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Uganda Outgrows Its Electricity Supply

Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:30:06 AM
By KATY POWNALL

 Simon Peter Tibbajjanga, stands in his grocery store in candle light in Kampala, Tuesday, May 29, 2007.  Uganda, once one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa, is suffering through a power crisis that makes doing business here difficult, expensive. (AP Photo/Vanessa Vick)KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Samuel Kizito gives his business a month before it goes belly-up.

Uganda, once one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa, is suffering through a power crisis that makes doing business here difficult, expensive, and — for Kizito, at least — not worth the trouble.

Kizito said his blanket manufacturing company, which employs 300 people in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, is losing $30,000 a month.


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