my thoughts @aki, Yes it is the states responsibility to provide electricity, it is also its responsibility to provide security, sustain peace, education and a host of services. All these either need a) a sustained economic growth trajectory and implementation in phases, or b) loans from the IMF to implement the same. <div>
<br></div><div>FACT: we cant simply afford what you describe, we need the cash to be able to do that.</div><div>FACT: we have to prioritize what is more urgent, what the drivers of vision 2030 are, and as far as i can see, efforts at improving generation are bearing fruit slowly.</div>
<div>FACT: relatively, there is a change in the reliability of electricity compared with say 5 years ago (especially if you do it per capita since now we are like 5 million more users). </div><div><br></div><div>and about 3KVA, most homes in kenya have standard 3KVA supply, so i DO KNOW what im talking about. its not a simple arithmetic as you would want to put it. </div>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Jimmy Thuo <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jimmy.thuo@gmail.com">jimmy.thuo@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Let&#39;s not let the pretty pictures fool us. Our country is bleeding and it needs medical aid before it&#39;s too late.<br><br>Sent from my iPhone4</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Dec 8, 2011, at 11:39 PM, Stephen &lt;<a href="mailto:ndungustephen@gmail.com" target="_blank">ndungustephen@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>There is a link here from a Nigerian thread that says a few good things about Kenya (read the comments that follow the pics)</div><div><br></div><div><span><blockquote type="cite">
<div> <a href="http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-51356.0.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-51356.0.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-51356.0.html" target="_blank">http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-51356.0.html</a></div>
</blockquote><div><span><br></span></div>Yes - we still have some institutions to iron out, but at least we have made some positive strides - right ?</span></div><div><span><br></span><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 8 Dec 2011, at 20:50, aki &lt;<a href="mailto:aki275@gmail.com" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:aki275@gmail.com" target="_blank">aki275@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>No power since 4pm, get home and no power either. Cold food to eat as still no cooking gas available, went looking around  for it on the new fuel price of Ksh124/litre, got a letter from the bank--we are pleased to inform you that the small amount you borrowed has gone up by blah blah, pls add a few more years to clear the loan..--still no power. Called KPLC, as there are no problems of Mulika Mwizi here,  got the usual ticket number that we are looking into it. Call the morons for updates, same story. Laptop battery drained by the usb modem, on its final leg. Have a tiny fish aquarium, using an led torch to admire how smart the two fishes are. Since there&#39;s no power to keep the air-pump going, the oxygen level in the water has dropped significantly. The fish keep surfacing to gasp air. New inspiration, survival techniques. </div>

<div> </div><div>No, no problems of Mulika Mwizi here, just a bunch of incompetent morons--KPLC. Flashback, late 1975-79, fewer power outages than the whole of this year combined. </div><div> </div><div>Hahaha! Why buy an invertor or generator = loan?  Endless loop. </div>

<div> </div><div>Rgds. </div>
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