Uganda, March 26 -- A section of anti-human trafficking activists have said funding gaps and corruption among some government institutions hinders the fight against the vice which has claimed lives of innocent Ugandans.

"Governments across Africa lack funding and equipment for law enforcement agencies to rely on outside sources like NGOS to assist in training, funding and equipment," Project Rescue Children (PRC) founder Adam Whittington said during a Monday visit to a family in Wakiso District which lost its child to traffickers in Kalangala District.

Whittington, whose organisation has since 2017 been engaged in rescuing and protecting children from child trafficking and exploitation in Uganda and other parts of the world, said govern...