Busia local authorities rounds up school dropouts

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Channel: NTVUganda · 2018 · News & Politics

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Close to 50 pupils who had dropped out of school and taken to gold mining have been rounded by local authorities in Tiira village in Sikuda sub-county, in Busia district.

The children majority aged between 8-15 years were picked by the local council officials from the various gold mines.

Alex Okello the local council chairperson for Tiira village says the
operation followed increasing cases of child drop out from schools
which he blames on the lucrative gold mining activities.

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