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Before the Covid-19 pandemic, countries around the globe had made remarkable progress in reducing child labor. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), the number of children in child labor decreased by approximately 94 million between 2000 and 2016, representing a drop of 38 percent. But as the pandemic caused massive school closures and unprecedented loss of jobs and income for millions of families, many children have entered the workforce to help their families survive, while others have been forced to work longer hours or enter more precarious and exploitative situations. Some have become their families’ primary breadwinners after losing a caregiver to Covid-19. Some despair of ever going back to school.
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Tuesday March 16 2021
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Mr Moses Okot Junior, the MP-elect for Kyoga Constituency in Amolatar District, said a fish project under Nusaf 3 where the government invested more than Shs10 million was sold at only Shs2 million.
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Several elected Members of Parliament from the Lango Sub-region have rejected a report indicating that thousands of people in northern Uganda are living above the poverty line.
The legislators were reacting to a report by the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (Nusaf) director, Dr Robert Lilim, on the implementation of Nusaf 3 which indicated that poverty levels had drastically reduced in the region.