What happens when the power you have pre paid for suddenly goes out. In my experience the first impulse is to check whether the units have run out. But most times in the recent past just before one o clock in the afternoon i have found out that it is the supply from Kenya power that is out. As a result of the black out loses begin with all the fresh foods and dairies in the freezer become endangered. If the situation remains the same until dusk, there is alternative sources of power to look for. Lest I have to spend the night in the dark.
There are major questions to ask about what causes thes black outs. is it old technology? Too many subscribers on a stretched resource,?or just innefective monopolies supplying the resource. Kenya Power and Lighting recently rebranded to Kenya Power. I hope it is not that they forgot that their key business was to provide lighting and concentrated on being the power.
Today, the Kenya Power eventually came out and gave a schedule for the rationing of this vital resource. Their excuse is that there was a glitch in the procurement plan and some guarantees that dont explain why there is the black out. This begs a thought what should we do as responsible citizens? Are we going to accept the same excuses given 12 years ago when the first rationing begun. Was it more important to have the prepaid service and the issuance of free bulbs when the same funds could have supported generation of electricity or research on utilising the gabage and other resources that could be used as fuel to generate power?
If you feel the same pain as i do. Being a small scale business owner who has to watch machines that cannot work at the time when required because redy kilowatt was fired. Please, lets join hands and send a serious petition to the Kenya Power and inform them that they need to provide the Power which we pay for especially when we have to a pre pay them and make contribution to the many adjustments for fuel, forex and others that the company has no courage to explain.
By the way, as share holders of the same company we need an explanation for this embarassment. if you went to school and studied electricty and how it is sourced this is the time to stand up and be counted'give alternative solutions to this company that is increasingly becoming unreasonable. we need solutions not excuses.
What do you think?
Monday 25 July 2011
Thursday 21 July 2011
Hunger in Somalia
Hi, It is with great pleasure that i write this blog today. I am Mathews K. Tuikong a Kenyan of Kalenjin extraction working towards my 40th birthday. I have gone the full circle and this is my second lap around the life circle. Mmm. hope to discuss this some time later. though i just wanted to log in that i am now learning what a blog site is and that it can be shared with everyone else in this green and blue marble.
Today the main story where i live is about refugees from our neighbouring country Somali, the number of displaced persons is over one million and according to the Government Spokesman Mr. Alfred Mutua the trek is due to hunger. Some of the affected people having walked over 100s of Kiliometres yet they are Women and Children. He also says the Border is closed though no refugees have been returned but the situation is grave and camps should be built in Somalia. What do we do, please consider sending one unit of your national currency or more to the nearest Red cross or Red Cresent association near you. Food drops would be another good option
Matkong
Jambo it is now 5/8/2011 about two weeks since the first post, what a response to the request for support, this is really encouraging. By 5th August 2011, the Kenyan public have through an initiative of Kenyans for Kenyans raised Kshs 100million through an M pesa initiative. People are giving what they can and there are now T shirts that are being printed with an intention to raise a further Ksh 365 million.The American Red cross in its twitter page also indicates that they have similary given Kshs 1 million towards hunger in the horn of Africa,this amounts to Kshs 90 million. The Kenya Government has mobilised its defence forces to distribute food by road and air, this has hastened to food reaching the deserving recepients including a 106 year old man in Mandera shown on TV last wenesday. Though more needs to be done. It is interesting to read that there is actually technology for making rain under development. I wonder when this may become a real benefit to marginalised communities in the world. Then there also is a debate on the use of Genetically modified foods (GMO). The jury on its use is still out and we hope to hear from them soon.
Today the main story where i live is about refugees from our neighbouring country Somali, the number of displaced persons is over one million and according to the Government Spokesman Mr. Alfred Mutua the trek is due to hunger. Some of the affected people having walked over 100s of Kiliometres yet they are Women and Children. He also says the Border is closed though no refugees have been returned but the situation is grave and camps should be built in Somalia. What do we do, please consider sending one unit of your national currency or more to the nearest Red cross or Red Cresent association near you. Food drops would be another good option
Matkong
Jambo it is now 5/8/2011 about two weeks since the first post, what a response to the request for support, this is really encouraging. By 5th August 2011, the Kenyan public have through an initiative of Kenyans for Kenyans raised Kshs 100million through an M pesa initiative. People are giving what they can and there are now T shirts that are being printed with an intention to raise a further Ksh 365 million.The American Red cross in its twitter page also indicates that they have similary given Kshs 1 million towards hunger in the horn of Africa,this amounts to Kshs 90 million. The Kenya Government has mobilised its defence forces to distribute food by road and air, this has hastened to food reaching the deserving recepients including a 106 year old man in Mandera shown on TV last wenesday. Though more needs to be done. It is interesting to read that there is actually technology for making rain under development. I wonder when this may become a real benefit to marginalised communities in the world. Then there also is a debate on the use of Genetically modified foods (GMO). The jury on its use is still out and we hope to hear from them soon.
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