Forced Labor2024
Uganda UG
Ugandans recruited for jobs abroad, including domestic work in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Middle East, are vulnerable to forced labor, and Uganda is a transit point for migrants seeking work in the Middle East whom traffickers exploit. Labor recruitment companies have been investigated for illegally holding migrant workers' passports, and observers alleged that some high-level officials were linked to recruitment companies suspected of trafficking.
Forced Labor2023
Uganda
Security companies recruited Ugandans to serve as guards in Middle East. Travel documents and pay withheld Accused: Ugandan recruitment agencies with Gulf partners.
Child Labor2010
Uganda UG
A 16 year old girl was promised that she would be taken back to school by her aunt. Instead she was forced to be a house servant. She was often beaten and denied food when she didn't complete her tasks.
Domestic Servitude2010
Uganda UG
The 16 year old girl was abducted by Mrs. Gayita and taken to another woman’s home where she was forced to work as a nanny and house girl. For the two months she worked, she was never paid. When sent to town to buy something for her trafficker, the girl came back to find her house abandoned. She contacted Mrs. Gayita asking for help, and in return her abducter took her into her home. There, she was repeatedly raped by her abducter’s husband.
Child Labor2010
Uganda UG
A 13 year old girl was taken from her grandmother by her older sister. She was forced to clean the clothes, house, dishes, and salon. She was denied food if she didn't finish her tasks.
Domestic Servitude2010
Uganda UG
A CSW in the home where the 14 year old was working as a housecleaner got help from UYDEL and brought the girl in because she knew what would happen to her in the future.
Child Labor2010
Uganda UG
A 14 year old girl was promised school money by her aunt. When she started working for her, she was forced to carry water, care for the baby, and care for the chickens for no pay. She was often denied food and beaten.
Sex Trafficking2010
Uganda UG
Girls in the home she was a housecleaner were CSW's forced her to join them.
Domestic Servitude2010
Uganda UG
Mr. Mukasa came a village and promised to support a 17 year oldgril in school when her family could not. On the ride to her destination, Mr. Mukasa denied the girl food and told her she would not go to school but would work as a house girl. She was denied food, beaten.
Child Labor2009
Uganda UG
When a man returned from a church service to his village in the Bugiri district of eastern Uganda he was told that his three-year old son had been taken away by strangers. "We were looking for my child for hours, but we couldn't find him," he said. "Someone rang me and told me my son was dead and had been left in the forest. I ran there and saw him lying in a pool of blood. His genitals had been cut off, but he was still alive." Organs are in high demand for use in occult rituals.
Child Labor2009
Uganda UG
A 15 year old boy was forced by his father to go work for his uncle. His father hoped that it would be a better life for his son. The money the boy made was sent back to his father. He was kept in a small room with 12 other kids. Everyday they were forced to go collect scrap metal from town so his uncle could sell it. One time he failed to meet his quota and was beaten 100 times with a cain and was denied food for 4 days.
Child Labor2009
Uganda UG
A 13 year old boy was promised a good paying job by his aunt but was forced to work as a waiter in her bar for no pay. He ran away from his aunt to the streets and joined a gang. The gang forced him to pick pocket in crowded areas. One time when he didn't meet his quota for the day, he was sodomized by the gang leader.
Domestic Servitude2009
Uganda UG
A 17 year old was taken from her parents by her older sister who promised she would provide her a good education and $15 a month. Instead she was forced to do rigorous house work for no pay. She was often beaten when she messed up.
Child Labor2009
Uganda UG
No details available.
Domestic Servitude2009
Uganda UG
A 10 year old girl was offered a job that would send money to her family. Her father forced her to drop out of school and go work as a house maid. She was forced to clean the house, and wash clothes. She was never paid for her work. She was beaten severely by her trafficker.
Child Labor2009
Uganda UG
Mr. Kiguli claimed he had work for a 14 year old boy in Kampala. Once in the city, he brought the boy to a dormitory of children. He forced the boy to collect scrap with the other children. He received sever beatings. After an argument with a boy in his dorm, he was taken outside, tied to a pole and beaten.
Child Labor2009
Uganda UG
A 16 year old boy was promised a job in Kampala by his aunt but was forced to collect water for the family, the poultry, and the cattle. He was not aloud to leave.
Child Labor2009
Uganda UG
A 14 year old girl was promised a good paying job by a family friend. She was forced to do harsh house and garden work. She was paid for 1 month, however, she worked for 3 years.
Child Labor2009
Uganda UG
She was brought to the police and then referred to Youth Development Link (UYDEL).
Child Labor2009
Uganda UG
District Police commander Charles Rwakisheka said Nyamwize was accused of attempting to sell her six-month-old daughter. "We got information that she was trying to sell her younger daughter. She had asked Kanoweri to assist her look for the buyer and he was progressing well with the deal. So we used our detective to pretend like he was a buyer," Rwakisheka added. He said the duo was arrested at Madudu where they had met the detective to receive the money in exchange for the baby. "At first, she wanted sh7m, but as they bargained, she agreed to take sh3m. Kanoweri also wanted his share of 10%. As they waited for the money, we arrested them."
Child Labor2009
Uganda UG
No details available.
Child Labor2009
Uganda UG
A 13 year old girl was purchased from her grandmother and forced to work as a house helper cooking, cleaning, and watching the baby for the family. She was beaten often and denied food.
Child Labor2009
Uganda UG
No details available.
Domestic Servitude2009
Uganda UG
Mama Ibrahim came to village to get some one to help her out because she was about to give birth. A 14 year old girl was promised education. She worked as a house maid, cooking and washing the children. She was neglected, forced to work and denied food.