Power outages court poverty
Friday, February 08, 2008
A random survey reveals that some people depend heavily on electricity and they cannot cope without it. Some stated that everything in their houses uses electricity and without power nothing would be all right.
Others in crime-infested areas fear for their lives as their security is compromised because they believe criminals may pounce on them taking advantage of the darkness during a power cut. Even the security alarms do not work when there is no power.
Figures released by the country’s electoral management body have shown that a total of 1, 037, 684 people have registered to vote.However, eligible voters could be discouraged by events leading to the voting day like poor execution of advance voting amid talks that the elections could be unfair.There have also been threats by certain opposition politicians that shall the elections not be free and fair, they will halt them.Despite these...