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By: Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy)✍️ True to history, Makeni City suffered close to two decades of non distribution of electricity from any power source. In those years, partly I was in Secondary School, we pride on the use of Chinese lanterns fueled by kerosene. Candles were a luxury and generators a solid indicator of profound status. The first attempt at the reversal of Makeni city's electricity misfortune was during the late president Kabba's reign. His Vice President, the late Solomon Ekuma Berewa, was heir apparent to the presidency and he was desperately opening corridors of support in Makeni. He brought from Bo a heavy duty thermal plant called Caterpillar that was supplying electricity on rationed basis to less that a third of Makeni city. It was a well appreciated gesture that never translated to votes, regrettably. In the second term of his presidency, former President Koroma actually concluded a reduced capacity portion of Bumbuna Hydro project that was started in the 7...