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Yesterday I woke up to the sweet sound of the generators running in Upanga.
The sound of Tanzania, a regularly played tune.
'Better get used to it', they say.
A friend of mine, her baby boy's first words were: 'Tanesco' and 'hamna umeme'.
It is funny, this thing. The infrastructure is here, but too little of what brings it to life and operation.
The sound of generators will paralyse you till the point you forget that umeme is back, and you have forgotten to buy Luku.
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