Uganda, Feb. 23 -- The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) court has sentenced a group of more than 100 Karimojong mothers to one month of community service.

Grade One Magistrate Edgar Karakire also ordered the group to be sent back for rehabilitation in Napak, their home district. The women had pleaded guilty to the charge of sending their children to beg for alms on the streets.

"The case is rampant. I have listened to their cries and a [jail] sentence would be inappropriate. I have to enforce a deterrent sentence ... I will sentence them to community service. In default, you will serve one month of imprisonment. You are also banned from coming back to Kampala," Mr Karakire ruled.

The prosecution led by Mr Hillary Musiimenta said s...