No end to electricity
Crisis in Zanzibar
By Salma Said, Zanzibar, and Orton Kiishweko, Dar es Salaam
Zanzibar was without electricity for the fifth consecutive day yesterday.A serious water crisis was looming after water pumps stalled and water vendors raised prices. Operations in some schools and hospitals that do not have generators were also disrupted.
President Amani Abeid Karume on Saturday toured the crippled power distribution facility in Fumba as government grappled with Zanzibar´s worst power crisis for years.
President Karume assured the public that experts were expected in the country any time to install parts that were damaged at the station last Wednesday.
Zanzibar Electricity Company (Zeco) public relations manager Salum Abdallah told The citizen yesterday that they were waiting for experts, but denied reports the assistance was being sought from South Africa following fears that the arrival of technicians from Norway contracted for the job could be delayed.
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