By Frank Kamuntu
Eighteen-year-old Ernest Andrew dropped out of school in 2018 because his parents could not pay his fees.
Bored, idle, and with a mind that needed to stay active, he set out to nurture his love for electrical energy and developed the innovative generator using scrap materials and basic tools.
According to reports, Andrew has always been fascinated by how things work and figured he needed to find a way to help his community.
Coming from an area not connected to the grid, he understood his people’s struggles with lighting and charging devices.
The young inventor disclosed that his generator produces 1,000 electricity watts and powers nine households.
“The power from my generator is stored in bottles. I experiment with magnetic power to determine how much electricity I can produce,” he said.
After determining the needs, he generates power based on the number of houses he intends to supply.
Neighbours admit they were sceptical about Andrew’s invention initially but have since been convinced that it is genuine.
“I asked him to connect my house with electricity after he successfully connected his parents’ house,” a neighbor named Mary Phiri said.
The villagers now enjoy the free power they use to charge phones and run businesses like barbershops.
Andrew hopes his invention will help villagers save the money they currently use to buy kerosene and batteries for their torches.
He is working towards connecting power to the entire village and providing electricity to the nearby school per the government’s request.
In an earlier story, 11-year-old Lawrence Juma invented a life jacket from a carrier bag and empty plastic bottles.
With his proximity to Lake Victoria and desire to offer solutions to his people, Juma productively used the locally available material to make an effective floater.
His jacket is meant to be used on the lake by fishermen or during floods.
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