Uganda: Police Close Down Masaka Orphanage

Issa Aliga - All Africa

Police in the Masaka District of Uganda have closed down an illegal orphanage for children under the age of 10, according to the article. Authorities found many of the children in the institution to be malnourished and found that they had not been receiving adequate medical attention. The director of the orphanage has also been arrested. The children have been placed in to police custody as the authorities search for their parents or relatives.