Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Arua has launched an operation to arrest and prosecute parents who subject their children to child labour. The operation follows a visible rise in children involved in selling edibles within the city centre. Ugandan law prohibits the employment of children aged under 12 …
Read More »Mother arrested for strangling child to death
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua police are holding Sharon Amaniyo, a resident of Koo cell in Yivu ward, Ayivu division for allegedly strangling her two-month-old infant to death. One of the residents identified as Tabu Albino found the minor’s lifeless body lying in the suspect’s doorway around 6am on …
Read More »Police destroys 189 kilograms of impounded marijuana in Arua
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Arua on Thursday destroyed 189 kilograms of marijuana . The marijuana had been impounded at bus terminals and along Arua-Kampala road awaiting transportation over a period of time. The marijuana was burnt with petrol by the police at the Arua police grounds …
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