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Daily Monitor
Saturday February 20 2021
Left: Some of the teens expecting babies display their craftswork at the rehab centre. PHOTO/Abdul-NASSER SSEMUGABI.
Summary
According to a survey published in the BioMed Central, United Kingdom-based scientific journal, in August 2020, 25 per cent of girls in Uganda give birth below the age of 18. Most of the cases are attributed to defilement, rape and incest.
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Linda is only 12 years old but eight months pregnant. On the fateful day, her aunt took her children to her supermarket in Mbarara, and left Linda home to prepare meals for the family. The shamba boy, who looked after her aunt’s livestock raped her. She conceived during her first sexual encounter, which was also painful.
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