On Katima’s Power Cuts

I WOULD like to bring air my complaint about the most annoying problem facing the town of Katima Mulilo.

Power failures seem to be the order of the day as they have become as routine as brushing one’s teeth every morning. Local residents have become so used to it that if it does not occur they are left to wonder why and cheer up in jubilation when the power returns as if it was free.I fail to understand what Government is doing to avert this situation, which is not only annoying but a deterrent to business activities in the town.What is that that our local authority is doing to resolve this problem and in trying to persuade Government to speed up the so-called national power grid, which would see the end of Caprivi’s dependence on an unreliable power supply from Zambia? Local people are losing confidence in the town, because it has quite a range of problems not limited only to power.If local people are losing confidence as the owners of the place, what about tourists who bring in the much-needed foreign currency? Katima Mulilo has become a hive of business activity and is inundated with tourists due to the opening of the Katima Mulilo/Sesheke bridge and the refurbishment of dilapidated national border facilities and therefore it is high time to balance new facilities with reliable crucial services such as electricity and water.George Sanzila Katima MuliloLocal residents have become so used to it that if it does not occur they are left to wonder why and cheer up in jubilation when the power returns as if it was free.I fail to understand what Government is doing to avert this situation, which is not only annoying but a deterrent to business activities in the town.What is that that our local authority is doing to resolve this problem and in trying to persuade Government to speed up the so-called national power grid, which would see the end of Caprivi’s dependence on an unreliable power supply from Zambia? Local people are losing confidence in the town, because it has quite a range of problems not limited only to power.If local people are losing confidence as the owners of the place, what about tourists who bring in the much-needed foreign currency? Katima Mulilo has become a hive of business activity and is inundated with tourists due to the opening of the Katima Mulilo/Sesheke bridge and the refurbishment of dilapidated national border facilities and therefore it is high time to balance new facilities with reliable crucial services such as electricity and water. George Sanzila Katima Mulilo