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Government officials say sometimes parents are told their children will get an education abroad, but the youths are being adopted through shady agencies. KAMPALA, Uganda—When impoverished mother Nakiwala Hasifa signed legal guardianship papers to let a Christian pair from Mississippi have custody of her five-year-old son, Stuart Bukenya, in 2009, she thought she would hear from him regularly and that …
AMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill that says only Ugandans can be legal guardians of orphaned or destitute children, in a move aimed at stemming the rising number of adoptions by foreigners. The bill eliminates a legal gap that allowed foreigners to apply for and get legal guardianship within days of arriving in the country, said lawmaker …
The Children’s Act Amendment Bill 2015 comes up for debate in Parliament today (Thursday). Our undercover reporter attended an intriguing workshop of stakeholders on the controversial legislation and now writes . . . Government officials, social workers and security personnel fear for their safety and are frustrated with dealing with what they called ‘the mafia’ in the country’s adoption system. …
