San Fransisco, U.S. | Xinhua | Apple’s self service repair is available on Tuesday for MacBook Air and MacBook Pro notebooks with the M1 family of chips, providing repair manuals and genuine Apple parts and tools through the Apple Self Service Repair Store. Self service repair for iPhone launched earlier this …
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Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fort Portal City Council is considering connecting street lights to the national grid to curb vandalism. In 2017, solar-powered street lights were installed in the town because they are cost-effective. However, there have been concerns from residents and leaders over the vandalism of solar street …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kitgum District Chief Administrative Officer Joel Musisi has been interdicted over alleged misuse of Parish Development Model-PDM funds. The Kitgum LCV Vice Chairperson Kevin Joyce Atim Obote says Musisi was interdicted on the directive of the Permanent Secretary of the Local Government Ministry to pave …
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United Nations | Xinhua | Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the UN fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, and strategic partners have reached about 7 million children and adolescents since the ECW became operational in 2017, said the fund in its annual report released Tuesday. Through its strategic partnerships, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa and National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) Executive Director, Dr Barirega Akankwasah, have disagreed over water levels at River Nyagak in West Nile. The two government officials were on Tuesday, 23 August 2022 appearing before the Committee on …
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Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Rugaaga, Kashumba sub counties, and Kabingo town council in Isingiro district are counting losses following a heavy hailstorm that destroyed their gardens. The hailstorm that affected more than 300 homesteads also destroyed a community school and houses on Tuesday. Kenneth Kaunda, the headteacher …
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Pakwach, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pakwach Resident District Commissioner, Paul Eseru has suspended the sale, distribution, and consumption of non-certified alcoholic drinks. His directive comes just a few days after the death of at least 12 people in Arua city and Madi-Okollo district who succumbed after allegedly consuming a non-certified locally …
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Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | A recent study shows that by 2019, the United States had engaged in almost 400 wars across the world since its founding in 1776, Iran’s Press TV has reported. Over the past two decades, the U.S. army has dropped a daily average of 46 bombs and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Committee on National Economy proposed in a report to cap the minimum amount for external borrowing to above US$20 million to minimise costs related to contracting loans and maximising the benefits. The report was presented by the committee vice chairperson, Robert Migadde, during a plenary …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Moroto district has raised 15.9 million shillings in the operation against defaulters of the Express Penalty Scheme. On Monday, police embarked on a traffic enforcement operation against the defaulters. EPS tickets were introduced in 2014 under section 165 of the Traffic and Road Safety …
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