Luweero teen pregnancies increase over street vending

Daily Monitor
Tuesday May 25 2021
A child vends fruits in Luweero Town Council yesterday. Child street vending is on the rise in the area. PHOTO/DAN WANDERA
Summary
The police crime report for 2020 put Luweero among the 10 districts with the highest number of defilement cases. Luweero registered 174 defilement cases. Records at the District Probation Office indicate that 220 child abuse cases were registered between May and November 2020.
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However, in Luweero District, the practice increased in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 induced lockdown.
Many parents sent the children to the streets to sell foodstuffs  after the temporal closure of businesses and schools over Covid-19.

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