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The state-run Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Thursday cut power supplies to the parliament over a debt of an equivalent of about 8 billion Uganda shillings.
The outage interrupted a debate on the president’s State of the Nation speech.
A video shared by local media showed MPs in the dimly lit chamber chanting: “we want power’
Local media reported that a back-up power generator restored power to the chamber a few minutes later but other parts of the parliament building remained without power for most of the day before supplies were restored. END