in the 1980s. You remember very well that there was (nearly) always power failure. You have not been to Uganda for decades, and you wish to revisit. You come back and find that power failure in 2026 is actually worse. To say that you would be shocked is an understatement.

The crisis we are witnessing in the energy sector is hard to put in words. Back then, there was unreliable power supply. It was common to hear people saying that they took maize to the maize mill and could not bring back the maize flour due to power failure.

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