Jazeus

Jazeus

Load shedding and the Hood

First and foremost, my heart goes out to the families that lost loved ones in the Road accident that happened on Munbwa road recently, involving a mini bus and a truck in which 18 lives where lost. MTSRIP.

Today i'd like to leave music for a bit and talk about my country and its political and economic status. So in the first of this series of posts we start with "Load shedding". Many of us have become accustomed to this ridiculous, unceremonious and rather unwanted phenomenal called "Load Shedding". It sucks, its unforgivable and our fridges are smelly, phone batteries are dying, our life in the compounds and ghetto has become unhinged, for the small scale business that depends on power for their trade, everything grinds to a halt when Zesco strikes, and strike it does, mercilessly. 

I for one would be happy to hear of a solution, obviously the greatest minds of this country are working round the clock to fix this, right? ...... are they? everyone's quick to blame the government, but who are we to blame, God? Is Mulyokela right, can we channel water from elsewhere into the dam? Is there any other way to remedy this rather frustrating problem? What ideas do my fellow youths have concerning the same, or are we too content with pointing fingers before we even think of doing anything about this? 

I have grown up in the compound and is accustomed to these power cuts, many a time its happened during a meal and you end up eating a cockroach or two as it is very hard to differentiate the smelly buggers from relish like Kapenta or Inswa in the dark. But thats life in the hood. I fear for my friends who have lived a pampered life, those who have never known darkness the way that we have, the fun of playing hide and seek (Ka bisha bisha) or the pain that can come from leaving a candle unattended. This must seem very disconcerting for them, or is it? Because it's sort of always been there, the mistake they made was give it a name Load shedding.

I would love for you my friends to say something, not in blame but as a solution to this great tragedy our country is facing. I challenge you to make a difference.

Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.

                                                                                                                                     John F. Kennedy
I encourage you to comment your ideas and thoughts.

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