Teenage pregnancy has hit hard kamuli district among the districts in Busoga sub region.
Reports available at kamuli general hospital indicate that the teenage pregnancy has moved from 24% to 25% among the adolescent girls in this district.
The Project officer of the Forum for African Women Educationalists – Uganda Chapter in kamuli district, Ms. Jackline Nafuna Wodenga, while speaking at a national level reflection meeting with MPS and civil servants on woman related laws organized by plan international and Uganda women parliamentarian Association held at Eureka hotel in Ntinda,kampala.
Ms.Nafuna said that about 7026 girls between 10-19 years in kamuli district since 2016 have attended antenatal clinic in kamuli hospital and 45 of them tested Hiv positive.
She also reported that domestic violence is increasing in this district yet it’s the leading cause of teenage pregnancy.
A girl child who is a member of Kamuli Girls’ Rights Club Suzan Bwana asked members of parliament to find better solution to increasing defilement cases against girls.
Amoding
The chairperson of the Uganda women parliamentarian Association who is also the woman mp for kumi district Monica Amoding called upon women movement in the country to probe the factors that have led to increase in defilement cases in the communities despite the efforts the civil society organizations and government have intensified against this practice which is affecting girls.
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