Adam Lusekelo, 17th March 2009 @ 10:45
Nearly everyone is worrying at the prospect of spending time without power in the near future as announced, with almost evident satisfaction, by Tanesco boss, Dr Idris Rashid. Even the Bunge Defence and Security Committee (Ulinzi na Usalama) wants to have a chat with Dr Rashid.
He said that the country will be in darkness, hospitals will collapse, babies will be born in the dark and doctors will not know what they are pulling from their patients’ insides and all the horror stories you can link with darkness. Not me. I am a born optimist and I always see the silver lining at every end of the cloud.
Right now I am practising on my powers of conversation. How to talk. A lot of us have lost that art. They take refuge on watching, mostly junk on TV. You see the moment Tanesco switches off power and the country plunges into darkness, there will be no telly.
I know some of those English Premier League slaves will make a painful groan. But they can all go to hell. Why not talk about football instead of watching Arsenal do their magic. When seated in the dark in the evening and sipping nice warm drinks from the fridge, people can talk about how great our government is. Acting on stop gap measures.
As for hospitals, our Bunge can pass a law – no babies would be allowed to be born at night. People will be allowed to get sick strictly from 10am to 4pm! One wonders: Does Tanesco have a planning department, at all? It’s like having a pregnant partner. For nine months you know that she is engaged in a baby manufacturing process. Why should you wait to go and buy baby stuff after the new guy is born? Are you going to buy 'mtumba' nappies? Not for my child! Me – the optimist.
I predict that the population of Bongo is going to quadruple. Those who eat dinner will have to take it at about 5pm or thereabouts. Then you and your 'mchiki' will start looking at each other or even start playing astrology. “You know 'Baba Siyawezi'; our child has been having this diarrhoea for three days now. His stomach is really running,” she says. Typical of any mum worrying about her offspring. “Give him some dry bread later. But for now, you know 'Mama Siyawezi' I have been thinking of how sexy you are,” 'Baba Siyawezi' says. And one thing leads to another…
Nine months later, after the usual national anthem, the President will be on telly: “My dear people of Tanzania; over the past year we have been having a national problem that is threatening the very foundations of our society. Our population in the United Republic of Tanzania has ballooned to 100 million.” He will continue: “Ndugu zangu; I swear that is not because of me. Our security organs have found out that this is because of power shortage. You know what people do when there is darkness – no TV, no reading no anything. The government is now directing all efforts to have solar power. Now my fellow Tanzanians, I would like to…” But before the President finishes his good speech, Tanesco steps in with it’s now famous power rationing.
From:- mbwene2@yahoo.com
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