At the time of writing this piece, thousands of Gambians were without electricity as power cuts become more frequent and longer in parts of the country.
NAWEC weaned itself off the floating electricity boat Karpowership not long ago, promising a degree of energy sovereignty.
However, the national water and electricity company is struggling to keep up with the pace.
NAWEC said recently that the frequent power outages in parts of the country were due to the vandalization of its energy assets, though some have received this piece of information with a grain of salt.
