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Voting at three polling stations has this morning been halted after residents protested the exercise over alleged ballot stuffing.  Voting was halted at polling stations of Kyato-Mwoloola, Nakyesanja at Kayonza sub county and Seeta-Nyiize in Kangulumira sub county. At Nakyesanja and Kyato, each presiding officer was seen at the polling stations alone with boxes stuffed with over 100 ballot papers ticked in favour of Andrew Muwonge, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate. At Kangulumira specifically Nakyesanja polling station, the box was stuffed with over 462 ballot papers before even the bio-metric machine was brought to the station. The residents protested, saying they were boycotting the election. Police and the army have cordoned off the stations to prevent further chaos, with the presiding officers placed under heavy protection. John Mpiima a voter at Seeta says the exercise should stop since they cannot trust the election officials anymore. Dr Tanga Odoi, who is monitor

Apple on Monday released updates to iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS with security patches for multiple vulnerabilities, including a remote jailbreak exploit chain as well as a number of critical issues in the Kernel and Safari web browser that were first demonstrated at the Tianfu Cup held in China two months ago. Tracked as CVE-2021-30955, the issue could have enabled a malicious application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple said it addressed the race condition bug with "improved state handling." The flaw also impacts macOS devices. "The kernel bug CVE-2021-30955 is the one we tried [to] use to build our remote jailbreak chain but failed to complete on time," Kunlun Lab's chief executive, @mj0011sec, said in a tweet. A set of similar kernel vulnerabilities were eventually harnessed by the Pangu Team at the Tianfu hacking contest to break into an iPhone13 Pro running iOS 15, a feat that netted the white hat hackers $330,000 in cash rewards. B

https://theinformersdotcom.wordpress.com/2021/12/16/a-24-year-old-female-trainee-pilot-rescued-by-locals-after-the-aircraft-she-was-flying-crash-landed-in-a-swamp-in-pallisa-district/ Statement on the crash landing incident in Pallisa District  The Police in Pallisa, is actively investigating an aircraft accident, which occurred on the 15.12.2021, at around 8.30am, at Nyakiwa swamp, Ochulia village, Opete parish, Obutete subcounty, in Pallisa District.  The Aircraft that belongs to the East African Aviation school, was on a school flight program, by Mercy Mulayi, a 24-year-old, cadet pilot, who was forced to make a crash landing in the swamp. She suffered serious injuries as a result of the accident and was evaluated to the Pallisa General Hospital for medical attention. She's out of danger and we wish her a  quick recovery.  The exact cause of the accident is not yet established, but a joint team of experts from the Ministry of Works and Transport, Civil Aviation Authority, The Fl

The management of the cargo / bus company, through this online publication has clarified on propaganda spread by some luggage loaders (bolokas) at Arua Park Kampala. The loaders while scrambling for customers for the different bus companies in WestNile, claim Buses of California Company are not operational. The management here by wishes to clarify that, they are operating on daily basis, their offices in Kampala, in Arua and other Offices along the bus stages are functional. They have urged their esteemed customers to continue with their cooperation in working / traveling with the Bus Company. Meanwhile, here are the departure programs of their buses that ply Kampala - Arua routes everyday; 8am, 10am and 11:30. Telephone number of Arua Office   +256758948750 Telephone number of Kampala Office   +256758948766 #California #Bus; #Speaking #Transport #Language . #Travel_with_California_Bus #Arua #osutayusuf

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While launching the programme last Friday, Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja advised residents to establish industries to promote import substitution. Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) says it has started connecting electricity generated from Isimba Hydro Power Station to 40 villages in Kayunga District. The villages include Kusana,Bukolwa, Sababu, Bugobero, Masembe, Lusenke-Farm, Namusaala I and II, Namatogonya, Nabuganyi, Kiyuya, Nekoyede, Kyengera.  Others are Kayonnjoa, Kibuzi, Bakuta, Bunzibirinde, Kyengera, Busunsuli, Kiziika(Bukungulu), Nampanyi, Nakakandwa, Bugadhu Pallisa, Buyuki, Kisagazi, Kiteredde, Wabigwo, Namatoonya, Nalumuli, Nalyamabidde, Gaaza, Nawandagala, Kyampisi,Nakaziba, Kisombya. 📸 Source; Daily Monitor.