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2.7 Million Children Are Labourers – ILO
The Monitor (Kampala)
NEWS
January 16, 2006
Posted to the web January 16, 2006
(AllAfrica.com)
By Agness Nandutu & Jane Nafula
Mukono
AT least 2.7 million children in Uganda are labourers, an International Labour Organisation (ILO) consultant has said.
Mr James Lambert, who is also a consultant with the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), said child labourers in Uganda constitute 34.2 percent of children between the age of 5 years and 17 years, while 54 percent are between 10 years and 14 years. (more…)
