Uganda, Feb. 8 -- The police have expressed concern over rising cases of domestic workers stealing property of their employers.

Speaking at a function to hand over a batch of 400 chicken that juveniles at Naguru Remand Home in Kampala have been rearing as part of their rehabilitation programme, Ms Mary Kyomugisha, the facility probation and welfare officer, told members of the Rotary Club of Upper Kololo that lately, the remand home has been receiving a high number of underage househelps charged with theft of their masters' property.

"When you interview the children, you find out that they are victims of child trafficking from upcountry, and they end up involving themselves in criminal activities as they look for survival," Ms Kyomugish...