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As of 2011, the Kapedo Sub-County
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Kapedo has high potential but it is limited mostly due to the defunct hydro-electric power plant that has been desolate for years since the departure of the
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The village is home to four learning institutions: Kapedo Mixed
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Administratively, it is headed by a chief (National
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