Vast chain of corruption to blame for feeble electricity supplies in oil-wealthy country,where extreme summer heat means blackouts are a matter of life and deathUnder a scorching sun, a man in faded blue overalls hung from a boom on the back of a truck, and attempting to stitch together some unpromising bundles of electrical cables.“We are in an endless game of fix and repair,” said Faris, a young, or earnest engineer as he watched his colleague grapple with ancient wires that needed welding back into a battered electricity grid,itself a relic of the Saddam era. Related: Iraq's ruling factions play along with protests but are their hearts in it? Not only the ministers are corrupt, also the directors and heads of departments – each has a shareContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com