Electricity has finally been restored to Zanzibar following a three-month blackout.
Residents and businesses have been without electricity since December when an undersea cable providing electricity to the island broke down. The blackout also affected the water supply to the island, causing one water manufacturing plant to shut down.
Many sectors need financial support and Government resources were critically depleted during the power crisis which lasted for four weeks when the isles remained in darkness. Economic sectors adversely affected by the power outage are agriculture, tourism and small scale businesses. As a result the blackout severely reduced the government's income as tax revenues and financial resources were drained in order for the government to address this most urgent issue.
Officials are now sparing no effort to make sure this does not happen again.
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