Editorial Energy is one the critical components needed for the development of any country. Yet, the politics of power outages in this country is an interesting one. It is a subject which politicians love flaunting about especially on the campaign platform to the dismay of the gentlemen who are in the thick of affairs and appreciate the real challenges of this country with regards to energy generation and distribution. Politicians love garnishing the electricity raps with promises bordering more on utopian dreams than realism. One could easily remember the campaign promises of both the two major political parties in the country. Where one was promising energy for all in the near future, the other was wrongfully, though intentional, blaming the current challenge on an external factor which the country or authority has no control over. We were also told that by the end of December last year, power outage or load shedding would have been a thing of the past, but what do we see? The c