NEWS UPDATE: A new report into child labour and youth unemployment in Uganda released yesterday, places the eastern region at the top with the highest number of children aged between 6 – 13 years in employment. The report by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics and the International Labour Organisation shows that a total 720, 639 minors between years 6 to 13 are engaged in labour in the eastern region. The eastern region is closely followed by the central region with 717, 605 children involved in labour. The western region comes third, with 645, 524 children involved in the illegal labour and then follows the northern region with 349, 016. Kampala has the lowest number of children involved in labour, only 7,885.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 08:54:57 +0000