Uganda, Nov. 21 -- Leaders in Lira District have agreed that children should be exposed to sex-related content "at an appropriate age" to enable them to make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health.

The leaders want children to be taught about dating, love, relationships, marriage, and the functionality of their body parts.

Speaking at a meeting on sexual education in Lira City last Thursday, Mr Enoch Wandera Wakwalu, the Lira deputy Resident City Commissioner, warned that if children are left on their own to discover love, relationship and dating, it might be disastrous.

"Once we leave them to discover the things by themselves it will be something else," he said.

The Lira City principal education officer, Mr Jas...