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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Boys and girls are at equal risk of physical and emotional abuse in Kole District as the area is seemingly providing a fertile ground for violence against children.<\/p>\n

Disturbingly, for many victims, violence comes at the hands of the people they trust \u2013 their parents or caregivers, teachers, peers and neighbours.<\/p>\n

Data from Kole Child and Family Protection Unit (CFPU) indicates that 22 children have been defiled in the last three months \u2013 from September to November. Of these, 11 cases are under investigation, while 11 others are at court level.<\/p>\n

The officer in charge of CFPU, Mr Godfrey Odongo, revealed that around the same period, at least 30 cases of child neglect were reported to police.<\/p>\n

\u201c17 out of these are still under investigation, while 13 cases have been taken to court,\u201d he said, adding that 11 cases of child desertion were also reported within the last three months.<\/p>\n

Of these, six are under investigation while five have been taken to court. Around the same period, 24 cases of domestic violence were reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cEight cases of domestic violence are still under investigation, while 16 have been taken to court. No case of missing children, child labour and child torture was recorded; child stealing; one. The total number of cases of domestic violence and violence against children are 88, and this leaves police with a lot of work to be done,\u201d Mr Odongo said.<\/p>\n

He was speaking at a stakeholders\u2019 meeting convened by Joy for Children Uganda (JFCU), a children\u2019s rights organisation, at Kole District headquarters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Ms Dorah Epila, the community development officer of Ayer Town Council, said most of the cases of child abuse are not reported to the authorities. This is because perpetrators go to great lengths to conceal their acts, leaving children \u2013 especially those who lack the capacity to report or even understand their experience \u2013 vulnerable to further exposure.<\/p>\n

According to the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF), violence can result in physical injury, sexually transmitted infections, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts and unplanned pregnancy.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, as the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) starts carrying out major rehabilitation of the road that stretches from Soroti to Corner Kamdini via Dokolo, Lira, Kole and Oyam, the issues of violence against children and gender-based violence are being addressed.<\/p>\n

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