The report titled, the unfinished business, the pursuits of rights and choices for all, indicates that maternal death fell from 438 women per 100,000 live births in 2011 to 336 women per 100,000 live births in 2016 while infant mortality dropped from 81 children per 100,000 live births in 1995 to 43 children per 100,000 live births in 2016.
Michael Odongo, the East Kyoga Region Police spokesperson confirmed the arrest of Anna Nakiria, Awasi Among and Tereza Ilukol, all residents of Lorunget village in Lopei Sub County in Napak district.
The children of aged between 5 and 15 were allegedly picked last week in Arapai cattle market in Soroti district. They are currently being kept at Amecet child Development Centre in Soroti.
Bruno Muwuluzi, a student from Uplands High School, said that some of their colleagues on streets come from poverty stricken families and distant areas where they are offered to buyers by their parents under the pretext of finding jobs for them.