Patrick Ssenyonjo, popularly known by his stage name Fresh Kid has started school at Kampala parents with a promise from the school to help him balance his school and music career.

The parliament in Uganda has finally passed the Children Act Amendment bill 2015 outlawing corporal punishment in schools, homes and community.

Children always feel safe with their parents especially their mothers. It is however a different story for Amina Nabagesera who is blind with advanced cancer.

The media has been urged to always protect children involved in crime.

Members of parliament under the Uganda Parliamentary Forum for Children have resolved to move a motion meant to find a solution to the increasing cases of trafficking persons specifically children.

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Children living and working on the streets of Kampala have accused the police of beating them up as they arrest them.

The Daily Monitor carried a story entitled “Boy aged nine marries six year-old in Buyende”. In the story, the parents of the two minors assented to the traditional union and so is the community.

The Uganda Red Cross society has partnered with government and other civil society Organizations to avail sanitary wear to girls so as to keep them in school.

Media Practioners have been advised to create space to amplify the plight of the Ugandan Child.

High Sound for Children has partnered with the Uganda Child Rights NGO Network and Dwelling places to reach out to news editors for increased visibility of issues on children and child protection.

Child rights activists under the NGO Forum, an umbrella organization for all Non Governmental Organizations in Uganda have pledged concerted efforts in advancing the Children’s agenda.