Tag Archives: Child abuse

Police in Nakasongola have in custody a 27-year-old mother for allegedly burning her two daughters for stealing bean sauce. Justine Namuwonge, a resident of Kyabutaika, Kakooge town council in Nakasongola district is alleged to have burnt her two biological daughters, a 6-year-old Fatuma Nagenda and four year old Hajara Nassuuna. The two are both pupils of Kamukamu Nursery school in ...

At the age 3 to 10 years I went through a series of sexual abuse.There was a relative probably in his teens who would touch my privates and I honestly didn’t know how to react. I thought, that is what is normal. I didn’t know it was sexual abuse. At some point my mum had a bar and one time ...

Over 120 vulnerable children have been rescued and taken to Masulita children’s home where the authority said they can live a childhood free from exploitation and abuse but also be rehabilitated. This operation begun a few  weeks ago on the 31 August 2022 and during the rescue operation 10 people were arrested for using children to beg and are to ...

The Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN) regrets the increasing reports of physical, sexual, and emotional violence. This cuts across reports from homes, schools, as well as communities involving children. A video made rounds on social media recently of a mother brutally beating her biological 10-year-old son. Another is of a teacher who defiled a 6-year-old girl. On Tuesday 17, ...

Police annual crime report has shown an increase in domestic violence in Uganda. What does this mean? A sharp increase from 2019 was realised which is 13,639 cases to 17,664 in 2020. Domestic violence came in third place of the most committed crimes. The increase in this crime was attached to the lockdown during the peak of covid. Domestic violence ...