{"id":6332,"date":"2022-08-06T12:27:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T12:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=6332"},"modified":"2022-08-06T12:27:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T12:27:38","slug":"karamojong-children-taken-off-the-streets-of-kampala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/karamojong-children-taken-off-the-streets-of-kampala\/","title":{"rendered":"Karamojong children taken off the streets of Kampala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Officers from Kampala City Council Authority KCCA have  conducted an operation where they rescued at least 260 street Karamojong children off the streets of Kampala earlier in today. The rescued kids who have been roaming the streets while begging from travelers were transported to Napak where they will be reunited with their families to receive formal education . they will also be equipped with skills for job creation at Kobulin Youth Skills Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"6334\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/karamojong-children-taken-off-the-streets-of-kampala\/kids-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kids-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1365,910\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kids-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kids-2.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kids-2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kids-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kids-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kids-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kids-2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kids-2.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kids-2.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officers from Kampala City Council Authority KCCA have conducted an operation where they rescued at least 260 street Karamojong children<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kids.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16449,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/minister-minsa-kabanda-orders-illegal-street-vendors-taxi-and-boda-boda-operators-off-kampala-streets-with-two-weeks\/","url_meta":{"origin":6332,"position":0},"title":"Minister Minsa Kabanda Orders Illegal Street Vendors, Taxi and Boda Boda Operators Off Kampala Streets With Two Weeks","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"February 11, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Minister for Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs, Hajjat Minsa Kabanda, has ordered all street vendors, taxi drivers and boda boda riders operating without designated stages to vacate the streets of Kampala. within a period of two weeks. 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