The Never Ending Electricity Drama

Despite our efforts to be good customers and pay our electric bill regularly, our drama with the power utility continues.  Last week some men from the district power office showed up at our house and informed us they wanted to cut our power.  We had just paid,  so luckily we were present when they came by so we could show our receipt.  After seeing our documentation they confessed that their list was incomplete, and that we could be spared this time.  No one else
in our neighborhood was that lucky, and come nightfall, every house was dark
except ours, so folks congregated in our front yard, taking advantage of the dim
illumination cast out by our little front light bulb, which was more light than
anyone else had.  The especially dark sky made great star watching, but Luc seemed to be the only one appreciating that bonus. Apparently there have been some irregularities with our local office. Rumor has it that money has been disappearing, which is why the main office sent out these henchman.  Not even our school was spared with the electricians simply cutting the line wiring our school.  Luc was typing a document, but our computers have a five minute back-up battery since power is so irregular here, so he could still save his work and close down.  Our local utility usually extends the school some courtesy on late payments since cutting power means canceling night school, but these guys from the city were really no-nonsense.  Our vice principal had to get a dispensation promising we would pay as soon as the district office transferred the funds, which were late as usual, so we are back on the grid.  Even so, power has been cutting out more frequently, with three outages this past week, including one during the governor's visit, which local officials were happy about so he could experience what they have been complaining about.  People just blame it on Malawi, which is where our power comes from, and keep bringing up the governments promise to connect us to the Mozambican grid, and the neighboring Cahora Bassa dam, the largest hydro-electric power station in Sub-Saharan Africa which ís Mozambican.  I don't think we'll still be around to see that day.